ἀκτινοβολέω
aktinoboleō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning to be in left quartile aspect
Literal translation to shoot a ray
Variants
ἀκτινοβολέω aktinoboleō
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to be in left quartile aspect astrological concept

τὸν μὲν Ἥλιον καὶ τὸν ὡροσκόπον εἶχε Κριῷ, Σελήνην Ταύρῳ, Κρόνον Κριῷ μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς ἐπὶ ἑῴας ἀνατολῆς τὴν φάσιν ποιούμενον, Ἑρμῆν ὁμοίως ἐν Κριῷ ἐπὶ ἑῴας δύσεως, Δία ἐν Ἰχθύσι ἐπὶ ἑῴας ἀνατολῆς, Ἀφροδίτην ἐν Ἰχθύσι ἐπὶ στηριγμοῦ ἑῴου, Ἄρεα Ὑδροχόῳ ἐπὶ ἀνατολῆς ἑῴας (...) τὸ δὲ κακόβουλον γεγενῆσθαι διὰ τὸ τὸν τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ τοῦ Κρόνου ἐν ἀρρενικῷ ζῳδίῳ τετυχηκέναι καί τινα τῶν τοῦ γένους ἀπολέσαι διὰ τὸ αὐτὸ σχῆμα· τὸ δὲ αὐτὸν κατακοπῆναι διὰ τὸ τὴν Σελήνην εἶναι ἐν Σκορπίῳ μελεοκοπουμένῳ ζῳδίῳ καὶ ἀκτινοβολεῖν τὸν Ἄρεα ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς τοῦ μεσουρανίου ὄντα.

‘(The native) had the Sun and the Ascendant in Aries, the Moon in Taurus, Saturn in Aries, making its appearance at eastern rising after three days, Mercury likewise in Aries at western rising, Jupiter in Pisces at eastern rising, Venus in Pisces at evening station, Mars in Aquarius at eastern rising (...) His bad advice happened because Mercury and Saturn happened to be in a masculine zodiac-sign, and he lost someone from his family because of the same configuration, and the fact that he was cut to pieces was because the Moon was in Scorpio, a mutilated zodiac-sign, and was shooting a ray at Mars, which was in the succeedent place to Midheaven.’

— Hephaestion 2.18.63–66

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE

(GH L 113,IV)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀκτινοβολέω (Lemma #398). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀκτινοβολέω (Lemma #398). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀκτινοβολέω (Lemma #398). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἀκτινοβολέω (Lemma #398), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac398,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀκτινοβολέω ({Lemma} #398)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/398/},
}