pectus aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the chest of the Waterbearer
Literal translation chest of the waterbearer
Variants
pectus aquarii
aquarii pectus
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the chest of the Waterbearer animal part

8°–10° Aquarius

tres quae post has sunt per ordinem collocantur in pectore

‘the three [degrees] which are after these in order are located in the chest [of Aquarius]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.11

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus aquarii (Lemma #1672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus aquarii (Lemma #1672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus aquarii (Lemma #1672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pectus aquarii (Lemma #1672), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1672,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pectus aquarii ({Lemma} #1672)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1672/},
}