Dodecatemoria
Dodecatemoria are subdivisions of the twelve signs of the Zodiac into a further twelve parts each. These can be said to form a "micro-zodiac" of 144 dodecatemoria, each corresponding to 2.5° of the ecliptic. In an alternate usage, the dodecamorion refers to a point on the ecliptic reached by the addition of twelve times a given number of degrees within a sign, either to the original degree, or to the beginning of the sign.
This system, used in Hellenistic astrology but less favored by later ages, apparently originated in Babylonian astrology.
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The name "dodecatemoria" is a Latinization of the Greek δωδεχατημόρια (singular Gr. δωδεχατημόριον, L. "dodecatemorium" or dodecatemorion).[1] The same concept is expressed by Hebrew: השנים עשר in Hebrew and by اثنا عشرية in Arabic.[2]
The Babylonians used the word