Ascendant (ASC) — the sign rising on the eastern horizon at your birth. It shapes your outward manner and how you meet the world. On the wheel, the horizontal axis is the Ascendant / Descendant axis.

Midheaven (MC) — the highest point in the sky at your birth. It points to your vocation and public self. On the wheel, the vertical axis is the MC / IC axis.

Chiron — a small body that moves between Saturn and Uranus, read as a sign of where you teach what you've learned the long way.

North Node — not a body but a mathematical point of the Moon's orbit. It marks the direction of growth in this life.

We sort them here by strength. Tight orbs come first — the closer the angle, the louder the aspect sings. From there, aspect type, planets involved, and the angles they touch all shape the order.

We split patterns into two views. Classic includes the shapes established in modern astrology — T-Squares, Grand Trines, and more. Extended adds geometric configurations that carry meaning beyond traditional astrology: closed shapes formed by any combination of aspects.

We look at your elemental and modal balance (how your inner planets distribute across fire/earth/air/water and cardinal/fixed/mutable), your chart's overall shape (how planets cluster on the wheel), and a handful of structural observations (retrogrades, mutual receptions, dominant aspects, chart rulers).

These won't all apply to every chart — we show only what's meaningful in yours.