pedes tauri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning feet of Taurus
Literal translation feet of the bull
Variants
pedes tauri
tauri pedes
Edited by
feet of Taurus animal part, constellation

Si Luna in Tauri pedibus fuerit inventa, aut in nebula Cancri, aut in iuba Leonis, aut in fronte Scorpionis, ab VIII. scilicet parte usque ad X., <aut> in Sagittario, aut in spinis Capricorni, aut in lino Piscium, aut in capite Arietis, et sit minuta luminibus [...], et eam aut Satnrnus aut Mars aliqua radiatione respiciant, caecos efficiet.

‘If the moon is located in the feet of the Bull or in the nebula of the Crab or in the mane of the Lion or in the front of the Scorpion ca. from 8° to 10° or in Sagittarius or in the spine of Capricorn or in the line of the Fish, or in the head of Aries, and it is waning [...], and either Saturn or Mars aspect her in any way, she indicates blindness.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.88

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. 2.172

See also

〈taurus〉 ‘Taurus’

〈KI GIR3.II〉 qaqqar šēpē ‘region of the feet’

〈pedes gemini〉 ‘the feet of the Twin’

〈pedes dextri cancri〉 ‘the right feet of the Crab’

〈pedes sinistri cancri〉 ‘the left legs of the Crab’

〈pedes extremi cancri〉 ‘the outer legs of the Crab’

〈pedes leonis〉 ‘the feet of the Lion’

〈pes dexter virginis〉 ‘the right foot of the Virgin’

〈pes sinister virginis〉 ‘the left foot of the Virgin’

〈pedes librae〉 ‘the feet of the Scales’

〈pedes dextri scorpii〉 ‘the right legs of the Scorpion’

〈pedes sinistri scorpii〉 ‘the left feet of the Scorpion’

〈pedes sagittarii〉 ‘the feet of the Archer’

〈pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii〉 ‘the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer’

〈pedes aquarii〉 ‘the feet of the Waterbearer’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes tauri (Lemma #1356). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes tauri (Lemma #1356). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes tauri (Lemma #1356). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pedes tauri (Lemma #1356), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1356,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pedes tauri ({Lemma} #1356)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1356/},
}