locus desideriorum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning lot of desires
Literal translation place of desires
Variants
locus cupidinis et deseriorum
Edited by
lot of desires astrological lot

Locum desideriorum si partiliter volueris invenire, in diurna quidem genitura a parte Daemonis usque ad partem Fortunae conputa

‘If you want to find the place of longing by degree in a day chart, count from the degree of the [lot of] spirit until the degree of [the lot of] fortune’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.45

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. 2.187

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus desideriorum (Lemma #1381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus desideriorum (Lemma #1381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus desideriorum (Lemma #1381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus desideriorum (Lemma #1381), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1381,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus desideriorum ({Lemma} #1381)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/},
}