caput gemini

Latin · noun

variant gemini caput

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12

Meanings

1. the head of the norhtern Twin

2. the head of the southern Twin

Literal translation

head of the twin

1. the head of the norhtern Twin

1.a the head of the norhtern Twin animal part

1°–2° Gemini

I. et Π. partes in capite eius Geminorum sunt constitutae qui ad aquilonem vergit,

‘degrees 1 and 2 are located in the head of that twin which inclines north’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.3

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

2. the head of the southern Twin

2.a the head of the southern Twin animal part

18°–20° Gemini

XVIII. et XIX. et XX. in australis Gemini capite collocantur,

‘the degrees 18, 19 and 20 are located in the head of the southern twin’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.3

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. 2.289

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput gemini (Lemma #1578). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput gemini (Lemma #1578). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput gemini (Lemma #1578). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2023) caput gemini (Lemma #1578), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1578,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput gemini ({Lemma} #1578)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1578/},
}