genitura nocturna

Latin noun

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

Nam si deficientem Lunam deficiens Venus exceperit aut Mars in nocturna genitura, tunc prospera omnia deficiens Luna felicitatesque decernit

‘If Venus and Mars aspect the waning moon in a nocturnal chart, the waning Moon indicates all kinds of prosperity and good fortune’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.7.3

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. 1.49

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). genitura nocturna (Lemma #940). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). genitura nocturna (Lemma #940). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). genitura nocturna (Lemma #940). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) genitura nocturna (Lemma #940), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac940,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {genitura nocturna ({Lemma} #940)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/940/},
}