κατὰ συζυγίαν
kata suzugian

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning in syzygy
Literal translation yoked together
Variants
κατὰ συζυγίαν kata suzugian
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in syzygy astrological concept, aspect

Τῆς δὲ πρὸς ἄλληλα τάξεως καὶ θέσεως τῶν ιβʹ ζῳδίων διαφοραί εἰσι τέσσαρες. Ἃ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν λέγεται κατὰ διάμετρον, ἃ δὲ κατὰ τρίγωνον, ἃ δὲ κατὰ τετράγωνον, ἃ δὲ κατὰ συζυγίαν, ὑπό τινων δὲ ἀντισυζυγίαν.

‘Of the arrangement in comparison with each other and position of the 12 zodiac signs, there are four distinctions. One of them is called “in opposition”, another one “in trine”, another one “in quartile” and another one “in syzygy”, but according to some “(in) antisyzygy”.’

— Geminus 2.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 9-10

Κατὰ συζυγίαν δὲ λέγεται ζῴδια τὰ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τόπου ἀνατέλλοντα καὶ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον δύνοντα· ταῦτα δέ ἐστι τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν παραλλήλων παραλαμβανόμενα κύκλων.

‘“In syzygy” are called the zodiac signs that rise from the same place and set in the same place; these are the ones that are associated with the same parallel circles.’

— Geminus 2.27

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 14

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατὰ συζυγίαν (Lemma #2778). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατὰ συζυγίαν (Lemma #2778). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατὰ συζυγίαν (Lemma #2778). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) κατὰ συζυγίαν (Lemma #2778), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2778,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {κατὰ συζυγίαν ({Lemma} #2778)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2778/},
}