Syzygy (from Greek Συζυγία 'conjunction', 'yoked together') may refer to:

Science

  • Syzygy (astronomy), a collinear configuration of three celestial bodies
  • Syzygy (mathematics), linear relation between generators of a module
  • Syzygy, in biology, the pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
  • Syzygy endgame tablebases, used by chess engines

Philosophy

  • Syzygy, a concept in the philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov denoting "close union"
  • Syzygy, a term used by Carl Jung to mean a union of opposites, e.g. anima and animus
  • Syzygy, female–male pairings of the emanations known as Aeon (Gnosticism)

Literature

  • Epirrhematic syzygy: a system of symmetrically corresponding verse forms in Greek Old Comedy
  • "It Wasn't Syzygy", a short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Syzygy, a novel by Michael G. Coney
  • Syzygy (novel), a novel by Frederik Pohl
  • Syzygy (poetry), the combination of two metrical feet into a single unit
  • Syzygy Darklock, a fictional character in the comic book series Dreadstar
  • Syzygy Publishing, an American comics publisher founded by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood.

Film, television, and games

  • Atari, Inc., the successor to the Syzygy Co.
  • "Syzygy" (The X-Files), a 1996 episode of the science fiction series
  • Syzygy, a robot character from the video game Unreal Tournament 2003
  • Syzygy, a game for the Dragon 32 home computer, published by Microdeal
  • Syzygy, a linking word game by Lewis Carroll, published in The Lady magazine
  • Syzygy, a Great Old One in the game Eldritch Horror (board game), introduced in the expansion Strange Remnants
  • Syzygy Co., an arcade game engineering company co-founded by Nolan Bushnell
  • SYZYGY, the title of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Netflix series The OA
  • sYzYgY, the name of the film/game studio run by Joshua Coombs (bigdictionenergy)

Music

  • Syzygy, an alternative electronica music duo featuring Dominic Glynn
  • Syzygy, composition by Del Tredici
  • Syzygys (band), a Japanese band

Albums

  • Syzygy (EP), 1998, by Lynch Mob
  • Syzygy (LP), 2013, by Lucrecia Dalt
  • Syzygy (LP), 2015, by Blaue Blume

Songs

  • "Syzygy", a track from the 1987 album Michael Brecker
  • "Syzygy", a track by Gene Loves Jezebel on the 1990 album Kiss of Life
  • "Syzygy, Part I", "Syzygy, Part II", and "Syzygy, Part III", tracks from the 2004 album Suns of the Tundra
  • "Syzygy", a track by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on the 2012 LAGQ: Latin album
  • "Syzygy", a track by Mickey Factz on the 2015 mixtape "Y3"
  • "Syzygy", a track by Laurel Halo on the 2017 album Dust
  • “Syzygy”, a track by Jazzuelle (ft. Simeon) from the 2020 Album Rogue

See also

  • Caledonian Antisyzygy, a term referring to the Scottish psyche and literature
  • Szyzyg, the YouTube username of Scott Manley