mutus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-10-17
Primary meaning unvoiced
Literal translation mute
Variants
mutus
Edited by
unvoiced astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

the signs Cancer, Libra, Scorpio, Pisces

Sed <haec mala> tunc fortius convalescunt, si in muto signo Mercurium constitutum Saturnus diametra radiatione respexerit

‘But these bad effects are stronger when Mercury is in an unvoiced sign and opposite to Saturn’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.15.17

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. 1.104-105

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mutus (Lemma #1324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mutus (Lemma #1324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). mutus (Lemma #1324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) mutus (Lemma #1324), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1324,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mutus ({Lemma} #1324)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1324/},
}