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° 58′
MC in Aquarius24° 18′
North Node in Leo24° 24′℞
Chiron in Pisces28° 08′℞
Aspects · by strength
Sun sextile Ascendant
0° 44′
Moon square Venus
0° 09′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
0° 20′
Moon trine Mars
1° 16′
Venus trine Neptune
0° 00′
Sun sextile Jupiter
1° 04′
Sun trine Saturn
1° 38′
Mercury opposition Neptune
1° 53′
Saturn opposition Ascendant
2° 22′
Sun conjunction Mars
5° 07′
North Node opposition MC
0° 07′
Mars quincunx Neptune
1° 06′
Sun opposition MC
4° 36′
Moon quincunx Mercury
1° 43′
Mercury sextile Venus
1° 53′
Saturn sextile MC
2° 58′
Venus opposition Pluto
3° 53′
Jupiter square Pluto
1° 16′
Pluto quincunx Ascendant
1° 36′
Mars sextile Ascendant
4° 22′
Moon opposition Jupiter
5° 18′
Moon square Pluto
4° 02′
Uranus sextile MC
4° 12′
Neptune square Ascendant
5° 28′
Mercury trine Pluto
5° 45′
Mars sextile Jupiter
4° 02′
Venus square Jupiter
5° 08′
Jupiter trine MC
5° 40′
Jupiter sextile Saturn
2° 42′
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 · Jupiter · Mars · Saturn · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 58′ Gemini
Jupiter18° 38′ Libra
Mars14° 35′ Leo
Saturn21° 19′ Sagittarius
Sun19° 42′ Leo
02
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Jupiter · Moon · Pluto · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 38′ Libra
Moon13° 20′ Aries
Pluto17° 22′ Capricorn
Venus13° 29′ Cancer
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · MC · Mars · Saturn · Sun — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 58′ Gemini
Jupiter18° 38′ Libra
MC24° 18′ Aquarius
Mars14° 35′ Leo
Saturn21° 19′ Sagittarius
Sun19° 42′ Leo
02
Wedge
Focus: Mars
Jupiter · Mars · Moon — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 38′ Libra
Mars14° 35′ Leo
Moon13° 20′ Aries
03
Wedge
Focus: Mercury
Mercury · Pluto · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury11° 37′ Virgo
Pluto17° 22′ Capricorn
Venus13° 29′ Cancer
04
Wedge
Focus: Venus
Mercury · Neptune · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury11° 37′ Virgo
Neptune13° 29′ Pisces
Venus13° 29′ Cancer
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