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 Cancer12° 36′
MC in Pisces21° 45′
North Node in Leo11° 38′℞
Chiron in Taurus12° 03′
Aspects · by strength
Moon trine Ascendant
0° 09′
Sun conjunction Jupiter
2° 09′
Moon sextile Saturn
0° 01′
Saturn sextile Ascendant
0° 10′
Mars opposition Ascendant
1° 34′
Venus sextile MC
1° 32′
Venus conjunction Neptune
2° 44′
Moon square Mercury
0° 26′
Mercury opposition North Node
0° 24′
Mercury quincunx Ascendant
0° 35′
Moon sextile Mars
1° 44′
Mercury square Chiron
0° 02′
Mars trine Saturn
1° 44′
Moon square Uranus
3° 05′
Mercury quincunx Saturn
0° 25′
Mercury sextile Pluto
2° 44′
Mercury conjunction Uranus
3° 30′
Saturn trine Chiron
0° 23′
Moon opposition Chiron
0° 23′
Pluto square Ascendant
3° 20′
Neptune sextile MC
4° 16′
Chiron sextile Ascendant
0° 33′
Moon square North Node
0° 49′
Mars square Pluto
4° 54′
Mars trine Chiron
2° 07′
Uranus square Chiron
3° 28′
North Node square Chiron
0° 26′
Pluto trine North Node
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
Grand Cross
Fixed
Chiron · Mercury · Moon · North Node — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron12° 03′ Taurus
Mercury12° 01′ Aquarius
Moon12° 27′ Scorpio
North Node11° 38′ Leo
02
T-Square
Fixed
Chiron · Moon · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron12° 03′ Taurus
Moon12° 27′ Scorpio
Uranus15° 31′ Aquarius
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Mars · Pluto — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 36′ Cancer
Mars14° 10′ Capricorn
Pluto9° 17′ Aries
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Mars · Moon · Saturn — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 36′ Cancer
Chiron12° 03′ Taurus
Mars14° 10′ Capricorn
Moon12° 27′ Scorpio
Saturn12° 26′ Virgo
02
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
Mercury · North Node · Pluto — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury12° 01′ Aquarius
North Node11° 38′ Leo
Pluto9° 17′ Aries
03
Yod
Apex: Mercury
Ascendant · Mercury · Saturn — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 36′ Cancer
Mercury12° 01′ Aquarius
Saturn12° 26′ Virgo
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