scapulae virginis

Latin noun

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

11°–12° Virgo

in scapulis vero XI. et XII.

‘in the shoulder-blades however are [the degrees] 11 and 12’

— 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae virginis (Lemma #1617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae virginis (Lemma #1617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae virginis (Lemma #1617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) scapulae virginis (Lemma #1617), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1617,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {scapulae virginis ({Lemma} #1617)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1617/},
}