facies tauri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the face of the Bull
Literal translation face of the bull
Variants
facies tauri
tauri facies
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the face of the Bull animal part

3°–5° Taurus

III. vero et IV. et V. in omni facie

‘the 3rd, 4th and 5th degrees are in the face [of Taurus]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.2

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. 2.288


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies tauri (Lemma #1559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies tauri (Lemma #1559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies tauri (Lemma #1559). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) facies tauri (Lemma #1559), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1559,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {facies tauri ({Lemma} #1559)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1559/},
}