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 Virgo16° 58′
MC in Gemini14° 52′
North Node in Aries20° 36′℞
Chiron in Pisces10° 20′
Aspects · by strength
Jupiter opposition MC
0° 56′
Mars sextile Ascendant
1° 47′
Moon quincunx Pluto
0° 48′
Mercury square Neptune
1° 49′
Venus sextile Pluto
2° 41′
Saturn sextile Neptune
0° 44′
Mars quincunx Jupiter
1° 16′
Sun sextile Chiron
1° 40′
Mercury conjunction Venus
5° 19′
Neptune square North Node
0° 39′
Mercury conjunction North Node
1° 10′
Sun sextile Mars
3° 12′
Venus square Neptune
3° 30′
Sun trine Ascendant
4° 59′
Saturn trine Ascendant
5° 01′
Moon opposition Saturn
6° 15′
Jupiter square Ascendant
3° 03′
Sun quincunx Jupiter
1° 56′
Mars conjunction Neptune
6° 04′
Mercury square Mars
4° 15′
Neptune sextile Ascendant
4° 17′
Mercury trine Jupiter
5° 31′
Mercury sextile MC
4° 35′
Jupiter square Chiron
3° 36′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
6° 39′
Mars trine Chiron
4° 52′
Chiron square MC
4° 32′
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
Ascendant · Chiron · Mars · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 58′ Virgo
Chiron10° 20′ Pisces
Mars15° 11′ Cancer
Sun11° 59′ Taurus
02
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · MC — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 58′ Virgo
Chiron10° 20′ Pisces
Jupiter13° 55′ Sagittarius
MC14° 52′ Gemini
01
Wedge
Focus: Mercury
Jupiter · MC · Mercury — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter13° 55′ Sagittarius
MC14° 52′ Gemini
Mercury19° 26′ Aries
02
Minor Triangle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Neptune · Saturn — a trine bridged by a third planet sextiling both ends; ease with a focal point.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 58′ Virgo
Neptune21° 15′ Cancer
Saturn21° 59′ Taurus
03
Yod
Apex: Jupiter
Jupiter · Mars · Sun — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter13° 55′ Sagittarius
Mars15° 11′ Cancer
Sun11° 59′ Taurus
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