cornua cervi

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the horns of the Stag
Literal translation horns of the stag
Variants
cornua cervi
cervi cornua
Edited by
the horns of the Stag animal part

Quicumque itaque horoscopum in cornibus Cervi habuerit, si Mars in ipsa parte fuerit inventus, erit praepositus armorum

‘Therefore, whoever has the ascendant in the horns of the Stag, if Mars is located on this very degree, will be an army commander’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.30.12

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. 2.356

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua cervi (Lemma #1535). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua cervi (Lemma #1535). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua cervi (Lemma #1535). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cornua cervi (Lemma #1535), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1535,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cornua cervi ({Lemma} #1535)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1535/},
}