manus dextra sagitarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the right hand of the Archer
Literal translation right hand of the archer
Variants
manus dextra sagitarii
dextra manus sagitarii
Edited by
the right hand of the Archer animal part

28°–29° Sagittarius

sequentes vero duae in dextra ponuntur manu

‘the following two [degrees] are placed in the right hand [of the Archer]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.9

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 scorpii〉 ‘the right claw of the Scorpion’

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

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

〈manus virginis〉 ‘the hands of the Virgin’

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

〈sagittarius〉 ‘Sagittarius’

〈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 sagitarii (Lemma #1656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra sagitarii (Lemma #1656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus dextra sagitarii (Lemma #1656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus dextra sagitarii (Lemma #1656), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1656,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus dextra sagitarii ({Lemma} #1656)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1656/},
}