facies gemini

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-05-27
Primary meaning the face of the Twin
Literal translation face of the twin
Variants
facies gemini
gemini facies
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the face of the northern Twin animal part

3°–5° Gemini

III. vero et IV. et V. in eiusdem Gemini facie sunt

‘[the degrees] 3 and 4 and 5 however are in the face of that same [northern] 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. 2.288


the face of the southern Twin animal part

21°–23° Gemini

in facie vero XXI. et XXII. et XXIII.

‘in the face [of the southern twin are the degrees] 21 and 22 and 23’

— 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. (2024). facies gemini (Lemma #1580). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies gemini (Lemma #1580). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies gemini (Lemma #1580). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) facies gemini (Lemma #1580), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1580,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {facies gemini ({Lemma} #1580)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1580/},
}