Late in the lunation cycle — a closer, an editor, a finisher.
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 Virgo17° 47′
MC in Gemini15° 49′
North Node in Libra7° 13′℞
Chiron in Taurus2° 23′
Aspects · by strength
Moon trine Ascendant
0° 53′
Moon sextile Mercury
0° 36′
Neptune square Ascendant
0° 28′
Venus trine Mars
1° 48′
Pluto trine MC
0° 20′
Mercury square Neptune
1° 01′
Uranus quincunx MC
0° 31′
Uranus sextile Ascendant
1° 27′
Mercury opposition Ascendant
1° 29′
Sun square MC
1° 48′
Sun trine Uranus
2° 19′
Mercury trine Mars
3° 03′
Sun opposition Ascendant
3° 46′
Jupiter sextile Saturn
0° 32′
Moon opposition Mars
3° 39′
Mercury conjunction Venus
4° 50′
Venus square Jupiter
2° 14′
Sun conjunction Mercury
5° 15′
Venus quincunx Saturn
1° 42′
Moon sextile Uranus
2° 21′
Moon square Pluto
2° 31′
Mercury trine Uranus
2° 57′
Sun sextile Moon
4° 39′
Venus opposition Ascendant
6° 20′
Neptune opposition MC
2° 26′
Mercury square MC
3° 28′
Mars sextile Ascendant
4° 32′
Sun square Neptune
4° 14′
Mars trine Uranus
5° 59′
Venus square Neptune
5° 52′
Neptune sextile Pluto
2° 06′
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
Mystic Rectangle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Moon · Sun — two oppositions stitched by sextiles and trines; a quiet structural balance.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Mars22° 19′ Cancer
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Moon18° 40′ Capricorn
Sun14° 01′ Pisces
02
Cradle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mercury · Moon · Sun · Uranus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Moon18° 40′ Capricorn
Sun14° 01′ Pisces
Uranus16° 20′ Scorpio
03
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Mercury · Neptune · Sun — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
MC15° 49′ Gemini
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Neptune18° 15′ Sagittarius
Sun14° 01′ Pisces
04
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · Neptune · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Neptune18° 15′ Sagittarius
Venus24° 07′ Pisces
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Moon · Uranus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Mars22° 19′ Cancer
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Moon18° 40′ Capricorn
Uranus16° 20′ Scorpio
02
Wedge
Focus: Mars
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Mars22° 19′ Cancer
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Venus24° 07′ Pisces
03
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
MC · Neptune · Pluto — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC15° 49′ Gemini
Neptune18° 15′ Sagittarius
Pluto16° 09′ Libra
04
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Ascendant · Mercury · Sun · Venus — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 47′ Virgo
Mercury19° 16′ Pisces
Sun14° 01′ Pisces
Venus24° 07′ Pisces
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