Placements · Lilith
Black Moon Lilith: Your Lilith Sign, Your Lilith Return, and What She Means
Black Moon Lilith is the point where the Moon's orbit swings farthest from the Earth. She spends about nine months in each sign and comes back to her birth place every 8 years and 10 months, around ages 9, 18, 27, 35, 44, 53 and 62. Modern astrologers read her as the part of you that won't be tamed.
Find your Lilith sign and your return dates →
Roman OleksandrHellenistic astrologer · free finder · 15 min read
What is Black Moon Lilith in astrology?
Black Moon Lilith is not a planet or a moon. It is an empty point: the far end of the Moon's oval orbit, called the lunar apogee, marked on the zodiac. Nothing physical sits there. Astrologers call it Black Moon Lilith and read it as the wild, refused and unapologetic side of a person.
The Moon's path around the Earth is not a perfect circle. At her closest, the perigee, she comes as near as about 357,000 kilometers; at her farthest, the apogee, she is as far as about 406,000 kilometers away. The line between those two points slowly turns, so the far point moves through the whole zodiac in 8 years and 10 months. That moving far point is Lilith.
The Moon's orbit, with the oval drawn much stronger than it really is. Lilith is the direction of the far point, seen from the Earth and marked on the zodiac. The whole oval turns, so that direction moves about 40 degrees a year.
Because the point moves so steadily, everyone born within the same nine months or so shares a Lilith sign. What makes your Lilith your own is the house she falls in, which depends on your rising sign, and the planets near her. I explain both below, with the finder.
Lilith is one of the two famous kinds of point on the Moon's orbit. The other is the pair of nodes, where that orbit crosses the Sun's path: the North Node and South Node. Both are empty places, and both move because the Moon's orbit itself is always turning. Where the Moon herself stands along that path is read through the 28 lunar mansions.
What is my Lilith sign?
Your Lilith sign is the zodiac sign the Moon's far point was in on the day you were born. It changes about every nine months, so your birth date is enough to find it; only a birth within a day of a sign change needs the time. Enter your date below, and add your rising sign to see her house.
Don't know your rising sign? It needs your exact birth time and place. Without it, read your sign below and skip the house: the sign alone already says a lot.
What is a Lilith return?
A Lilith return is when Black Moon Lilith comes back to the degree she held at your birth. It happens every 8 years and 10 months: around ages 9, 18, 27, 35, 44, 53, 62, 71 and 80. Each return comes inside a longer season, about nine months of Lilith moving through your Lilith sign.
The Lilith returns across a life. The three in red, at 44, 53 and 62, are the midlife returns.
Modern astrologers describe a Lilith return as the season when the untamed part of you comes back to the surface. You know when she's back. You stop laughing at jokes that aren't funny. You want the window open at night. Old anger comes up, and it feels clean. The no you used to soften comes out whole. And desire comes back: for a person, a place, a different life.
The early returns pass almost unnoticed: at 9 you have no words for it, at 18 everything is loud anyway. The ones that land are usually the midlife returns, at 44, 53 and 62. They come in the same stretch of life as the Uranus opposition in the early forties and the second Saturn return at 58 and 59, years when many women are already asking what the next part of life is for.
The exact return day matters less than the season. Lilith enters your Lilith sign, crosses your exact degree somewhere in the middle, and leaves again about nine months after she arrived. The finder above gives all three dates for every return in your life.
Who is in a Lilith return right now?
Everyone with Lilith in Capricorn. Lilith entered Capricorn on September 14, 2026, and stays until June 11, 2027. That covers people born from October 10, 1964 to July 7, 1965, now turning 62; from August 15, 1973 to May 12, 1974, turning 53; and from June 20, 1982 to March 18, 1983, turning 44.
Younger and older people are in it too, at other ages. The same Capricorn season comes back every 8 years and 10 months, so this one also touches people born in 1991, 2000 and 2009, and in 1938, 1947 and from late 1955 to 1956. Dates are in Pacific time; born on the first or last day of a window, use the finder.
| Born from | Born to | Return number, age |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1938 | Dec 21, 1938 | 10th, at about 88 |
| Jan 30, 1947 | Oct 26, 1947 | 9th, at about 80 |
| Dec 5, 1955 | Aug 31, 1956 | 8th, at about 71 |
| Oct 10, 1964 | Jul 7, 1965 | 7th, at about 62 |
| Aug 15, 1973 | May 12, 1974 | 6th, at about 53 |
| Jun 20, 1982 | Mar 18, 1983 | 5th, at about 44 |
| Apr 25, 1991 | Jan 21, 1992 | 4th, at about 35 |
| Feb 28, 2000 | Nov 25, 2000 | 3rd, at about 27 |
| Jan 3, 2009 | Sep 30, 2009 | 2nd, at about 18 |
| Nov 8, 2017 | Aug 5, 2018 | 1st, at about 9 |
Table computed by Roman Oleksandr from the Astronomy Engine ephemeris, 2026.
Capricorn is the sign of rules, fathers and old structures, and Saturn owns it. A Lilith return in Capricorn tends to be about authority: whose permission you have been waiting for, and whether you still need it. Lilith moves on to Aquarius on June 11, 2027, and the return season passes to everyone with Lilith in Aquarius.
Who was Lilith?
In Jewish legend, Lilith was Adam's first wife, made from the same earth as he was. She refused to lie beneath him, spoke the secret name of God and flew away into the air. The story comes from the Alphabet of Ben Sira, usually dated between the 8th and 10th centuries. The Bible itself names her only once.
That one mention is Isaiah 34:14, in a list of creatures that haunt a ruined land. The Hebrew word is lilit, and translators have never agreed on it: the King James Version has "screech owl," the NIV "night creatures," the RSV "night hag," and several modern versions simply leave the name Lilith. Many scholars connect it to the lilitu, night spirits of Mesopotamian magic, while others read a night bird (Wikipedia, "Lilith").
The famous Babylonian clay relief known as the Queen of the Night, with its wings, bird's talons, owls and lions, was once taken for Lilith. Scholars now doubt that, and lean toward a goddess such as Ereshkigal or Inanna. The picture stuck anyway.
Lilith reached astrology much later. In 1898 a Hamburg astronomer, Georg Waltemath, announced a second moon of the Earth; no one could confirm it. In 1918 the astrologer Walter Gorn Old, who wrote as Sepharial, claimed to have seen it and named it Lilith, a "dark" moon invisible most of the time (Wikipedia, "Georg Waltemath"). That moon does not exist. The name passed to the Moon's real far point, the apogee, as the Swiss Ephemeris documentation explains, and Black Moon Lilith is that point.
Did the old astrologers use Lilith?
No. Valens, Dorotheus, Ptolemy and Paulus never mention Lilith. But they read the Moon's speed, and the Moon is slowest near her far point. Dorotheus warns that when she travels less than 12 degrees in a day, "this course of hers resembles the course of Saturn."
And if the Moon was at [her] least motion (and that is if she was decreasing in her calculation, and her course in a day and a night is less than 12°), for indeed this course of hers resembles the course of Saturn: so if it was like that, then difficulty and slowness will enter into the work which he begins at that hour.Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum V.6.11, on the corruption of the Moon, tr. Benjamin N. Dykes, p. 234
Dorotheus is writing about choosing the hour to begin something, not about a birth chart, but the picture is the same. Near her far point the Moon covers about 11.8 degrees a day; near her closest, about 15.4. The old astrologers saw the far Moon as slow and heavy, borrowing something of Saturn: delay, weight, effort. The modern Lilith turns the same place into wildness and refusal. Both describe the Moon at a distance.
So in a reading by the old method, I start where Dorotheus starts: with the Moon herself, her sign, her phase (you can find yours with Moon phase when you were born), her speed and the planets that see her. Lilith is a modern layer. If you work with her, read her through the planet that owns her sign: Lilith in Scorpio answers to Mars, Lilith in Capricorn to Saturn. Each sign below names that planet. If your own Moon sits close to your Lilith, you were born with the Moon near her farthest point, moving slowly, and that is worth noticing by either method.
Should I use mean Lilith or true Lilith?
I use mean Lilith. Mean Lilith is the average far point of the Moon's orbit, and it moves steadily, about 40 degrees a year. True Lilith, also called osculating Lilith, swings up to 30 degrees either side of it within a month. The Swiss Ephemeris documentation calls that swing largely an artifact of the calculation.
The Moon's actual farthest points stay within about 5 degrees of the mean point. The Swiss Ephemeris also offers an interpolated Lilith that follows them more closely; I keep to the mean point because it is steady and gives the same answer in every program that offers it. This page, the finder and the dates all use mean Lilith. If an app gives you a different Lilith sign, check which Lilith it shows: a true Lilith can sit a whole sign away from the mean.
What does Lilith in Aries mean?
Lilith in Aries is the refusal to wait your turn. Modern astrologers read it as anger that was not allowed, and a body that wants to move first and explain later. The wild part of you shows up as impatience with permission. Grown up, it becomes the courage to start what no one else will.
Aries is the house of Mars, so by the old method the question is how well your Mars is placed. A strong Mars gives this Lilith a clean outlet; a struggling one turns it inward as frustration.
What does Lilith in Taurus mean?
Lilith in Taurus is a hunger for pleasure, comfort and things of your own, and an old fear of being told you want too much. Modern astrologers link it to the body, money and appetite. The wild part of you refuses to apologize for enjoying life. Grown up, it becomes steady, quiet self-worth.
Taurus belongs to Venus. Her sign and condition in your chart show how freely that appetite was allowed, and how easily it comes back.
What does Lilith in Gemini mean?
Lilith in Gemini is the voice that says what the room is not saying. Modern astrologers read it as a mind that was called too much, too clever or too talkative, and learned to go quiet. The wild part of you is curiosity without a leash. Grown up, it becomes the courage to ask the forbidden question.
Gemini is a house of Mercury. Look at your Mercury: where it sits, and who sees it, shows whether that voice found a home or kept getting interrupted.
What does Lilith in Cancer mean?
Lilith in Cancer touches the oldest wound: mother, home and belonging. Modern astrologers read it as needs that went unmet early, or a fierce refusal to mother on anyone else's terms. The wild part of you protects its own like an animal. Grown up, it becomes care you give freely, without disappearing into it.
Cancer is the Moon's own house, so this Lilith answers straight to your natal Moon. That is fitting for a point that is itself a piece of the Moon's orbit.
What does Lilith in Leo mean?
Lilith in Leo is the wish to be seen, and the shame of wanting it. Modern astrologers read it as a light that was dimmed early, often for being too much. The wild part of you wants the center of the stage without asking for it. Grown up, it becomes creative confidence that doesn't need applause.
Leo is the house of the Sun. A Sun that is well placed and visible in your chart helps this Lilith shine without having to fight for the room.
What does Lilith in Virgo mean?
Lilith in Virgo is the perfectionist who is secretly furious about it. Modern astrologers read it as a body and a daily life held to impossible standards, and a refusal to be useful on command. The wild part of you is the one that stops fixing everyone else. Grown up, it becomes skill used on your own terms.
Virgo is Mercury's other house, and Mercury is exalted there. Your Mercury decides whether this Lilith turns into craft or into constant self-correction.
What does Lilith in Libra mean?
Lilith in Libra is the refusal to keep the peace at your own expense. Modern astrologers read it as relationships where you were expected to be pleasant, fair and agreeable, whatever it cost. The wild part of you will not come second, exactly like the Lilith of the legend. Grown up, it becomes partnership between equals.
Libra belongs to Venus, so her condition shows how much room your relationships give you. Saturn is exalted in Libra too: the lesson here usually comes with time and with fair rules.
What does Lilith in Scorpio mean?
Lilith in Scorpio is intensity that does not fit polite company. Modern astrologers read it as deep desire, secrets, jealousy and power, and a life that will not stay on the surface. The wild part of you sees what others hide. Grown up, it becomes the strength to stay with what others can't face.
Scorpio is the house of Mars, and Mars decides how a crowded or heavy Scorpio works, as I explain in the Scorpio stellium. Lilith last passed through Scorpio from March 26 to December 20, 2025, the season of Lilith returns for everyone born with her there.
What does Lilith in Sagittarius mean?
Lilith in Sagittarius is the heretic. Modern astrologers read it as a refusal to believe what you're told about God, morality or how a life should go. The wild part of you needs open roads and its own truth, found the hard way. Grown up, it becomes wisdom you earned rather than borrowed.
Sagittarius belongs to Jupiter. Lilith left this sign on September 14, 2026; your Jupiter shows whether that hunger for meaning found teachers or had to go alone.
What does Lilith in Capricorn mean?
Lilith in Capricorn is the rebel against rules, fathers and authority who often ends up becoming the authority. Modern astrologers read it as ambition that was not allowed, or a hard, early sense of duty. The wild part of you refuses to climb someone else's ladder. Grown up, it builds its own.
Capricorn is the house of Saturn, and Mars is exalted there. Lilith is in Capricorn now, until June 11, 2027, which puts everyone born with her here in a Lilith return (see who is in a return now).
What does Lilith in Aquarius mean?
Lilith in Aquarius is the outsider by design. Modern astrologers read it as someone who never quite fit the group and eventually stopped trying. The wild part of you wants freedom from every expectation, including the rules of the rebels. Grown up, it becomes a voice for everyone else who doesn't fit.
Aquarius is Saturn's second house. Lilith enters Aquarius on June 11, 2027, and stays until March 2028.
What does Lilith in Pisces mean?
Lilith in Pisces is the mystic who doesn't want to be saved. Modern astrologers read it as boundaries that dissolve too easily, a strong inner life, and a longing for something no one can name. The wild part of you is the dreamer who won't be practical on demand. Grown up, it becomes compassion with edges.
Pisces belongs to Jupiter, and Venus is exalted there. Look to both for how this Lilith finds its shore.
Every Lilith sign change, 1920 to 2015
| From | To | Lilith in |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 1919 | Jul 16, 1920 | Sagittarius |
| Jul 16, 1920 | Apr 10, 1921 | Capricorn |
| Apr 10, 1921 | Jan 3, 1922 | Aquarius |
| Jan 3, 1922 | Oct 1, 1922 | Pisces |
| Oct 1, 1922 | Jun 28, 1923 | Aries |
| Jun 28, 1923 | Mar 22, 1924 | Taurus |
| Mar 22, 1924 | Dec 16, 1924 | Gemini |
| Dec 16, 1924 | Sep 12, 1925 | Cancer |
| Sep 12, 1925 | Jun 9, 1926 | Leo |
| Jun 9, 1926 | Mar 5, 1927 | Virgo |
| Mar 5, 1927 | Nov 28, 1927 | Libra |
| Nov 28, 1927 | Aug 24, 1928 | Scorpio |
| Aug 24, 1928 | May 21, 1929 | Sagittarius |
| May 21, 1929 | Feb 14, 1930 | Capricorn |
| Feb 14, 1930 | Nov 9, 1930 | Aquarius |
| Nov 9, 1930 | Aug 6, 1931 | Pisces |
| Aug 6, 1931 | May 3, 1932 | Aries |
| May 3, 1932 | Jan 26, 1933 | Taurus |
| Jan 26, 1933 | Oct 21, 1933 | Gemini |
| Oct 21, 1933 | Jul 18, 1934 | Cancer |
| Jul 18, 1934 | Apr 15, 1935 | Leo |
| Apr 15, 1935 | Jan 8, 1936 | Virgo |
| Jan 8, 1936 | Oct 2, 1936 | Libra |
| Oct 2, 1936 | Jun 29, 1937 | Scorpio |
| Jun 29, 1937 | Mar 27, 1938 | Sagittarius |
| Mar 27, 1938 | Dec 21, 1938 | Capricorn |
| Dec 21, 1938 | Sep 15, 1939 | Aquarius |
| Sep 15, 1939 | Jun 10, 1940 | Pisces |
| Jun 10, 1940 | Mar 8, 1941 | Aries |
| Mar 8, 1941 | Dec 2, 1941 | Taurus |
| Dec 2, 1941 | Aug 27, 1942 | Gemini |
| Aug 27, 1942 | May 23, 1943 | Cancer |
| May 23, 1943 | Feb 18, 1944 | Leo |
| Feb 18, 1944 | Nov 13, 1944 | Virgo |
| Nov 13, 1944 | Aug 8, 1945 | Libra |
| Aug 8, 1945 | May 4, 1946 | Scorpio |
| May 4, 1946 | Jan 30, 1947 | Sagittarius |
| Jan 30, 1947 | Oct 26, 1947 | Capricorn |
| Oct 26, 1947 | Jul 20, 1948 | Aquarius |
| Jul 20, 1948 | Apr 15, 1949 | Pisces |
| Apr 15, 1949 | Jan 11, 1950 | Aries |
| Jan 11, 1950 | Oct 8, 1950 | Taurus |
| Oct 8, 1950 | Jul 3, 1951 | Gemini |
| Jul 3, 1951 | Mar 28, 1952 | Cancer |
| Mar 28, 1952 | Dec 23, 1952 | Leo |
| Dec 23, 1952 | Sep 19, 1953 | Virgo |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Jun 14, 1954 | Libra |
| Jun 14, 1954 | Mar 10, 1955 | Scorpio |
| Mar 10, 1955 | Dec 5, 1955 | Sagittarius |
| Dec 5, 1955 | Aug 31, 1956 | Capricorn |
| Aug 31, 1956 | May 26, 1957 | Aquarius |
| May 26, 1957 | Feb 19, 1958 | Pisces |
| Feb 19, 1958 | Nov 16, 1958 | Aries |
| Nov 16, 1958 | Aug 13, 1959 | Taurus |
| Aug 13, 1959 | May 7, 1960 | Gemini |
| May 7, 1960 | Jan 31, 1961 | Cancer |
| Jan 31, 1961 | Oct 28, 1961 | Leo |
| Oct 28, 1961 | Jul 26, 1962 | Virgo |
| Jul 26, 1962 | Apr 20, 1963 | Libra |
| Apr 20, 1963 | Jan 13, 1964 | Scorpio |
| Jan 13, 1964 | Oct 10, 1964 | Sagittarius |
| Oct 10, 1964 | Jul 7, 1965 | Capricorn |
| Jul 7, 1965 | Apr 1, 1966 | Aquarius |
| Apr 1, 1966 | Dec 25, 1966 | Pisces |
| Dec 25, 1966 | Sep 22, 1967 | Aries |
| Sep 22, 1967 | Jun 18, 1968 | Taurus |
| Jun 18, 1968 | Mar 13, 1969 | Gemini |
| Mar 13, 1969 | Dec 6, 1969 | Cancer |
| Dec 6, 1969 | Sep 3, 1970 | Leo |
| Sep 3, 1970 | May 31, 1971 | Virgo |
| May 31, 1971 | Feb 23, 1972 | Libra |
| Feb 23, 1972 | Nov 18, 1972 | Scorpio |
| Nov 18, 1972 | Aug 15, 1973 | Sagittarius |
| Aug 15, 1973 | May 12, 1974 | Capricorn |
| May 12, 1974 | Feb 5, 1975 | Aquarius |
| Feb 5, 1975 | Oct 31, 1975 | Pisces |
| Oct 31, 1975 | Jul 27, 1976 | Aries |
| Jul 27, 1976 | Apr 23, 1977 | Taurus |
| Apr 23, 1977 | Jan 17, 1978 | Gemini |
| Jan 17, 1978 | Oct 12, 1978 | Cancer |
| Oct 12, 1978 | Jul 9, 1979 | Leo |
| Jul 9, 1979 | Apr 4, 1980 | Virgo |
| Apr 4, 1980 | Dec 29, 1980 | Libra |
| Dec 29, 1980 | Sep 23, 1981 | Scorpio |
| Sep 23, 1981 | Jun 20, 1982 | Sagittarius |
| Jun 20, 1982 | Mar 18, 1983 | Capricorn |
| Mar 18, 1983 | Dec 11, 1983 | Aquarius |
| Dec 11, 1983 | Sep 4, 1984 | Pisces |
| Sep 4, 1984 | Jun 1, 1985 | Aries |
| Jun 1, 1985 | Feb 27, 1986 | Taurus |
| Feb 27, 1986 | Nov 23, 1986 | Gemini |
| Nov 23, 1986 | Aug 18, 1987 | Cancer |
| Aug 18, 1987 | May 13, 1988 | Leo |
| May 13, 1988 | Feb 8, 1989 | Virgo |
| Feb 8, 1989 | Nov 4, 1989 | Libra |
| Nov 4, 1989 | Jul 30, 1990 | Scorpio |
| Jul 30, 1990 | Apr 25, 1991 | Sagittarius |
| Apr 25, 1991 | Jan 21, 1992 | Capricorn |
| Jan 21, 1992 | Oct 16, 1992 | Aquarius |
| Oct 16, 1992 | Jul 11, 1993 | Pisces |
| Jul 11, 1993 | Apr 6, 1994 | Aries |
| Apr 6, 1994 | Jan 2, 1995 | Taurus |
| Jan 2, 1995 | Sep 28, 1995 | Gemini |
| Sep 28, 1995 | Jun 22, 1996 | Cancer |
| Jun 22, 1996 | Mar 18, 1997 | Leo |
| Mar 18, 1997 | Dec 14, 1997 | Virgo |
| Dec 14, 1997 | Sep 10, 1998 | Libra |
| Sep 10, 1998 | Jun 5, 1999 | Scorpio |
| Jun 5, 1999 | Feb 28, 2000 | Sagittarius |
| Feb 28, 2000 | Nov 25, 2000 | Capricorn |
| Nov 25, 2000 | Aug 22, 2001 | Aquarius |
| Aug 22, 2001 | May 17, 2002 | Pisces |
| May 17, 2002 | Feb 10, 2003 | Aries |
| Feb 10, 2003 | Nov 7, 2003 | Taurus |
| Nov 7, 2003 | Aug 3, 2004 | Gemini |
| Aug 3, 2004 | Apr 28, 2005 | Cancer |
| Apr 28, 2005 | Jan 22, 2006 | Leo |
| Jan 22, 2006 | Oct 19, 2006 | Virgo |
| Oct 19, 2006 | Jul 16, 2007 | Libra |
| Jul 16, 2007 | Apr 9, 2008 | Scorpio |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Jan 3, 2009 | Sagittarius |
| Jan 3, 2009 | Sep 30, 2009 | Capricorn |
| Sep 30, 2009 | Jun 27, 2010 | Aquarius |
| Jun 27, 2010 | Mar 23, 2011 | Pisces |
| Mar 23, 2011 | Dec 16, 2011 | Aries |
| Dec 16, 2011 | Sep 11, 2012 | Taurus |
| Sep 11, 2012 | Jun 9, 2013 | Gemini |
| Jun 9, 2013 | Mar 4, 2014 | Cancer |
| Mar 4, 2014 | Nov 27, 2014 | Leo |
| Nov 27, 2014 | Aug 24, 2015 | Virgo |
| Aug 24, 2015 | May 21, 2016 | Libra |
Mean Lilith, tropical zodiac, Pacific time, accurate to within a day.
What does Lilith mean in each house?
The house shows where in life Lilith's refusal plays out: in your body, your money, your marriage or your work. Houses need your rising sign. In whole-sign houses, the sign rising at your birth is the first house and each sign after it is the next, so Lilith's house follows from her sign.
| House | Where the untamed part shows |
|---|---|
| 1st | Your presence and body. You won't be defined by others, and people feel it before you speak. |
| 2nd | Money and self-worth. Earning and valuing on your own terms, not the family's. |
| 3rd | Voice, siblings, the neighborhood. Saying what others in the family won't. |
| 4th | Home and mother. The oldest family story, and the freedom to leave it. |
| 5th | Pleasure, romance and creative work. Joy without apology. |
| 6th | Daily work and routine. A refusal to serve on command. |
| 7th | Partners. Equality, or no partnership at all. |
| 8th | Shared money, intimacy, what is hidden. A depth others avoid. |
| 9th | Beliefs, study and travel. The heretic and the wanderer. |
| 10th | Career and reputation. An authority who breaks the mold. |
| 11th | Friends and groups. The one who won't follow the group. |
| 12th | Solitude and the hidden life. A wildness kept mostly private. |
Lilith in the 8th house deserves a closer look. The 8th is the house of other people's money, inheritance and what passes between two people in private. Modern astrologers read it as intensity in intimacy and a refusal to be owned. The old texts call the 8th the place of death, and also of inheritance. I never read death or illness from a chart, so in a reading I take the 8th through inheritance and shared money. The planet that owns the sign of your 8th house tells you more than Lilith does.
Common questions about Black Moon Lilith
Is Lilith a planet? No. Black Moon Lilith is an empty point, the far end of the Moon's orbit as seen from the Earth. There is nothing there to see. It is a modern addition to astrology, first used in the twentieth century.
How long does Lilith stay in a sign? About nine months: 30 degrees at roughly 40 degrees a year. She goes around the whole zodiac in 8 years and 10 months, which is why the Lilith return comes at that interval.
Is Lilith bad? No placement is simply bad. Lilith marks what was pushed down or refused, so she can feel uncomfortable, but modern astrologers read her as a source of strength once it's owned. The old method would add: look at the planet that owns her sign.
What does Lilith conjunct the Sun mean? Lilith within a few degrees of your Sun ties the untamed part to your identity itself. Modern astrologers read it as a person who can't hide what they are, and who usually stops trying somewhere in midlife.
What is the Lilith symbol? A black crescent Moon above a small cross. The crescent is darkened because the point is empty: it is the Moon's far point, not the Moon.
Do I need my birth time for Lilith? For the sign, almost never: Lilith moves about a tenth of a degree a day. For the house, yes, because the house depends on your rising sign.
When is my next Lilith return? Every 8 years and 10 months from your birth. The finder above lists every return with its date and your age.
- Lilith positions and dates: mean lunar apogee from the mean lunar elements (ELP-2000/82, Chapront) as given in Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd ed. (1998), reduced to the ecliptic as the Swiss Ephemeris does; checked against Swiss Ephemeris mean apogee dates. The finder uses the same formulas.
- Mean, true and interpolated apogee, and the "dark moon" history: Swiss Ephemeris documentation, Astrodienst.
- Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum V.6.11, tr. Benjamin N. Dykes (Cazimi Press, 2019), p. 234.
- Isaiah 34:14 in several translations: Bible Gateway. The Alphabet of Ben Sira, the lilitu and the Burney Relief: Wikipedia, "Lilith".
- Waltemath's moon and Sepharial's naming: Wikipedia, "Georg Waltemath" and "Sepharial".
- The Moon's distances and daily motion: computed with the Astronomy Engine ephemeris, 2020 to 2025.
Roman OleksandrHellenistic astrologer. He reads charts from Valens, Dorotheus, Paulus and Ptolemy in translation, and every statement in a reading traces back to a named technique. How he reads a chart