locus desideriorum

Latin · noun
variant locus cupidinis et deseriorum
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-15
Meanings
Literal translation
place of desires
Categories
astrological lot
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1. lot of desires

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1381,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus desideriorum ({Lemma} #1381)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1381/},
}