trigonum saturni

Latin · noun
variant saturni trigonum
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-10-17
Meanings
Literal translation
Saturn's triangle
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 22 ›

1. Saturn's triangle

1.a Saturn's triangle astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

the air signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius

Si Luna in duodecimo ab horoscope loco id est in cacodaemone fuerit inventa, et sit in eo signo quod Saturni dicitur trigonum, id est in Aquario aut in Geminis aut in Libra [...]

‘If the Moon is located in the twelfth place, i.e. in the place of the Bad Daemon, and she is in a sign which is called Saturn's triangle, i.e. in Aquarius or Gemini or Libra [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.2

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. 2.149

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). trigonum saturni (Lemma #1355). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1355/
Chicago (Author-Date)
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MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). trigonum saturni (Lemma #1355). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1355/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) trigonum saturni (Lemma #1355), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1355/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1355,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {trigonum saturni ({Lemma} #1355)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1355/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1355/},
}