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 Virgo10° 05′
MC in Gemini6° 42′
North Node in Leo17° 44′℞
Chiron in Aquarius12° 00′
Aspects · by strength
Saturn opposition Ascendant
0° 45′
Jupiter conjunction MC
0° 52′
Mercury square Uranus
0° 36′
Sun sextile Pluto
1° 01′
Moon square Saturn
1° 24′
Mercury quincunx Ascendant
1° 00′
Moon sextile Chiron
0° 13′
Uranus opposition Neptune
0° 43′
Mercury square Neptune
1° 19′
Venus sextile Neptune
1° 30′
Uranus trine Ascendant
1° 35′
Moon square Ascendant
2° 09′
Venus trine Uranus
2° 13′
Moon trine Mercury
3° 09′
Venus trine Ascendant
3° 48′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
3° 16′
Neptune sextile Ascendant
2° 19′
Mars square North Node
1° 08′
Mercury sextile MC
2° 23′
Moon opposition MC
5° 32′
Moon opposition Jupiter
6° 24′
Jupiter square Ascendant
4° 15′
Uranus quincunx MC
1° 48′
Venus sextile Saturn
4° 33′
Saturn square MC
4° 08′
Chiron quincunx Ascendant
1° 55′
Saturn sextile Uranus
2° 20′
Mercury sextile Chiron
2° 55′
Saturn trine Neptune
3° 03′
Jupiter square Saturn
5° 00′
Chiron trine MC
5° 19′
Venus square Chiron
5° 44′
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
Chiron · Jupiter · MC · Mercury · Moon — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron12° 00′ Aquarius
Jupiter5° 49′ Gemini
MC6° 42′ Gemini
Mercury9° 05′ Aries
Moon12° 14′ Sagittarius
02
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · Jupiter · MC · Moon · Saturn — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant10° 05′ Virgo
Jupiter5° 49′ Gemini
MC6° 42′ Gemini
Moon12° 14′ Sagittarius
Saturn10° 50′ Pisces
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Mercury · Neptune · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury9° 05′ Aries
Neptune7° 46′ Cancer
Uranus8° 29′ Capricorn
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Neptune · Saturn · Uranus · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant10° 05′ Virgo
Neptune7° 46′ Cancer
Saturn10° 50′ Pisces
Uranus8° 29′ Capricorn
Venus6° 16′ Taurus
02
Yod
Apex: Ascendant
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant10° 05′ Virgo
Chiron12° 00′ Aquarius
Mercury9° 05′ Aries
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