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 Gemini8° 33′
MC in Aquarius14° 17′
North Node in Scorpio13° 34′℞
Chiron in Aries27° 39′
Aspects · by strength
Moon opposition Ascendant
1° 13′
Moon sextile Pluto
0° 06′
Pluto trine Ascendant
1° 19′
Sun square Saturn
1° 12′
Moon trine Venus
1° 30′
Mercury quincunx Neptune
0° 01′
Sun conjunction Chiron
0° 03′
Mars quincunx MC
0° 07′
Neptune sextile MC
0° 36′
Venus opposition Pluto
1° 24′
Mercury opposition North Node
0° 06′
Jupiter opposition Uranus
0° 15′
Mercury sextile Mars
0° 44′
Mercury square MC
0° 36′
Moon conjunction Neptune
3° 56′
Mars quincunx Neptune
0° 43′
Venus sextile Ascendant
2° 43′
Saturn square Chiron
1° 14′
Venus trine Neptune
2° 26′
Venus square Mars
3° 09′
Sun conjunction Jupiter
7° 35′
North Node square MC
0° 43′
Mars trine North Node
0° 50′
Venus sextile MC
3° 02′
Neptune opposition Ascendant
5° 09′
Moon sextile MC
4° 32′
Pluto trine MC
4° 25′
Mars square Pluto
4° 33′
Jupiter conjunction Chiron
7° 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
Fire & Air
Ascendant · MC · Moon · Neptune · Venus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant8° 33′ Gemini
MC14° 17′ Aquarius
Moon9° 45′ Sagittarius
Neptune13° 41′ Sagittarius
Venus11° 15′ Aries
02
T-Square
Fixed
MC · Mercury · North Node — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
MC14° 17′ Aquarius
Mercury13° 41′ Taurus
North Node13° 34′ Scorpio
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Mars · Pluto · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mars14° 24′ Cancer
Pluto9° 52′ Libra
Venus11° 15′ Aries
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · MC · Moon · Pluto · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant8° 33′ Gemini
MC14° 17′ Aquarius
Moon9° 45′ Sagittarius
Pluto9° 52′ Libra
Venus11° 15′ Aries
02
Wedge
Focus: Mars
Mars · Mercury · North Node — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mars14° 24′ Cancer
Mercury13° 41′ Taurus
North Node13° 34′ Scorpio
03
Yod
Apex: Mars
MC · Mars · Neptune — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
MC14° 17′ Aquarius
Mars14° 24′ Cancer
Neptune13° 41′ Sagittarius
04
Yod
Apex: Neptune
Mars · Mercury · Neptune — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mars14° 24′ Cancer
Mercury13° 41′ Taurus
Neptune13° 41′ Sagittarius
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