renes librae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning kidneys of (the bearer of) the Scales
Literal translation kidneys of the scales
Variants
renes librae
librae renes
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kidneys of (the bearer of) the Scales animal part

24°–26° Libra

tres sequentes in ipsius sunt renibus

‘the three following [degrees] are in its [the Scales'] kidneys’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.7

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. 2.290


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes librae (Lemma #1692). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes librae (Lemma #1692). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes librae (Lemma #1692). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) renes librae (Lemma #1692), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1692,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {renes librae ({Lemma} #1692)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1692/},
}