trigonum martis

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

1. Mars' triangle

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1357,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {trigonum martis ({Lemma} #1357)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1357/},
}