locus cupidinis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning lot of desires
Literal translation place of desire
Variants
locus cupidinis
cupidinis locus
Edited by
lot of desires astrological lot

Si <in> cupidinis loco id est cupiditatum Mars et Saturnus pariter fuerint inventi, et sit ipse locus in aliquo geniturae cardine constitutus, Venerem vero hi quos diximus qualibet radiatione respexerint, gonorroicas mortes efficient;

‘If Mars and Saturn are found in the lot of desire and the house itself is on any angle, and Mars and Saturn are in aspect in any way to Venus, the natives will die of gonorrhea;’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.23.18

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. 2.264

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus cupidinis (Lemma #1440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus cupidinis (Lemma #1440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus cupidinis (Lemma #1440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus cupidinis (Lemma #1440), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1440,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus cupidinis ({Lemma} #1440)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1440/},
}