How to Use quincunx in a Sentence

quincunx

noun

• At the same time, Saturn continues its tense square to Uranus while making a quincunx to the full moon.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• Lock in that progress with a final lunar quincunx to Saturn.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• Montúfar says that at this eclipse, both the sun and the moon will be forming a tense quincunx aspect to task-master Saturn in Aquarius.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 19 June 2020
• Meanwhile, the Sun is forming a rather awkward quincunx to Pluto, so beware of power struggles coming from out of the left field.
  — Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
• We may be tempted to push ourselves to extremes on Tuesday, as the Sun creates a quincunx with optimistic Jupiter.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 14 June 2020
• We’re encouraged to be as flexible as possible on Sunday, when the ego-ruling Sun forms a quincunx with change-loving Uranus.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 29 Nov. 2020
• The Moon will make a final thoughtful quincunx to Saturn, who's just arrived in Pisces, so some minor daydreaming can be genuinely helpful.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Sun forms a quincunx against transformative Pluto on Sunday, encouraging us to think less selfishly and consider our impact on the world.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 14 June 2020
• As Stacy Liberatore reports for the Daily Mail, quincunx patterns seen on the objects represent the axis mundi, while the head of a water snake references the underworld.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
• The researchers discovered figurative and numerical depictions of the Mixtec calendar’s year of the lizard, as well as the quincunx—a geometric design alluding to the four directions and the center of the universe.
  — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
• On Tuesday, flirtatious Venus creates a challenging quincunx with dynamic Uranus.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• However, once the Moon stumbles into a challenging quincunx with messenger Mercury, talking to others could actually overcomplicate all of our plans.
  — Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022

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