pedes aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the feet of the Waterbearer
Literal translation feet of the waterbearer
Variants
pedes aquarii
aquarii pedes
Edited by
the feet of the Waterbearer animal part

22°–24° Aquarius

tres vero sequentes usque ad extremes porriguntur pedes

‘the three following [degrees] however go down to the bottoms of the feet [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

See also

〈aquarius〉 ‘Aquarius’

〈pedes tauri〉 ‘feet of Taurus’

〈pedes anteriores tauri〉 ‘the fore-feet of the Bull’

〈pedes cervi〉 ‘the feet of the Stag’

〈pedes arietis〉 ‘the feet of the Ram’

〈pedes posteriores tauri〉 ‘the hind feet of the Bull’

〈pedes sinistri cancri〉 ‘the left legs of the Crab’

〈pedes gemini〉 ‘the feet of the Twin’

〈pedes dextri cancri〉 ‘the right feet of the Crab’

〈pedes dextri scorpii〉 ‘the right legs of the Scorpion’

〈pedes extremi cancri〉 ‘the outer legs of the Crab’

〈pedes leonis〉 ‘the feet of the Lion’

〈pedes sinistri scorpii〉 ‘the left feet of the Scorpion’

〈pedes librae〉 ‘the feet of the Scales’

〈pedes sagittarii〉 ‘the feet of the Archer’

〈pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii〉 ‘the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes aquarii (Lemma #1677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes aquarii (Lemma #1677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes aquarii (Lemma #1677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pedes aquarii (Lemma #1677), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1677,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pedes aquarii ({Lemma} #1677)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1677/},
}