cor librae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the heart of the Scales
Literal translation heart of the Scales
Variants
cor librae
librae cor
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the heart of the Scales animal part

16°–17° Libra

XVI. et XVII. in corde Librae

‘[degrees] 16 and 17 are in the heart of the Scales’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.7

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. 2.290


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cor librae (Lemma #1592). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cor librae (Lemma #1592). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cor librae (Lemma #1592). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cor librae (Lemma #1592), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1592,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cor librae ({Lemma} #1592)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1592/},
}