anafora

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning rising time
Literal translation rising
Variants
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rising time astronomical term

Nunc de XII signorum natura, formis, qualitate, substantiis, anaforis explicare debemus

‘We must now explain about the nature of the twelve signs, their appearance, essential qualities, their principles and risings’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.10.1

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. 1.52


place of the rising up astrological place

2nd astrological place

Est autem ex his residuis quattuor locis primus, qui in secundo ab horoscopo signo constituitur: qui locus Inferna Porta dicitur vel Anafora

‘The first of thses remaining four places, however, which is located in the second place from the ascendant, is called the Gate of Hell, or the Anafora (rising up from the Underworld)’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.17.1

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. 1.60


the sign after a cardinal point astrological place

in terms of daily rotation

Si vero Saturno per diem in horoscopo constitute Mars alium geniturae possederit cardinem vel in anafora cardinis fuerit, multorum malorum significat adventum

‘If Saturn is on the ascendant by day and Mars is on another angle or the anafora of an angle, this indicates many evils’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.2.2

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. 1.97


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). anafora (Lemma #957). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). anafora (Lemma #957). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). anafora (Lemma #957). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) anafora (Lemma #957), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac957,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {anafora ({Lemma} #957)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/957/},
}