locus actus

Latin · noun
variant actus locus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
place of action
Categories
astrological place

1. place of occupations

1.a place of occupations astrological place

Sed haec fortius convalescunt, si locus Fortunae et locus actus in cardine inventus praecedenti stellarum societati iungatur.

‘But these indications are stronger if the Part of Fortune and the house of occupations are found on angles and joined to Mars, Mercury, and Venus.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.26.4

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. 2.277

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus actus (Lemma #1435). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus actus (Lemma #1435). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus actus (Lemma #1435). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus actus (Lemma #1435), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1435,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus actus ({Lemma} #1435)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1435/},
}