Julius Firmicus Maternus
A reference page compiled from cited source texts and reviewed interpretive rules.
Biography
Julius Firmicus Maternus is represented by the Mathesis, a late antique witness in the traditional source corpus.
Late antique author represented by the Mathesis, used as a historical witness for technique, condition, and house traditions.
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The source-work metadata records an approximate fourth-century CE composition period and the Jean Rhys Bram translation witness used by the registry.
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Source basis
Julius Firmicus Maternus is represented by the Mathesis, a late antique witness in the traditional source corpus.
Late antique author represented by the Mathesis, used as a historical witness for technique, condition, and house traditions.
Prefer the canonical bibliography naming in public pages while preserving compatibility with existing registry keys.
The source-work metadata records an approximate fourth-century CE composition period and the Jean Rhys Bram translation witness used by the registry.
This profile preserves compatibility with the Mathesis citation key and does not infer broader biography from the work metadata.
Use this profile to connect Firmicus to Mathesis-backed historical technique and condition material already represented in the corpus.
Source texts
- Julius Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos Libri VIII, trans. Jean Rhys Bram (1975). 1 citation.
- Julius Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos Libri VIII / Mathesis, trans. Jean Rhys Bram (1975). 1 citation.
- Matheseos Libri VIII, trans. Jean Rhys Bram (1975). 918 citations.
Interpretive rules
Rules are included when they are directly assigned to this tradition or cite a source by this author.
Firmicus afflicted ruler of time
When the active decennial ruler of time is badly conditioned, the current period is surfaced as carrying more strain or obstruction through that lord.
Firmicus Jupiter ruler of time
When Jupiter is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds good fortune, honors, income growth, and relief according to the natal promise.
Firmicus Jupiter to Sun diurnal softened
When Jupiter gives time to the Sun in a diurnal chart, Firmicus explicitly says the solar misfortunes are lessened.
Firmicus Jupiter to Venus diurnal
When Jupiter gives time to Venus in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a middling fortune branch with illicit entanglements.
Firmicus Jupiter to Venus nocturnal
When Jupiter gives time to Venus in a nocturnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as marriage- and prosperity-bearing.
Firmicus Mars ruler of time
When Mars is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds major occupations together with disturbances, crises, and danger.
Firmicus Mars to Sun with Jupiter rescue
When Mars gives time to the Sun but Jupiter has a favorable aspect, Firmicus explicitly treats the harsher outcome as resisted.
Firmicus Mars to Sun without Jupiter rescue
When Mars gives time to the Sun and Jupiter does not intervene favorably, Firmicus treats the period as especially dangerous.
Firmicus Mercury ruler of time
When Mercury is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds activity, business, writing, profit, and mercurial volatility.
Firmicus Mercury to Mars Jupiter mitigates
When Mercury gives time to Mars but Jupiter intervenes favorably, Firmicus says the accusations and litigation are mitigated.
Firmicus Moon ruler of time
When the Moon is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds fluctuation, bodily vulnerability, and lunar volatility, with stronger danger under harsher lunar conditions.
Firmicus Moon self-period full with benefic support
When the Moon rules her own period while full and aspected by benefics, Firmicus gives a moderated increase-after-struggle branch.
Firmicus Moon to Jupiter full
When the Moon gives time to Jupiter while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as joyful, relieving, and prosperous.
Firmicus Moon to Mars full
When the Moon gives time to Mars while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as riotous and revolutionary.
Firmicus Moon to Mercury
When the Moon gives time to Mercury, Firmicus treats the handoff as chills, weakness, and bodily illness.
Firmicus Moon to Saturn full relief
When the Moon gives time to Saturn while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as offering escape from the harsher evils.
Firmicus Moon to Saturn waning
When the Moon gives time to Saturn while waning, Firmicus treats the handoff as a severe water- and humors-danger branch.
Firmicus Moon to Sun Jupiter mitigates
When the Moon gives time to the Sun but Jupiter intervenes favorably, Firmicus says the fever-and-fire branch is mitigated.
Firmicus Moon to Venus diurnal
When the Moon gives time to Venus in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a sterility branch.
Firmicus Moon to Venus nocturnal waning
When the Moon gives time to Venus in a nocturnal chart while waning, Firmicus treats the handoff as a possessions-increase branch.
Firmicus Saturn ruler of time
When Saturn is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds dangers, losses, illness, and hard Saturnian outcomes unless its condition is notably helpful.
Firmicus Saturn to Jupiter diurnal trine
When Saturn gives time to Jupiter in a diurnal chart and the two are in trine, Firmicus treats the handoff as especially fortunate.
Firmicus subperiod handoff
When a Firmicus-style decennial sub-lord receives time from the active major lord, the handoff carries a specific pairwise delineation.
Firmicus Sun ruler of time
When the Sun is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds exposure, disturbance, loss, and solar-strain topics, though a diurnal chart softens some of it.
Firmicus Sun self-period diurnal softened
When the Sun rules its own period in a diurnal chart, Firmicus explicitly says the solar misfortunes are lessened.
Firmicus Sun self-period Jupiter counteracts
When the Sun rules its own period and Jupiter assists, Firmicus says the solar misfortunes are counteracted.
Firmicus Sun self-period malefics aggravate
When the Sun rules its own period and malefics bear on it, Firmicus says the solar misfortunes are aggravated.
Firmicus Sun to Moon
When the Sun gives time to the Moon, Firmicus treats the handoff as unstable, reversing, and fluctuant in fortune.
Firmicus Sun to Saturn diurnal
When the Sun gives time to Saturn in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a prosperity-increase branch.
Firmicus Sun to Saturn nocturnal
When the Sun gives time to Saturn in a nocturnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a severe pestilence-and-death branch.
Firmicus supported ruler of time
When the active decennial ruler of time is in a supported condition, the current period is surfaced as more able to foreground its topics.
Firmicus Venus ruler of time
When Venus is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds love, marriage, grace, and pleasure, but with the possibility of scandal or relational turbulence.
Firmicus Venus to Sun with Jupiter aspect
When Venus gives time to the Sun and Jupiter has a favorable aspect, Firmicus turns the separation branch toward necessary journeys rather than raw loss.