ἀναιρέτης
anairetēs

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning destroyer
Literal translation destroyer
Variants
ἀναιρέτης anairetēs
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destroyer astrological concept

Ἥλιος Καρκίνῳ, Σελήνη Ἰχθύσιν, Κρόνος, Ἄρης, Ἑρμῆς Διδύμοις, Ζεὺς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἀφροδίτη Λέοντι, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ. κλῆρος τύχης Διδύμοις· ἐν τούτοις Κρόνος, Ἑρμῆς, Ἄρης φρουρηθέντες, ἀλλήλων ὄντες ἀναιρέται, ὑπὸ Σελήνης ἐμαρτυρήθησαν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ κύριος τῆς πανσελήνου ἀπόστροφος. Ζεὺς δὲ τῷ θανατικῷ τόπῳ ἐπὼν καὶ ἀκρόνυχος γενόμενος οὐκ ἴσχυσε βοηθῆσαι. ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐτραχηλοκοπήθη.

‘The Sun in Cancer, the Moon in Pisces, Saturn, Mars, Mercury in Gemini, Jupiter in Capricorn, Venus in Leo, the Ascendant in Libra. The Lot of Fortune was in Gemini: Saturn, Mercury, Mars, being kept under guard in this (sign), being destroyers of each other, were in aspect with the Moon, and likewise the lord of the (prenatal) full moon was turned away (not in aspect), and Jupiter, being present in the Place of Death and at its acronychal rising, was not able to help. The person with such a nativity was beheaded.’

— Vettius Valens 2.41.56–59

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 87,VII)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρέτης (Lemma #477). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρέτης (Lemma #477). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρέτης (Lemma #477). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἀναιρέτης (Lemma #477), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac477,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀναιρέτης ({Lemma} #477)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/477/},
}