imum caelum

Latin · noun
variant IMC
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
lowest heaven
Categories
astrological place
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. lower midheaven

1.a lower midheaven astrological place

4th astrological place

Imum vero caelum, quod a Graecis ypogeon dicitur, in quarto horoscopi constituitur loco

‘The Imum caelum, which by the Greeks is called Ypogeon, is located in the fourth house from the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.15.5

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. 1.59

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imum caelum (Lemma #986). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imum caelum (Lemma #986). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imum caelum (Lemma #986). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) imum caelum (Lemma #986), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac986,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {imum caelum ({Lemma} #986)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/986/},
}