βασιλικὸς τόπος
basilikos topos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning royal place
Literal translation royal place
Variants
βασιλικὸς τόπος basilikos topos
Edited by
royal place astrological place

3rd or 9th place

τῷ δὲ κγʹ ἔτει Ζεὺς ἀπὸ βασιλικοῦ τόπου (ὁ γὰρ γʹ καὶ ὁ θʹ ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου τόπος θεὸν καὶ βασιλέα δηλοῖ) παραδιδοὺς τοῖς φωσὶ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ καὶ ὡροσκόπῳ καὶ Ἑρμῇ διὰ δωρεᾶς παρέσχεν ἐξουσιαστικὸν συνέδριον.

‘In the 23rd year (of life), Jupiter, handing over (the chronokratorship) from the royal place (for the 3rd and the 9th places from the Ascendant indicate god and king) to the luminaries and Venus and the Ascendant and Mercury, provided a powerful counsellor through gift-giving.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.80

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). βασιλικὸς τόπος (Lemma #735). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). βασιλικὸς τόπος (Lemma #735). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). βασιλικὸς τόπος (Lemma #735). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) βασιλικὸς τόπος (Lemma #735), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac735,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {βασιλικὸς τόπος ({Lemma} #735)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/735/},
}