dominus fortunae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning ruler of fortune
Literal translation lord of fortune
Variants
dominus fortunae
fortunae dominus
Edited by
ruler of fortune astrological concept

ruler of the sign which contains the lot of fortune

Sed et si dominus Fortunae id est dominus eius signi (in) quo locus Fortunae fuerit inventus, et dominus eius signi in quo pars horoscopi constituta est, radiis sint Solis absconsi, aut in his signis in quibus ante diximus fuerint constituti, Saturnus vero aut Mars in occasu geniturae sint constituti, natus infans exponetur.

‘Also if the ruler of Fortune, that is, the ruler of that sign which contains the Part of Fortune and the ruler of the sign in which the ascendant is hidden by the Sun's rays or in the signs we mentioned before, but Saturn and Mars are on the descendant, the native will be exposed at birth.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.2.2

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. 2.210

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus fortunae (Lemma #1428). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus fortunae (Lemma #1428). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus fortunae (Lemma #1428). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dominus fortunae (Lemma #1428), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac1428,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dominus fortunae ({Lemma} #1428)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1428/},
}