κοσμικός
kosmikos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning cosmic
Literal translation cosmic
Variants
κοσμικός kosmikos
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σκοπεῖν [...] πότερον ἐνεργῶς τυγχάνουσι διακείμενοι κατά τε αὐτὸ τὸ κοσμικὸν καὶ τὸ κατὰ τὴν γένεσιν ἢ τὸ ἐναντίον

‘We must observe [...] whether they are actively situated both in the cosmos itself and in the nativity, or the reverse’

— Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 112 (III.3)

Genre: astrology
Date: 2nd century CE

Robbins 1940 (p. 239, fn. 3): "The horoscopic point and other angles change for each nativity; the signs of the zodiac, houses of the planets, terms, etc., are cosmic, as being related to the universe itself and therefore fixed.

ὑφίστανται γάρ τινες μυστικῶς τὸν μὲν καθολικὸν ὡροσκόπον καὶ τὰ τούτου τετράγωνα κοσμικὰ κέντρα, τὸν δε κλῆρον καὶ τὰ τούτου τετράγωνα γενεθλιαλογικὰ κέντρα.

‘Some have mystically hypothesized that the common ascendant and its triangles are the cosmic cardines, while the Lot and its triangles are the natal cardines’

— Vettius Valens 2.17.6

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κοσμικός (Lemma #1746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κοσμικός (Lemma #1746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κοσμικός (Lemma #1746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) κοσμικός (Lemma #1746), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1746,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {κοσμικός ({Lemma} #1746)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1746/},
}