locus gloriae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-01-05
Primary meaning lot of fame
Literal translation fame
Variants
gloria
Edited by
lot of fame astrological lot

Gloriae nocte a Venere ad Iovem, die contra.

‘[The lot of] Fame [can be calculated by adding to the ascendant the amount of degrees] from Venus until Jupiter, in a day-chart vice versa.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.56

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. 2.189

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus gloriae (Lemma #1394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus gloriae (Lemma #1394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus gloriae (Lemma #1394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) locus gloriae (Lemma #1394), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1394,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus gloriae ({Lemma} #1394)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1394/},
}