⚻ Quincunx
Venus quincunx Black Moon Lilith
Being wanted and being unedited conflict. Read as the difficulty of being loved without being tidied, which is the whole of this aspect.
- Angle
- 150°
- Orb used
- ±3°
- Type
- Hard
- Bodies
- ♀ ⚸
What these two are about together
Worth and what will not be made acceptable, which the tradition treats as the central Lilith pairing and also the one most often written about badly.
What a quincunx does
A quincunx, also called an inconjunct, puts two planets in signs that share nothing at all: not element, not quality, not polarity, and not even the awkward adjacency of the semi-sextile. The tradition is specific that this is not a weak square. A square describes two things in conflict, which at least implies they are on the same terms. A quincunx describes two things that do not have terms in common, so neither can be traded off against the other.
How it reads
Being wanted and being unedited conflict. Read as the difficulty of being loved without being tidied, which is the whole of this aspect.
In practice
Read as adjustment rather than conflict. The classical picture is of continually correcting for something that never resolves and never quite becomes a crisis, in the way a person compensates for a limp without noticing they are doing it. Modern practice associates it with health and with habits maintained past the point of usefulness.
What to watch for
The absence of a decision. Squares get resolved. A quincunx tends to get accommodated instead, and the tradition treats the accommodation itself as the thing worth looking at.
The two planets
Venus: Values, attraction and what you find beautiful
Black Moon Lilith: What you will not apologise for
Venus and Black Moon Lilith at other angles
- Venus conjunction Black Moon LilithTwo bodies at the same degree, acting as one
- Venus semi-sextile Black Moon LilithThirty degrees apart: neighbouring signs, with little in common
- Venus semi-square Black Moon LilithForty-five degrees apart: half a square, and read as half its weight
- Venus sextile Black Moon LilithSixty degrees apart: cooperation that has to be taken up
- Venus quintile Black Moon LilithSeventy-two degrees apart: a fifth of the circle, and the odd one out
- Venus square Black Moon LilithNinety degrees apart: two things that will not sit still together
- Venus trine Black Moon LilithA hundred and twenty degrees apart: the same element, working together
- Venus sesquiquadrate Black Moon LilithA hundred and thirty-five degrees: a square and a half
- Venus opposition Black Moon LilithDirectly across the chart: two ends of one axis
Find this in your own chart
A reading like this only tells you what the pairing is associated with. Whether Venus and Black Moon Lilith actually make this angle in your chart depends on your birth date, time and place.