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 Gemini18° 06′
MC in Aquarius23° 25′
North Node in Leo20° 36′℞
Chiron in Taurus18° 03′
Aspects · by strength
Sun trine Moon
0° 02′
Mercury square Pluto
0° 26′
Moon opposition Mars
3° 23′
Mercury quincunx Neptune
0° 26′
Pluto trine Ascendant
1° 10′
Venus square Saturn
1° 59′
Neptune opposition Ascendant
2° 03′
Saturn quincunx MC
0° 40′
Mercury trine Uranus
1° 47′
Sun sextile Mars
3° 21′
Neptune trine North Node
0° 27′
Uranus square MC
1° 55′
Venus trine MC
2° 39′
Uranus square North Node
0° 54′
Venus conjunction Ascendant
7° 58′
Neptune sextile Pluto
0° 52′
Mars trine Ascendant
5° 38′
Mercury sextile Chiron
1° 40′
Mars conjunction Pluto
6° 48′
Neptune sextile MC
3° 16′
Venus opposition Neptune
5° 55′
Saturn square Ascendant
5° 58′
Pluto trine MC
4° 08′
Mercury sextile Saturn
4° 22′
Pluto quincunx Chiron
1° 13′
Saturn sextile Uranus
2° 35′
Uranus opposition Chiron
3° 27′
Pluto sextile North Node
1° 19′
North Node sextile Ascendant
2° 30′
North Node opposition MC
2° 49′
Saturn square Neptune
3° 56′
Chiron square MC
5° 21′
North Node square Chiron
2° 33′
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
Chiron · Mercury · Saturn · Uranus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron18° 03′ Taurus
Mercury19° 43′ Cancer
Saturn24° 05′ Virgo
Uranus21° 30′ Scorpio
02
Grand Cross
Fixed
Chiron · MC · North Node · Uranus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron18° 03′ Taurus
MC23° 25′ Aquarius
North Node20° 36′ Leo
Uranus21° 30′ Scorpio
03
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · Neptune · Saturn · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 06′ Gemini
Neptune20° 09′ Sagittarius
Saturn24° 05′ Virgo
Venus26° 04′ Gemini
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · MC · Neptune · North Node · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 06′ Gemini
MC23° 25′ Aquarius
Neptune20° 09′ Sagittarius
North Node20° 36′ Leo
Pluto19° 17′ Libra
02
Wedge
Focus: Sun
Mars · Moon · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mars12° 28′ Libra
Moon9° 06′ Aries
Sun9° 08′ Leo
03
Wedge
Focus: MC
Ascendant · MC · Neptune · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 06′ Gemini
MC23° 25′ Aquarius
Neptune20° 09′ Sagittarius
Venus26° 04′ Gemini
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