Distillation — keeping what served, releasing what didn’t.
Beyond the planets
Beyond the ten classical planets, a chart is anchored by a few other points worth reading.
Ascendant (ASC) — the sign rising on the eastern horizon. It shapes how the moment meets the world.
Midheaven (MC) — the highest point in the sky. The vocational signal, where the moment's energy aims.
Chiron — a small body that moves between Saturn and Uranus, read as a sign of where the long-way teaching lives.
North Node — not a body but a mathematical point of the Moon's orbit. It marks the direction of growth.
Ascendant in Libra12° 12′
MC in Cancer14° 10′
North Node in Leo13° 02′℞
Chiron in Pisces5° 35′℞
Aspects · by strength
Moon opposition MC
0° 30′
Mars trine Ascendant
1° 04′
Sun quincunx Uranus
0° 38′
Neptune quincunx MC
0° 15′
Moon square Ascendant
1° 28′
Sun square Pluto
3° 29′
North Node sextile Ascendant
0° 50′
Sun conjunction Venus
5° 48′
Moon quincunx North Node
0° 37′
Mercury quincunx Saturn
1° 08′
Mercury opposition Neptune
2° 37′
Mars opposition Jupiter
3° 17′
Moon conjunction Saturn
4° 00′
Neptune trine North Node
0° 52′
Neptune sextile Ascendant
1° 43′
Mercury trine Ascendant
4° 20′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
4° 21′
Mars sextile Neptune
2° 47′
Saturn opposition MC
3° 30′
Mercury trine Mars
5° 24′
Mars opposition North Node
1° 54′
Saturn square Ascendant
5° 28′
Venus trine Chiron
5° 38′
Saturn sextile Pluto
3° 01′
Mercury square Pluto
4° 08′
A chart pattern is a meaningful geometric shape formed by three or more planets connected by aspects. These configurations are read as unified dynamics rather than individual aspects.
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.
No extended patterns in this chart — the classic configurations capture its character.
01
Kite
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Neptune — a Grand Trine with an outlet; the talent finds a direction.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 12′ Libra
Mars11° 08′ Aquarius
Mercury16° 32′ Gemini
Neptune13° 55′ Sagittarius
02
Cradle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Mars · Neptune · North Node — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 12′ Libra
Mars11° 08′ Aquarius
Neptune13° 55′ Sagittarius
North Node13° 02′ Leo
03
Cradle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Neptune — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 12′ Libra
Jupiter7° 50′ Leo
Mars11° 08′ Aquarius
Neptune13° 55′ Sagittarius
04
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Moon · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 12′ Libra
MC14° 10′ Cancer
Moon13° 40′ Capricorn
Saturn17° 39′ Capricorn
Your chart next
The sky at your moment.
This wheel is today. Put in your birth date, time, and place — see the wheel you were born under.