locus secundus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-01-12
Primary meaning favorable place
Literal translation following place
Variants
locus secundus
secundus locus
Edited by
favorable house astrological place

places that are aspected to the ascendant in trine or sextile (3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th)

XVI. DE QUATTUOR SECUNDIS LOCIS

‘XVI. ON THE FOUR FOLLOWING (FAVORABLE) PLACES’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.16

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus secundus (Lemma #999). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus secundus (Lemma #999). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus secundus (Lemma #999). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) locus secundus (Lemma #999), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac999,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus secundus ({Lemma} #999)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/999/},
}