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 Libra0° 38′
MC in Cancer0° 44′
North Node in Aquarius7° 57′℞
Chiron in Taurus5° 34′℞
Aspects · by strength
Mercury sextile Ascendant
0° 04′
Mars square Jupiter
0° 16′
Mercury quincunx MC
0° 10′
Mars trine MC
0° 40′
Moon quincunx Venus
0° 41′
Sun conjunction Venus
5° 46′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
0° 29′
Jupiter quincunx MC
0° 24′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
0° 34′
Saturn sextile Pluto
0° 48′
Neptune square North Node
0° 08′
Uranus trine Chiron
1° 41′
Mars sextile Uranus
2° 30′
Saturn opposition Ascendant
4° 14′
Sun opposition Pluto
5° 46′
Neptune conjunction Chiron
2° 31′
Mercury trine Saturn
4° 10′
Mercury opposition Pluto
4° 58′
Mercury square Uranus
3° 20′
Pluto trine Ascendant
5° 02′
Uranus sextile MC
3° 10′
Venus opposition Neptune
5° 58′
Mars opposition Neptune
6° 41′
Mars opposition Chiron
4° 11′
Saturn square MC
4° 20′
Jupiter trine Pluto
5° 32′
Jupiter sextile Saturn
4° 44′
North Node square Chiron
2° 23′
Jupiter square Chiron
4° 27′
Chiron sextile MC
4° 50′
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
Cradle
Earth & Water
Chiron · MC · Mars · Uranus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 34′ Taurus
MC0° 44′ Cancer
Mars1° 24′ Scorpio
Uranus3° 53′ Virgo
02
T-Square
Fixed
Chiron · Jupiter · Mars — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 34′ Taurus
Jupiter1° 07′ Aquarius
Mars1° 24′ Scorpio
03
T-Square
Dynamic
Ascendant · MC · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant0° 38′ Libra
MC0° 44′ Cancer
Saturn26° 24′ Pisces
01
Castle
Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mercury · Pluto · Saturn — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant0° 38′ Libra
Jupiter1° 07′ Aquarius
Mercury0° 34′ Sagittarius
Pluto25° 35′ Taurus
Saturn26° 24′ Pisces
02
Yod
Apex: MC
Jupiter · MC · Mercury — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter1° 07′ Aquarius
MC0° 44′ Cancer
Mercury0° 34′ Sagittarius
03
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Chiron · Mars · Neptune — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 34′ Taurus
Mars1° 24′ Scorpio
Neptune8° 05′ Taurus
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