manus virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the hands of the Virgin
Literal translation hands of the virgin
Variants
manus virginis
virginis manus
Edited by
the hands of the Virgin animal part

6°–7° Virgo

VI. vero et VII. in manibus

‘[the degrees] 6 and 7 are in the hands [of the Virgin]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.6

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

See also

〈manus gemini〉 ‘the hands of the Twin’

〈virgo〉 ‘Virgo’

〈manus dextra librae〉 ‘the right hand of the Scales’

〈manus dextra scorpii〉 ‘the right claw of the Scorpion’

〈manus sinistra scorpii〉 ‘the left claw of the Scorpion’

〈manus sinistra sagittarii〉 ‘the left hand of the Archer’

〈manus dextra sagitarii〉 ‘the right hand of the Archer’

〈manus dextra capricorni〉 ‘the right hand of Capricorn’

〈manus dextra aquarii〉 ‘the right hand of the Waterbearer’

〈manus sinistra aquarii〉 ‘the left hand of the Waterbearer’

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus virginis (Lemma #1615), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1615,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus virginis ({Lemma} #1615)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/},
}