cardo transversus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning horizontal cardinal point
Literal translation transverse cardinal point
Variants
cardo transversus
transversus cardo
Edited by
horizontal cardinal point astrological place

either rising or setting

transverso Phoebus si cardine celsior ibit qui tenet exortum vel qui demergit in undas, per tempus licet affirmes natum esse diei.

‘if the Sun is moving above that horizontal cardinal which holds it at its rising or that which plunges it into the waves, you may be sure that the birth takes place in time of day.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.180 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 176-177

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cardo transversus (Lemma #2326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cardo transversus (Lemma #2326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cardo transversus (Lemma #2326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cardo transversus (Lemma #2326), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2326,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cardo transversus ({Lemma} #2326)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2326/},
}