manus dextra scorpii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the right claw of the Scorpion
Literal translation right hand of the scorpion
Variants
dextra manus scorpii
manus dextra scorpii
scorpii dextra manus
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the right claw of the Scorpion animal part

16°–18° Scorpio

in dextra vero manu tres sequentes per ordinem collocantur

‘in the right hand however are located the three following [degrees] in order’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.8

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. 2.291

See also

〈scorpius〉 ‘Scorpio’

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

〈manus gemini〉 ‘the hands of the Twin’

〈manus virginis〉 ‘the hands of the Virgin’

〈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’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra scorpii (Lemma #1636). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra scorpii (Lemma #1636). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra scorpii (Lemma #1636). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus dextra scorpii (Lemma #1636), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1636,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus dextra scorpii ({Lemma} #1636)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1636/},
}