trigonum martis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-10-17
Primary meaning Mars' triangle
Literal translation Mars' triangle
Variants
trigonum martis
martis trigonum
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Mars' triangle astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

the watery signs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces

Si Luna et Mars in septimo sint ab horoscope loco constituti, id est in occasu, et sint in eo signo constituti, in quo Martis invenitur trigonum, id est aut in Cancro aut in Scorpione aut in Piscibus, [...]

‘If Moon and Mars are located in the 7th place, i.e. the descendant, and they are located in the sign in which is found Mars' triangle, i.e. in Cancer or in Scorpio or in Pisces’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.3

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. 2.149


See also

aquosus watery

mlẖMars

pyrois Mars

Πυρόεις PuroeisMars

mars Mars

Ἡρακλῆς HeraklēsMars

AN ṢalbatānuMars

Ἄρης ArēsMars

ḥr-tšyMars

gnhḏCancer

cancer Cancer

ALLA alluttuCancer

Καρκίνος KarkinosCancer

scorpius Scorpio

Σκορπίος SkorpiosScorpio

ḏlꜣ.tScorpio

GIR2.TAB zuqaqīpuScorpio

pisces Pisces

zib zibbātuPisces

tbt.wPisces

Ἰχθύες IchthuesPisces

βασιλικὸν τρίγωνον basilikon trigōnonroyal triangle

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). trigonum martis (Lemma #1357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). trigonum martis (Lemma #1357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). trigonum martis (Lemma #1357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) trigonum martis (Lemma #1357), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1357,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {trigonum martis ({Lemma} #1357)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/},
}