genitura

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning nativity
Literal translation birth
Variants
genitura
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nativity astrological concept

tunc maximae felicitatis decernuntur insignia, quotiens in genituris hominum maxima stellarum pars partiliter altitudinum suarum signa possederint

‘Whenever in a nativity chart the majority of the planets is in the exact degree of their exaltation, then they indicate the greatest prosperity.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.2

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). genitura (Lemma #927). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). genitura (Lemma #927). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). genitura (Lemma #927). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) genitura (Lemma #927), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac927,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {genitura ({Lemma} #927)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/927/},
}