#vices

the chain of vices

illustrations from two copies of thomasin von zirclaere's didactic poem der welsche gast. one produced in bavaria, c. 1256, the other possibly in burgundy, early 15th c.

Ahhhh True Lilith. She’s the part of you that doesn’t follow the rules, and doesn’t feel bad about it. True Black Moon Lilith in your chart shows where you reject expectations, where your desires don’t fit the mold, and where you might feel judged or misunderstood for wanting what you want. She’s not about being polite or digestible!!

She’s raw instinct. Emotional power. And yeah, sometimes she’s the reason you push people away or pull them too close. Lilith reveals your biggest vice, your secret weapon, and the place where you either reclaim your power or get stuck in the shame loop. She’s not evil. She’s not broken. She’s just honest, and a little wild.

Let’s look at how she shows up in each sign.

It’s not always pretty, but it is real. 😈

Lilith in Aries ✨ You want control. All of it. First in line, first in bed, first to leave when things stop thrilling you. You chase chaos like it’s foreplay and call it “independence.” Impulse is your drug, and if dominance was a crime, you’re already guilty.

Lilith in Taurus ✨ Luxury. Pleasure. Repetition. You crave the sensual until it rots. You’d marry your bed if it came with silk sheets and a five-course meal. Comfort is your kink, and you’ll cling to it even when it suffocates you. If it smells like stability, you’re addicted.

Lilith in Gemini ✨ You want to know everything. And you will flirt, manipulate, or mentally seduce whoever holds the next piece of information. Your vice? Words as weapons. You talk circles around the truth until even you forget what’s real. Chaos, but make it clever.

Lilith in Cancer ✨ You hunger to be needed, then secretly resent it. You smother with one hand and ghost with the other. Your vice is emotional manipulation disguised as nurturing. You want power through connection, even if it means weaponizing your tears.

Lilith in Leo ✨ You want to be worshipped. Not liked, adored. The vice? Vanity, but with sparkle. You’ll burn down the room just to be seen rising from the ashes. Attention is your oxygen, and if you’re not the main character, you’re not interested.

Lilith in Virgo ✨ You want control through perfection. You sexualize being useful, obsess over flaws, and turn self-sacrifice into an Olympic sport. Your vice? Fixing others so you don’t have to feel your own mess. Clean on the outside, chaos in the bloodstream.

Lilith in Libra ✨ You seduce with politeness and manipulate through charm. Your vice? Playing nice while pulling strings. You crave harmony so much you’ll fake an entire personality to avoid confrontation, then implode when balance becomes a prison.

Lilith in Scorpio ✨ Let’s not lie: you want to own people. Body, soul, bank account. Your vice is total control disguised as intimacy. You seduce with shadows and sting when someone gets too close. If it’s not intense, obsessive, and possibly illegal, you’re bored.

Lilith in Sagittarius ✨ You want freedom more than love. More than peace. More than truth. Your vice? Running. You spiritualize your escape routes, ghost with a smile, and dress up commitment issues as wanderlust. You’ll burn bridges just to light your next adventure.

Lilith in Capricorn ✨ Power. Status. Achievement. You want it all and then some, and your vice is ambition without soul. You’ll climb the ladder with bloody hands if it means control. You seduce through authority, then wonder why you’re lonely at the top.

Lilith in Aquarius ✨ You want to be different just to not belong. Your vice is alienation on purpose. You seduce through shock value, detach when it gets real, and pretend your feelings are Wi-Fi signals: unstable and hard to trace. You crave freedom but sabotage connection.

Lilith in Pisces ✨ You want to disappear into fantasy. Your vice is emotional escapism, sex, substances, sad playlists. You romanticize suffering and call it “spiritual.” Boundaries? None. You’d rather drown in longing than live in reality. Beautiful, tragic, addictive.

With cosmic love and a little tough truth, ✨

Astro Ash

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Revelation 3:15-16

“The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia. Christ here takes the title of the Amen,[3] as if he said, I am the Truth. --- The beginning of the creation, or of the creatures of God, to which is added, in the first chapter, the beginning and the end. --- Thou art neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm. A dreadful reprehension, whatever exposition we follow. According to the common interpretation, by the cold are meant those who are guilty of great sins; by the hot, such as are zealous and fervent in piety and the service of God; by the lukewarm or tepid, they who are slothful, negligent, indolent, as to what regards Christian perfection, the practice of virtue, and an exact observance of what regards the service of God. On this account they are many times guilty in the sight of God of great sins, they forfeit the favour and grace of God, fancying themselves good enough and safe, because they live as others commonly do, and are not guilty of many scandalous and shameful crimes, to which they see others addicted. --- I would thou wert either cold or hot. This is not an absolute wish, because the condition of the cold is certainly worse in itself; but it is to be taken with the regard to the different consequences, which oftentimes attend these two states, and to signify to us that the lukewarm may be farther from a true conversion, inasmuch as they are less sensible of the dangers to which they remain exposed, than such as commit greater sins. Their careless indevotion becomes habitual to them, they live and die with a heart divided betwixt God and the world; whereas greater and more shameful sinners are not without an abhorrence of such vices which they commit; a fear of punishment, of hell and damnation, strikes them by the mercies of God offered even to sinners, and makes them enter into themselves like the prodigal son; they detest their past lives, and by the assistance of God’s graces become both fervent and constant in the duties of a Christian life. (Witham) --- Tepidity in a Christian life, and in the service of God, is oftentimes more dangerous than absolute wickedness. The open sinner is easily made sensible of his danger; he experiences the stings and reproaches of conscience, whilst the tepid Christian lives without remorse, fear, or apprehension, and listens not to those who wish to shew him the danger of his situation. I dare venture to affirm, says St. Augustine, that to fall into some public and manifest sin would be of advantage to the proud, that so those who by their self-complacency had so often fallen before, may now become displeased with themselves and humble. (Calmet) --- To the lukewarm it is said, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth; i.e. if thou continue in that state, I will permit thee to run on and be lost in thy sins. Thou blindly sayest within thyself, I am rich, &c. A false conscience generally attends a lukewarm soul and those who serve God by halves; they flatter themselves that all goes well even with them, when they see they are not so vicious, as many others: but here the spirit of God, who penetrates the secret folds and windings of slothful souls, admonisheth them of their dangerous mistakes, that they are wretched, poor, blind, and naked, when God, by his grace, does not inhabit their souls, though they may have millions of gold and silver in this world. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, the love of God purified by trials and troubles in this life, to recover thy lost innocence, to be clothed with the habit of grace, to anoint thy eyes with eye-salve, by a serious reflection on what regards thy eternal salvation. …”