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 Virgo18° 25′
MC in Gemini16° 33′
North Node in Leo24° 23′℞
Chiron in Pisces28° 07′℞
Aspects · by strength
Moon square Pluto
0° 03′
Venus trine Neptune
0° 22′
Moon sextile MC
0° 51′
Sun trine Saturn
1° 20′
Sun sextile Jupiter
1° 19′
Pluto trine Ascendant
1° 03′
Moon opposition Jupiter
1° 16′
Mercury opposition Neptune
1° 51′
Mercury sextile Venus
2° 13′
Moon quincunx Ascendant
1° 01′
Sun trine Moon
2° 35′
Sun conjunction Mars
5° 12′
Pluto quincunx MC
0° 48′
Mars quincunx Neptune
1° 18′
Moon trine Mars
2° 37′
Mars sextile MC
1° 46′
Moon square Venus
3° 34′
Moon trine Saturn
3° 55′
Mercury conjunction Ascendant
6° 47′
Saturn square Ascendant
2° 54′
Venus opposition Pluto
3° 31′
Jupiter trine MC
2° 07′
Venus sextile Ascendant
4° 34′
Neptune opposition Ascendant
4° 56′
Neptune square MC
3° 04′
Sun sextile MC
3° 26′
Mercury trine Pluto
5° 44′
Jupiter square Pluto
1° 19′
Jupiter sextile Saturn
2° 39′
Mars sextile Jupiter
3° 54′
Saturn opposition MC
4° 46′
Venus square Jupiter
4° 50′
Mercury square MC
4° 56′
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
Jupiter · MC · Mars · Moon · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 41′ Libra
MC16° 33′ Gemini
Mars14° 47′ Leo
Moon17° 24′ Aries
Sun19° 59′ Leo
02
Cradle
Fire & Air
Jupiter · MC · Mars · Saturn · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 41′ Libra
MC16° 33′ Gemini
Mars14° 47′ Leo
Saturn21° 19′ Sagittarius
Sun19° 59′ Leo
03
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Jupiter · Moon · Pluto · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 41′ Libra
Moon17° 24′ Aries
Pluto17° 22′ Capricorn
Venus13° 50′ Cancer
04
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Mercury · Neptune — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 25′ Virgo
MC16° 33′ Gemini
Mercury11° 38′ Virgo
Neptune13° 29′ Pisces
05
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 25′ Virgo
MC16° 33′ Gemini
Saturn21° 19′ Sagittarius
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Jupiter · MC · Moon · Saturn · Sun — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 41′ Libra
MC16° 33′ Gemini
Moon17° 24′ Aries
Saturn21° 19′ Sagittarius
Sun19° 59′ Leo
02
Wedge
Focus: Mercury
Ascendant · Mercury · Pluto · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 25′ Virgo
Mercury11° 38′ Virgo
Pluto17° 22′ Capricorn
Venus13° 50′ Cancer
03
Wedge
Focus: Venus
Ascendant · Mercury · Neptune · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant18° 25′ Virgo
Mercury11° 38′ Virgo
Neptune13° 29′ Pisces
Venus13° 50′ Cancer
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