Sun
Square Lilith
Here Sun (your core self) meets Lilith (your untamed, suppressed power). How strongly it shows depends on the orb, the distance from the exact angle: the smaller it is, the clearer the aspect.
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Three steps to Sun Square Lilith
Enter your birth data
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Calculate the aspect
The math runs on the Swiss Ephemeris, the same base professional astrology software is built on. The result is accurate to the arc-second, and free.
Read your result
You see right away whether you have the aspect and how tight the orb is, along with a reading you can check against your own everyday life.
Sun Square Lilith as a transit
The same aspect also keeps forming in the current sky, and then it works as a transit. When Sun and Lilith are in square up there right now, it applies to everyone, not only to people who have this aspect in their birth chart. Here will meets untamed power, and the two themes rub against each other, with small tensions and impatience in the air. Depending on how fast the planets involved move, it lasts a few hours to a few days, or weeks for the slow ones.
Sun Square Lilith at a glance
Between Sun (your core self) and Lilith (your untamed, suppressed power) this aspect leaves about 90°. As a square, that means: friction that pushes you to act.

| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Aspect | Square (90°) |
| Orb in the calculator | ± 7° |
| Typical sign distance | 3 signs |
| Character | tense, demanding |
| Sun | your core self |
| Lilith | your untamed, suppressed power |
| Needs birth time | no, the date is enough |

Check it against yourself
- Are there moments when both themes are called on at once? One: your core self. The other: your untamed, suppressed power. How do you react then?
- Is the orb in your chart tight (under 2°)? Then you usually feel the aspect more clearly.
- Tonight, write down one situation that might fit, and read it again in a week.
Continue with the overview of all astrology aspects and with Sun Conjunction Lilith. Which life areas the aspect connects is shown by the house calculator. When a moving planet forms this angle to your chart, it appears in your personalized daily horoscope. The planets themselves are explained in the planets overview, and between two people the compatibility chart compares the same angles.
How common is Sun Square Lilith?
Sun Square Lilith appears in 7.8 % of all births from 1940 to 2010, counting an orb of up to 7° as we do here. Among 711 aspect combinations that occur at all, that is number 151 by frequency. Between Sun and Lilith it is the most common of the five aspects.
This is plain geometry: Sun and Lilith move through the zodiac independently. A square exists twice on the circle, once on each side. With an orb of up to 7° it covers 28° in total, which is 7.8 % of 360°. The conjunction and opposition exist only once, so they are rarer.
In the sky, Sun Square Lilith becomes exact 1.77 times a year on average. It then usually stays within 1° for 2.3 days at a stretch, 4 days a year in total. Of the 2,219 famous people in our database, 165 have it for certain, for example Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland and Umberto Eco.

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Share of births | 7.8 % |
| Rank among all combinations | 151 / 711 |
| Orb | 7° |
| No aspect between Sun and Lilith | 70 % |
| Exact in the sky per year | 1.77 |
| Days a year within 1° | 4 |
| Longest stretch within 1° | 3 days |
| Famous people (of 2,219) | 165 |
Counted with the Swiss Ephemeris: 25,933 birth charts, one for every day from 1940 to 2010 at 12:00 UT, orbs as in the calculator. Sky: every day 1900–2100. Famous people: Wikidata, only where the aspect holds for the whole birth day.
Sun Square Lilith: frequently asked questions
- Do I need my birth time?
- No, your birth date is enough. The planets involved move slowly enough that the aspect barely changes over a day.
- What if I do not have this aspect?
- That is completely normal, since nobody has every aspect. The calculator still shows how close you are, and further down you can check other aspects.
- How accurate is the calculation?
- To the arc-second. It runs on the Swiss Ephemeris library with the NASA dataset, the same standard professional astrology software uses.
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