mixtura

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-09-02
Primary meaning configuration of planets
Literal translation mixture
Variants
mixtura
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configuration of planets astrological concept

Sed antequam ad explicationem mixturarum sermo noster accedat, pauca tibi de splendidarum stellarum dicam

‘But before we come to speak about configurations of the planets, I want to tell you something about the bright stars’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.1.10

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. 2.69

synthesis of astrological interpretations practice

sed mihi templorum tantum nunc iura canentur; mox veniet mixtura suis cum viribus omnis, cum bene materies steterit percognita rerum non interpositis turbatarum undique membris.

‘But I now shall sing only of the ordinances of the temples; later the whole complex design will appear with its full force, when the constituent parts of the universe are firmly grasped and not made confusing with portions scattered everywhere.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.586 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 210-211

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mixtura (Lemma #1317). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mixtura (Lemma #1317). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mixtura (Lemma #1317). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) mixtura (Lemma #1317), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1317,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mixtura ({Lemma} #1317)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1317/},
}