Planets and points
Lilith
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Lilith in astrology can mean several different factors: Black Moon Lilith, asteroid Lilith, or the debated Dark Moon Lilith. It is commonly read through exile, refusal, taboo, shame, rage, autonomy, and uncompromised voice.
Lilith is a layered astrology term for exile, refusal, taboo, autonomy, and shadowed voice.
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At a glance
- In astrology
- Black Moon Lilith is a calculated lunar point, asteroid Lilith is a minor body, and Dark Moon Lilith is a disputed hypothetical factor.
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- Planets & Celestial Bodies
- Related
- Planetary Placement, Planetary Position, Birth Chart, Transit
Lilith is a layered astrology term for exile, refusal, taboo, autonomy, and shadowed voice.
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What sets Lilith apart
Three unrelated things are called Lilith, and only the first is common in charts. Black Moon Lilith is not a body but the Moon's apogee, the far end of its elliptical path, which travels the zodiac in about 8.85 years and spends roughly nine months in a sign; the mean and true positions can differ by some 30 degrees. Asteroid 1181 Lilith is a small rock found in 1927. Dark Moon Lilith is a hypothetical second satellite of the earth, never confirmed, tracing to Georg Waltemath in 1898.
- Black Moon Lilith: the lunar apogee, cycle about 8.85 years, mean motion about 40.7 degrees a year
- Mean and true: the true apogee swings up to about 30 degrees either side of the mean
- Asteroid Lilith: minor planet 1181, found in 1927 by Benjamin Jekhowsky
- Dark Moon Lilith: an unconfirmed hypothetical satellite, proposed by Georg Waltemath in 1898
- Earliest texts: lilit appears once in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 34:14); the Adam story is medieval
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The story behind Lilith
Lilith appears in Mesopotamian and Jewish folklore and later became a major figure in esoteric, feminist, and psychological astrology.
The spiritual meaning of Lilith
Spiritually, Lilith asks what exiled voice must be integrated without becoming ruled by rage.
Lilith in practice: an example
A Black Moon Lilith placement in the tenth house may raise themes of public shame, refusal to submit, or a fierce need for vocational autonomy.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Planets & Celestial Bodies
- Aliases
- Lilith astrology, Lilith meaning
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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Common questions
What is Lilith?
Lilith in astrology can mean several different factors: Black Moon Lilith, asteroid Lilith, or the debated Dark Moon Lilith. It is commonly read through exile, refusal, taboo, shame, rage, autonomy, and uncompromised voice.
Where does Lilith come from?
Lilith appears in Mesopotamian and Jewish folklore and later became a major figure in esoteric, feminist, and psychological astrology.
What does Lilith mean in astrology?
Black Moon Lilith is a calculated lunar point, asteroid Lilith is a minor body, and Dark Moon Lilith is a disputed hypothetical factor.
What does Lilith look like in a birth chart?
A Black Moon Lilith placement in the tenth house may raise themes of public shame, refusal to submit, or a fierce need for vocational autonomy.
What does Lilith mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Lilith asks what exiled voice must be integrated without becoming ruled by rage.
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