natura tauri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the genitals of the Bull
Literal translation nature of the bull
Variants
natura tauri
tauri natura
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the genitals of the Bull animal part

26°–27° Taurus

XXVI. vero et XXVII. in natura sunt Tauri

‘[the degrees] 26 and 27 however are in the genitals of the Bull’

— 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


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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). natura tauri (Lemma #1575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). natura tauri (Lemma #1575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). natura tauri (Lemma #1575). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) natura tauri (Lemma #1575), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1575,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {natura tauri ({Lemma} #1575)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1575/},
}