ὅριον
horion

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-11
Primary meaning term
Literal translation boundary
Variants
ὅριον horion
Edited by

term astrological concept

Ἥλιος Καρκίνου μοίρᾳ κθʹ λʹ, Σελήνη Ἰχθύων μοίρᾳ ιβʹ, Κρόνος Τοξότου μοίρᾳ κζʹ ηʹ, Ζεὺς Αἰγοκέρωτος μοίρᾳ κβʹ ιγʹ, Ἄρης Σκορπίου μοίρᾳ ζʹ κγʹ, Ἀφροδίτη Καρκίνου μοίρᾳ κηʹ ιγʹ, Ἑρμῆς Λέοντος μοίρᾳ ιαʹ κεʹ, ὡροσκόπος Ἰχθύων μοίρᾳ ιζʹ, μεσουράνημα Τοξότου μοίρᾳ κεʹ. ἀνοικοδεσπότητος ἡ γένεσις διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ δύσιν ἐμπεπτωκέναι Ἀφροδίτην τὴν κυρίαν τῶν ὁρίων τῆς Σελήνης. ἀφέτης ὡροσκόπος· τῶν ὁρίων κύριος Ἑρμῆς, καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ δύσιν ἀποκεκλικὼς εὑρέθη. ἡ οὖν ἄφεσις ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ἕως τῆς τετραγώνου πλευρᾶς καὶ τῆς πρὸς Κρόνον ἀπὸ διαμέτρου ἀκτινοβολίας εἰς κακοποιοῦ ὅριον

‘The Sun in 29;30 degrees Cancer, the Moon in 12 degrees Pisces, Saturn in degree 27;8 Sagittarius, Jupiter in 22;13 degrees Capricorn, Mars in 7;23 degrees Scorpio, Venus in 28;13 degrees Cancer, Mercury in 11;25 degrees Leo, the Ascendant in 17 degrees Pisces, Midheaven in 25 degrees Sagittarius. The nativity is without a house-master on account of Venus, ruler of the terms of the Moon, falling below the horizon. The releaser is the Ascendant, the ruler of the terms is Mercury, and it too was found in a declining place below the horizon. The releasing is from the Ascendant up to the side of the square and the diametrical ray-casting towards Saturn into the term of a malefic.’

— Vettius Valens 3.5.6–9

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(L 75)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὅριον (Lemma #687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὅριον (Lemma #687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὅριον (Lemma #687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ὅριον (Lemma #687), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac687,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ὅριον ({Lemma} #687)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/687/},
}