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 Virgo28° 30′
MC in Gemini28° 16′
North Node in Libra6° 13′℞
Chiron in Libra23° 11′
Aspects · by strength
Sun conjunction Mercury
0° 13′
Moon sextile Ascendant
0° 52′
Mars square Pluto
0° 26′
Mars quincunx Saturn
0° 14′
Moon opposition Uranus
1° 30′
Sun sextile Jupiter
2° 51′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
2° 38′
Neptune trine Ascendant
3° 20′
Saturn sextile Uranus
0° 34′
Saturn trine Pluto
0° 40′
Mars quincunx Uranus
0° 48′
Venus conjunction North Node
1° 35′
Moon trine Saturn
2° 04′
Uranus trine Ascendant
2° 22′
Venus sextile Pluto
2° 31′
Moon trine Pluto
2° 45′
Saturn opposition Ascendant
2° 56′
Moon opposition Neptune
4° 12′
Venus conjunction Ascendant
6° 08′
Neptune square Chiron
2° 00′
Saturn square MC
3° 10′
Venus opposition Saturn
3° 11′
Venus trine Uranus
3° 46′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
3° 36′
Uranus sextile Pluto
1° 14′
Mars sextile MC
3° 24′
Chiron trine MC
5° 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
Cradle
Fire
Ascendant · Pluto · Saturn · Uranus · Venus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant28° 30′ Virgo
Pluto2° 07′ Sagittarius
Saturn1° 27′ Aries
Uranus0° 52′ Aquarius
Venus4° 38′ Libra
02
T-Square
Dynamic
Ascendant · MC · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant28° 30′ Virgo
MC28° 16′ Gemini
Saturn1° 27′ Aries
01
Castle
Fire
Ascendant · Moon · Pluto · Saturn · Uranus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant28° 30′ Virgo
Moon29° 22′ Cancer
Pluto2° 07′ Sagittarius
Saturn1° 27′ Aries
Uranus0° 52′ Aquarius
02
Wedge
Focus: Ascendant
Ascendant · Moon · Neptune — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant28° 30′ Virgo
Moon29° 22′ Cancer
Neptune25° 11′ Capricorn
03
Yod
Apex: Mars
Mars · Saturn · Uranus — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mars1° 41′ Virgo
Saturn1° 27′ Aries
Uranus0° 52′ Aquarius
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