μεσεμβολία
mesembolia

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning interposition
Literal translation interposition
Variants
μεσεμβολία mesembolia
Edited by
interposition astrological concept

ἀναγκαῖον οὖν ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάσῃ καταρχῇ ζητεῖν καὶ τὰς μεσεμβολίας Ἡλίου καὶ τῶν ἀστέρων, καὶ τὰς ἐμπεριοχὰς τοῦ ὡροσκόπου καὶ τῆς Σελήνης καὶ τοῦ ἀστέρος τοῦ λόγον ἔχοντος πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδεσποτείαν τῆς καταρχῆς

‘It is necessary in every inception to seek both the interpositions of the Sun and the planets and the enclosures of the Ascendant and the Moon and the planet that has the claim to the house-mastership of the inception.’

— CCAG I p. 107

Genre: horoscope

(GH L 487)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). μεσεμβολία (Lemma #1416). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). μεσεμβολία (Lemma #1416). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). μεσεμβολία (Lemma #1416). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) μεσεμβολία (Lemma #1416), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1416,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {μεσεμβολία ({Lemma} #1416)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1416/},
}