medium caelum

Latin · noun
variant MC
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-06-10
Meanings
Literal translation
midheaven
Categories
astrological place
astrological concept
cardinal point
astronomical term
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. upper midheaven

1.a upper midheaven astrological place, astrological concept, cardinal point

10th astrological place

Medium vero caelum est ab horoscopo X. signum

‘The midheaven is the tenth sign from the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.15.2

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. 1.58

2. midspace of the sky

2.a midspace of the sky astronomical term

any line that cuts the sky in two

nam sua quadratis veniunt, sua iura trigonis et quae per senos decurrit virgula tractus quaeque secat medium transverso limite caelum;

‘For special properties accrue to squares, to trigons, to the line which traverses six chords, and to that which cuts the midspace of the sky with diametric track;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.646 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 132-133

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medium caelum (Lemma #984). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medium caelum (Lemma #984). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medium caelum (Lemma #984). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) medium caelum (Lemma #984), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac984,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {medium caelum ({Lemma} #984)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/984/},
}