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quincunx
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quincunx
1. Botany a quincuncial arrangement of sepals or petals in the bud
2. Astrology an aspect of 150? between two planets

quincunx
An arrangement of elements so that four are symmetrically placed around a central one.


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Sudden adjustments in circumstances shuffle the deck, and we need an empowered response as Mercury quincunxes Uranus.
The Quincunx That Ate the Universe: A Real Theory of Everything" is a metaphysical studies book about the concept of quincunxes, an arrangement of five things that everything in the universe is crafted from, such as matter, forces, qi, luminosity, and spirit.
The banana trees, as green as jealousy itself, are laid out in quincunxes, as are the workers who replace the bridge's rectangular beams.
 
 
 
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