astiro

Latin noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning 14°–19° Aquarius
Variants
astiro
Edited by
14°–19° Aquarius decan

In Aquarii signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem plenae partes XVIIII, vacuae XI. I locus partes IV vacuus II locus partes V Oro [idest asoer] III locus partes IV vacuus IV locus partes VI Cratero [idest astiro] V locus partes III vacuus VI locus partes VIII Tepis [idest amasiero/amapero].

‘In the sign of Aquarius there are some full and some empty degrees. This is shown by example. There are 19° full and 11° empty. 1. 4° empty 2. 5° Oro [i.e. Asoer] 3. 4° empty 4. 6° Cratero [i.e. Astiro] 5. 3° empty 6. 8° Tepis [i.e. Amasiero/Amapero]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.18

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.270

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). astiro (Lemma #1231). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1231/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). astiro (Lemma #1231). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1231/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). astiro (Lemma #1231). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1231/
Harvard
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1231,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {astiro ({Lemma} #1231)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1231/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1231/},
}