Julius Firmicus Maternus
Biography
Julius Firmicus Maternus is represented by the Mathesis, a late antique witness in the traditional source corpus.
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Interpretive rules
When the active decennial ruler of time is badly conditioned, the current period is read as showing more strain or obstruction through that lord.
When Jupiter is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds good fortune, honors, income growth, and relief according to the natal promise.
When Jupiter gives time to the Sun in a diurnal chart, Firmicus explicitly says the solar misfortunes are lessened.
When Jupiter gives time to Venus in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a middling fortune branch with illicit entanglements.
When Jupiter gives time to Venus in a nocturnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as marriage- and prosperity-bearing.
When Mars is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds major occupations together with disturbances, crises, and danger.
When Mars gives time to the Sun but Jupiter has a favorable aspect, Firmicus explicitly treats the harsher outcome as resisted.
When Mars gives time to the Sun and Jupiter does not intervene favorably, Firmicus treats the period as especially dangerous.
When Mercury is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds activity, business, writing, profit, and mercurial volatility.
When Mercury gives time to Mars but Jupiter intervenes favorably, Firmicus says the accusations and litigation are mitigated.
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.
When the Moon rules her own period while full and aspected by benefics, Firmicus gives a moderated increase-after-struggle branch.
When the Moon gives time to Jupiter while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as joyful, relieving, and prosperous.
When the Moon gives time to Mars while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as riotous and revolutionary.
When the Moon gives time to Mercury, Firmicus treats the handoff as chills, weakness, and bodily illness.
When the Moon gives time to Saturn while full, Firmicus treats the handoff as offering escape from the harsher evils.
When the Moon gives time to Saturn while waning, Firmicus treats the handoff as a severe water- and humors-danger branch.
When the Moon gives time to the Sun but Jupiter intervenes favorably, Firmicus says the fever-and-fire branch is mitigated.
When the Moon gives time to Venus in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a sterility branch.
When the Moon gives time to Venus in a nocturnal chart while waning, Firmicus treats the handoff as a possessions-increase branch.
When Saturn is the active ruler of time, the period foregrounds dangers, losses, illness, and hard Saturnian outcomes unless its condition is notably helpful.
When Saturn gives time to Jupiter in a diurnal chart and the two are in trine, Firmicus treats the handoff as especially fortunate.
When a Firmicus-style decennial sub-lord receives time from the active major lord, the handoff includes a specific pairwise delineation.
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.
When the Sun rules its own period in a diurnal chart, Firmicus explicitly says the solar misfortunes are lessened.
When the Sun rules its own period and Jupiter assists, Firmicus says the solar misfortunes are counteracted.
When the Sun rules its own period and malefics bear on it, Firmicus says the solar misfortunes are aggravated.
When the Sun gives time to the Moon, Firmicus treats the handoff as unstable, reversing, and fluctuant in fortune.
When the Sun gives time to Saturn in a diurnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a prosperity-increase branch.
When the Sun gives time to Saturn in a nocturnal chart, Firmicus treats the handoff as a severe pestilence-and-death branch.
When the active decennial ruler of time is in a supported condition, the current period is read as more able to foreground its topics.
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.
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.