2 articles for "Ides"
Ides [Astro*Index]In the ancient Roman calendar, the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, or the 13th day of other months. Also, this day and the 7 days preceding it. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare makes the reference : "Beware the Ides of March."
See also:Ides [DeVore]
♦ Romans & Astrology
A day in the Roman calendar and seven days before it. It appears that the term applied to the day on which the Sun passed the points of the Equinoxes and the Tropics, and that the seven days constituted the orbs preceding the Sun's crossing of the cusps of the four cardinal signs or angular houses. Shakespeare refers to the baleful influence of "The Ides of March" – evidently the last seven degrees of Pisces, or of the Twelfth House.
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