domus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-09-19
Primary meaning house
Literal translation house
Variants
domus
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house astrological concept

sign which is ruled by a planet

Veneris domus sunt Taurus et Libra, ex quibus Libra masculinum signum est, femininum vero Taurus.

‘The signs/houses of Venus are Taurus and Libra, of which Libra is masculine and Taurus is feminine.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.2.5

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.43

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domus (Lemma #917). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domus (Lemma #917). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domus (Lemma #917). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) domus (Lemma #917), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac917,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {domus ({Lemma} #917)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/917/},
}