Late in the lunation cycle — a closer, an editor, a finisher.
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 Libra5° 29′
MC in Cancer6° 21′
North Node in Sagittarius29° 33′℞
Chiron in Taurus11° 38′℞
Aspects · by strength
Sun sextile Moon
0° 48′
Sun opposition Neptune
0° 48′
Venus opposition Saturn
1° 31′
Mercury trine Saturn
1° 31′
Mars sextile Pluto
1° 05′
Mars sextile Ascendant
1° 33′
Mercury sextile Venus
3° 02′
Sun conjunction Ascendant
5° 01′
Moon square Chiron
0° 19′
Mars quincunx MC
0° 41′
Moon trine Neptune
1° 37′
Sun trine Pluto
2° 23′
Pluto trine Ascendant
2° 38′
Moon opposition Pluto
3° 11′
Neptune opposition Ascendant
4° 13′
Mars trine Neptune
2° 40′
Moon trine Mars
4° 16′
Neptune sextile Pluto
1° 35′
Sun sextile Mars
3° 28′
Mercury square Uranus
4° 21′
Jupiter trine MC
4° 27′
Neptune square MC
3° 21′
Sun square MC
4° 09′
Sun quincunx Chiron
1° 08′
Jupiter sextile North Node
2° 21′
Pluto quincunx MC
1° 46′
Pluto square Chiron
3° 31′
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 · Mars · Neptune · Pluto · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 29′ Libra
Mars7° 02′ Sagittarius
Neptune9° 42′ Aries
Pluto8° 07′ Aquarius
Sun10° 30′ Libra
02
T-Square
Fixed
Chiron · Moon · Pluto — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron11° 38′ Taurus
Moon11° 18′ Leo
Pluto8° 07′ Aquarius
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Neptune · Sun — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant5° 29′ Libra
MC6° 21′ Cancer
Neptune9° 42′ Aries
Sun10° 30′ Libra
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Mars · Moon · Neptune · Pluto · Sun — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Mars7° 02′ Sagittarius
Moon11° 18′ Leo
Neptune9° 42′ Aries
Pluto8° 07′ Aquarius
Sun10° 30′ Libra
02
Wedge
Focus: Mercury
Mercury · Saturn · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury22° 52′ Virgo
Saturn24° 22′ Taurus
Venus25° 53′ Scorpio
03
Yod
Apex: MC
MC · Mars · Pluto — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
MC6° 21′ Cancer
Mars7° 02′ Sagittarius
Pluto8° 07′ Aquarius
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