manus dextra aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the right hand of the Waterbearer
Literal translation right hand of the waterbearer
Variants
manus dextra aquarii
dextra manus aquarii
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the right hand of the Waterbearer animal part

11°–12° Aquarius

in dextra vero manu XI. et XII. ponuntur

‘in the right hand [of Aquarius] however [the degrees] 11 and 12 are placed’

— 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


See also

manus dextra scorpii the right claw of the Scorpion

manus sinistra scorpii the left claw of the Scorpion

manus gemini the hands of the Twin

manus dextra sagitarii the right hand of the Archer

manus virginis the hands of the Virgin

manus dextra librae the right hand of the Scales

manus dextra capricorni the right hand of Capricorn

manus sinistra sagittarii the left hand of the Archer

aquarius Aquarius

manus sinistra aquarii the left hand of the Waterbearer

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). manus dextra aquarii (Lemma #1673). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). manus dextra aquarii (Lemma #1673). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). manus dextra aquarii (Lemma #1673). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) manus dextra aquarii (Lemma #1673), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1673,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {manus dextra aquarii ({Lemma} #1673)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1673/},
}