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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 Capricorn10° 00′
MC in Scorpio4° 39′
North Node in Libra8° 16′℞
Chiron in Aries13° 56′
Aspects · by strength
Sun trine Mars
0° 42′
Mercury square Ascendant
0° 31′
Moon trine Uranus
0° 39′
Venus sextile Pluto
0° 05′
Moon sextile Ascendant
1° 17′
Moon quincunx Mercury
0° 46′
Venus trine Ascendant
1° 53′
Pluto opposition Ascendant
1° 58′
Jupiter sextile Neptune
0° 19′
Neptune trine Chiron
0° 44′
Moon square Neptune
1° 56′
Moon opposition Venus
3° 09′
Venus opposition MC
3° 28′
Venus quincunx North Node
0° 09′
Pluto square North Node
0° 14′
Moon trine Pluto
3° 15′
Pluto trine MC
3° 23′
Uranus sextile Ascendant
1° 55′
Mercury opposition Jupiter
2° 23′
Mercury trine Neptune
2° 42′
Jupiter square Ascendant
2° 54′
Moon conjunction MC
6° 37′
Jupiter quincunx Uranus
0° 59′
Jupiter opposition Chiron
1° 02′
Mercury square Pluto
2° 29′
Mercury conjunction Chiron
3° 26′
Venus sextile Uranus
3° 48′
Venus square Neptune
5° 06′
North Node square Ascendant
1° 44′
Chiron square Ascendant
3° 57′
Uranus quincunx Neptune
1° 18′
Mercury opposition North Node
2° 15′
Uranus trine Pluto
3° 53′
Jupiter square Pluto
4° 52′
Pluto square Chiron
5° 55′
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
Cardinal
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Mercury · Pluto — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant10° 00′ Capricorn
Chiron13° 56′ Aries
Jupiter12° 54′ Libra
Mercury10° 31′ Aries
Pluto8° 02′ Cancer
02
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · Mercury · North Node · Pluto — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant10° 00′ Capricorn
Mercury10° 31′ Aries
North Node8° 16′ Libra
Pluto8° 02′ Cancer
03
T-Square
Fixed
Moon · Neptune · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Moon11° 16′ Scorpio
Neptune13° 13′ Leo
Venus8° 07′ Taurus
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Moon · Pluto · 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° 00′ Capricorn
Moon11° 16′ Scorpio
Pluto8° 02′ Cancer
Uranus11° 55′ Pisces
Venus8° 07′ Taurus
02
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
MC · Moon · Pluto · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC4° 39′ Scorpio
Moon11° 16′ Scorpio
Pluto8° 02′ Cancer
Venus8° 07′ Taurus
03
Wedge
Focus: Neptune
Chiron · Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron13° 56′ Aries
Jupiter12° 54′ Libra
Mercury10° 31′ Aries
Neptune13° 13′ Leo
04
Yod
Apex: Uranus
Jupiter · Neptune · Uranus — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter12° 54′ Libra
Neptune13° 13′ Leo
Uranus11° 55′ Pisces
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