fecundus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-10-17
Primary meaning fertile
Literal translation fertile
Variants
fecundus
Edited by
fertile astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

property of the signs Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Si Luna in aliquo cardine fuerit inventa, in fecundo scilicet signo, et cum ea benivola stella sit pariter constituta, horoscopus autem in duplici signo sit aut in fecundo aut cum Iove aut cum Mercurio, aut tres aut quinque nascentur.

‘If the Moon is found on any angle in a fertile sign and a benefic planet is with her, and the ascendant is in a double or a fertile sign, or with Jupiter or Mercury, either three or five will be born.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.3.7

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. 2.219

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fecundus (Lemma #1432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fecundus (Lemma #1432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fecundus (Lemma #1432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) fecundus (Lemma #1432), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1432,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {fecundus ({Lemma} #1432)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1432/},
}