fortuna

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-04
Primary meaning lot of fortune
Literal translation fortune
Variants
fortuna
Edited by
lot of fortune astrological lot

In nocturna vero <a> Fortuna usque ad Daemonem simillimis rationibus conputabis

‘In a night-chart you will count from the lot of fortune to the lot of spirit’

— 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

tenth astrological place astrological place

only in Manilius

haec tutela decet Venerem, sua tela movere. nomen erit Fortuna loco, quod percipe mente

‘and this charge suits Venus, the charge of plying her own weapons. Fortune shall be this temple’s name; and mark it well’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.926 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 154-155

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fortuna (Lemma #1383). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fortuna (Lemma #1383). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fortuna (Lemma #1383). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) fortuna (Lemma #1383), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1383,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {fortuna ({Lemma} #1383)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1383/},
}