manus sinistra scorpii

Latin noun

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

19°–20° Scorpio

in dextra vero manu tres sequentes per ordinem collocantur, in sinistra duae

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

— 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

〈manus gemini〉 ‘the hands of the Twin’

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

〈manus virginis〉 ‘the hands of the Virgin’

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

〈scorpius〉 ‘Scorpio’

〈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 sinistra scorpii (Lemma #1637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus sinistra scorpii (Lemma #1637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus sinistra scorpii (Lemma #1637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus sinistra scorpii (Lemma #1637), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1637,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus sinistra scorpii ({Lemma} #1637)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1637/},
}