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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 Aries5° 17′
MC in Capricorn2° 47′
North Node in Gemini17° 52′℞
Chiron in Leo2° 59′
Aspects · by strength
Moon square Mercury
0° 18′
Mercury trine Jupiter
0° 45′
Mars quincunx Pluto
0° 29′
Mars quincunx Neptune
0° 38′
Mars square Ascendant
1° 59′
Neptune sextile Ascendant
1° 22′
Mercury square MC
1° 09′
Moon opposition MC
1° 27′
Sun trine Pluto
3° 52′
Jupiter opposition Chiron
0° 35′
Mercury opposition Ascendant
3° 38′
Moon square Ascendant
3° 57′
Moon quincunx Jupiter
1° 03′
Neptune conjunction Pluto
1° 07′
Sun square Mars
4° 21′
Mars conjunction MC
4° 29′
Moon trine Uranus
5° 14′
Sun opposition Ascendant
6° 20′
Chiron quincunx MC
0° 12′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
2° 28′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
2° 53′
Mercury sextile Venus
4° 00′
Mars trine Saturn
4° 20′
Moon opposition Mars
5° 56′
Venus sextile Jupiter
4° 45′
Sun trine Neptune
4° 59′
Mercury trine Neptune
5° 00′
Mercury square Mars
5° 37′
Mercury sextile Chiron
1° 20′
Chiron trine Ascendant
2° 18′
Saturn square Pluto
3° 51′
Jupiter trine Neptune
4° 15′
Venus trine Chiron
5° 20′
Jupiter trine Pluto
5° 22′
Neptune sextile Chiron
3° 39′
Pluto sextile Chiron
4° 46′
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
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Chiron2° 59′ Leo
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Pluto7° 46′ Gemini
02
Cradle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Chiron2° 59′ Leo
Jupiter2° 24′ Aquarius
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Pluto7° 46′ Gemini
03
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Mars · Mercury · Moon — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
MC2° 47′ Capricorn
Mars7° 16′ Capricorn
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Moon1° 20′ Cancer
04
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Mars · Sun — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Mars7° 16′ Capricorn
Sun11° 37′ Libra
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Chiron2° 59′ Leo
Jupiter2° 24′ Aquarius
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
02
Castle
Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Jupiter2° 24′ Aquarius
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Venus27° 39′ Scorpio
03
Castle
Air
Chiron · Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron2° 59′ Leo
Jupiter2° 24′ Aquarius
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Venus27° 39′ Scorpio
04
Grand Sextile
Air
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Venus — six planets evenly spaced; an extraordinarily rare hexagram of ease.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Chiron2° 59′ Leo
Jupiter2° 24′ Aquarius
Mercury1° 39′ Libra
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Pluto7° 46′ Gemini
Venus27° 39′ Scorpio
05
Wedge
Focus: Neptune
Ascendant · Neptune · Pluto · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 17′ Aries
Neptune6° 39′ Gemini
Pluto7° 46′ Gemini
Sun11° 37′ Libra
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