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 Virgo21° 39′
MC in Gemini20° 20′
North Node in Capricorn21° 12′℞
Chiron in Cancer24° 27′
Aspects · by strength
Sun sextile Jupiter
0° 01′
Mercury trine Ascendant
1° 31′
Moon quincunx Mars
0° 59′
Sun trine Saturn
2° 07′
North Node trine Ascendant
0° 27′
Venus conjunction Chiron
0° 56′
Mercury opposition Pluto
1° 42′
Venus sextile Ascendant
1° 52′
Jupiter opposition Saturn
2° 06′
Mars opposition Saturn
4° 13′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
3° 14′
Mercury trine Neptune
3° 49′
Uranus conjunction Neptune
3° 12′
Neptune trine Ascendant
5° 20′
Mars conjunction Jupiter
6° 19′
North Node quincunx MC
0° 52′
Mercury trine North Node
1° 04′
Chiron sextile Ascendant
2° 48′
Mercury sextile Venus
3° 23′
Venus trine Pluto
5° 06′
Pluto quincunx MC
1° 54′
Neptune sextile Pluto
2° 06′
Venus opposition North Node
2° 19′
Mercury sextile Chiron
4° 19′
Pluto sextile North Node
2° 47′
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 · Mercury · Pluto · Venus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant21° 39′ Virgo
Chiron24° 27′ Cancer
Mercury20° 08′ Taurus
Pluto18° 26′ Scorpio
Venus23° 31′ Cancer
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant21° 39′ Virgo
Chiron24° 27′ Cancer
Mercury20° 08′ Taurus
Neptune16° 19′ Capricorn
Pluto18° 26′ Scorpio
Venus23° 31′ Cancer
02
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · North Node · Pluto · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant21° 39′ Virgo
Chiron24° 27′ Cancer
Mercury20° 08′ Taurus
North Node21° 12′ Capricorn
Pluto18° 26′ Scorpio
Venus23° 31′ Cancer
03
Wedge
Focus: Sun
Jupiter · Saturn · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter8° 48′ Leo
Saturn6° 42′ Aquarius
Sun8° 49′ Gemini
04
Yod
Apex: MC
MC · North Node · Pluto — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
MC20° 20′ Gemini
North Node21° 12′ Capricorn
Pluto18° 26′ Scorpio
05
Multi-Planet Opposition
Fire ↔ Air
Jupiter · Mars · Saturn — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter8° 48′ Leo
Mars2° 29′ Leo
Saturn6° 42′ Aquarius
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