manus dextra capricorni

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the right hand of Capricorn
Literal translation right hand of the goat-horned
Variants
manus dextra capricorni
dextra manus capricorni
Edited by
the right hand of Capricorn animal part

16°–18° Capricorn

in dextra vero manu sequentes tres per ordinem collocantur

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

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.10

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. 2.292

See also

〈manus gemini〉 ‘the hands of the Twin’

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

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

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

〈manus virginis〉 ‘the hands of the Virgin’

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

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

〈capricornus〉 ‘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 capricorni (Lemma #1639). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra capricorni (Lemma #1639). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra capricorni (Lemma #1639). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus dextra capricorni (Lemma #1639), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1639,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus dextra capricorni ({Lemma} #1639)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1639/},
}