aspicio

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-01
Meanings
Literal translation
to look at
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 18 ›

1. to be in aspect

1.a to be in aspect astrological concept

Quodsi simul Mercurium ac Venerem collocates malignum sidus Martis aspexerit, faciles nuptias sed cum quadam infamia ac nota decernunt.

‘If Mercury and Venus are in conjunction and the malefic planet Mars aspects them, they decree easy but scandalous marriages’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.26.3

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. 2.130

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) aspicio (Lemma #1340), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1340,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {aspicio ({Lemma} #1340)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/},
}