caput cancri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the head of the Crab
Literal translation head of the crab
Variants
caput cancri
cancri caput
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the head of the Crab animal part

1°–2° Cancer

I. et II. partes Cancri sunt in capite collocatae

‘degrees 1 and 2 of Cancer are located in the head’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.4

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


See also

caput gemini the head of the Twin

caput arietis the head of the Ram

cancer Cancer

caput leonis the head of the Lion

caput virginis the head of the Virgin

caput librae the head of the Scales

caput scorpii the head of the Scorpion

caput sagittarii the head of the Archer

caput capricorni the head of Capricorn

caput aquarii the head of the Waterbearer

caput piscis the head of the Fish

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput cancri (Lemma #1587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput cancri (Lemma #1587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput cancri (Lemma #1587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) caput cancri (Lemma #1587), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1587,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {caput cancri ({Lemma} #1587)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1587/},
}