locus vitae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-09-19
Primary meaning place of life
Literal translation place of life
Variants
vitae locus
locus vitae
Edited by
place of life astrological place

1st astrological place

Platice vitae locus est in eo signo in quo est horoscopus constitutus

‘In general the Place of Life is in the sign in which the ascendant is located’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.14.3

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. 1.57

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus vitae (Lemma #975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus vitae (Lemma #975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus vitae (Lemma #975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus vitae (Lemma #975), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac975,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus vitae ({Lemma} #975)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/975/},
}