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 Virgo23° 19′
MC in Gemini22° 16′
North Node in Taurus20° 11′℞
Chiron in Pisces18° 42′℞
Aspects · by strength
Moon opposition Mercury
0° 54′
Pluto opposition Ascendant
0° 44′
Moon trine Venus
1° 05′
Mercury sextile Venus
0° 11′
Neptune opposition MC
0° 34′
Sun sextile Jupiter
2° 07′
Mars square Chiron
0° 26′
Neptune square Ascendant
1° 37′
Mars opposition Neptune
2° 33′
Mars conjunction MC
3° 07′
Venus quincunx Pluto
1° 12′
Pluto square MC
1° 47′
Mercury trine MC
3° 11′
Venus trine Neptune
3° 34′
Moon sextile Saturn
4° 05′
Mercury trine Saturn
4° 58′
Mars opposition Uranus
6° 47′
Venus sextile MC
3° 00′
Mars square Ascendant
4° 10′
Moon trine Neptune
4° 38′
Moon sextile MC
4° 04′
Venus opposition Saturn
5° 09′
Mercury sextile Neptune
3° 45′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
4° 36′
Mars square Pluto
4° 55′
Jupiter conjunction Uranus
6° 19′
Mercury quincunx Pluto
1° 23′
Neptune quincunx North Node
1° 31′
Jupiter square Saturn
5° 37′
North Node sextile Chiron
1° 29′
Neptune square Chiron
2° 59′
Chiron square MC
3° 33′
Pluto conjunction Chiron
5° 21′
Neptune square Pluto
2° 21′
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.
01
Mystic Rectangle
Fire
Mercury · Moon · Saturn · Venus — two oppositions stitched by sextiles and trines; a quiet structural balance.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury25° 26′ Libra
Moon26° 20′ Aries
Saturn0° 25′ Pisces
Venus25° 15′ Leo
02
Cradle
Fire
MC · Moon · Saturn · Venus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
MC22° 16′ Gemini
Moon26° 20′ Aries
Saturn0° 25′ Pisces
Venus25° 15′ Leo
03
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · Chiron · MC · Mars · Neptune · Pluto — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 19′ Virgo
Chiron18° 42′ Pisces
MC22° 16′ Gemini
Mars19° 08′ Gemini
Neptune21° 42′ Sagittarius
Pluto24° 03′ Pisces
01
Castle
Fire & Air
MC · Mercury · Moon · Neptune · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
MC22° 16′ Gemini
Mercury25° 26′ Libra
Moon26° 20′ Aries
Neptune21° 42′ Sagittarius
Venus25° 15′ Leo
02
Yod
Apex: Pluto
Mercury · Pluto · Venus — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury25° 26′ Libra
Pluto24° 03′ Pisces
Venus25° 15′ Leo
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