οἰκοδεσπότης
oikodespotēs

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-10-24
Primary meaning house-master
Literal translation house-master
Variants
οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespotēs
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house-master astrological concept

ἔστω δὲ ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Καρκίνῳ, Σελήνη, ὡροσκόπος Ἰχθύσιν, Κρόνος Τοξότῃ, Ζεὺς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης Σκορπίῳ, Ἑρμῆς Λέοντι, ὁ κλῆρος τῆς τύχης Καρκίνῳ ἀγαθοδαιμονῶν. ἡ κυρία τοῦ κλήρου ἐπὶ τοῦ κέντρου εὑρέθη· ἔθηκα τὰ ἐλάχιστα τῆς Σελήνης κε ἔτη, καὶ τοῦ Καρκίνου τὴν ἀναφορὰν τοῦ δευτέρου κλίματος ἔτη λβ, καὶ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου τῆς Σελήνης, Διός, ἔτη ιβ· γίνονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔτη ξθ. τοσούτων ἐτῶν ἐτελεύτα.

‘As an example, let the Sun, Venus be in Cancer, Moon, Ascendant in Pisces, Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Capricorn, Mars in Scorpio, Mercury in Leo, the Lot of Fortune in Cancer and in the place of the Good Divinity. The lord of the lot has been found at a cardinal point: I set the minimum (years, sc. of the calculation of lifetime) of the Moon, 25 years, and the rising-time of Cancer in the second clima, 32 years, and (the minimum years) of the house-master of the Moon, Jupiter, 12 years. They total 69 years: at that age he died.’

— Vettius Valens 3.11.14–16

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 75)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἰκοδεσπότης (Lemma #1312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἰκοδεσπότης (Lemma #1312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἰκοδεσπότης (Lemma #1312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) οἰκοδεσπότης (Lemma #1312), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1312,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {οἰκοδεσπότης ({Lemma} #1312)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1312/},
}