caput piscis

Latin · noun
variant piscis caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-31
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the fish
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. the head of the southern Fish

1.a the head of the southern Fish animal part

3°–5° Pisces

III. vero et IV. et V. in eiusdem Piscis capite ponuntur

‘[the degrees] 3 however and 4 and 5 are placed in the head of this very fish’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.12

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. 2.293

2. the head of the northern Fish

2.a the head of the northern Fish animal part

19° Pisces

In eo vero qui ad aquilonem vergit, XIX. ponuntur in capite

‘in that [fish] however which is turned northward, [degree] 19 are [sic!] placed in the head’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.12

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. 2.293

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). caput piscis (Lemma #1680). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). caput piscis (Lemma #1680). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). caput piscis (Lemma #1680). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025) caput piscis (Lemma #1680), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1680,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {caput piscis ({Lemma} #1680)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1680/},
}