Quincunx

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Quincunx

An astrology term denoting planets at a distance of five signs of 150 degrees from each other. The term was once generally used to denote a disposition of five objects (especially plants or trees) placed so that there is one in each corner of a square or rectangle with the fifth in the center. The use of the quincunx in various aspects throughout history was exhaustively discussed by the English physician and author Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) in his book The Garden of Cyrus (1658).

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