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 Capricorn12° 56′
MC in Scorpio7° 37′
North Node in Virgo2° 40′℞
Chiron in Gemini11° 56′℞
Aspects · by strength
Venus trine Uranus
0° 04′
Mercury square Ascendant
1° 54′
Mars sextile Jupiter
0° 18′
Mars quincunx Saturn
0° 12′
Uranus opposition Ascendant
2° 09′
Sun opposition Neptune
3° 02′
Saturn opposition Pluto
0° 11′
Mercury trine Chiron
0° 54′
Venus sextile Ascendant
2° 05′
Venus trine Mars
2° 52′
Venus conjunction MC
7° 24′
Jupiter square Saturn
0° 30′
Jupiter square Pluto
0° 40′
Chiron quincunx Ascendant
1° 00′
Moon square North Node
1° 51′
Mars trine Uranus
2° 48′
Venus opposition Jupiter
3° 10′
Venus square Pluto
2° 29′
Venus square Saturn
2° 40′
Mars sextile Ascendant
4° 57′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
5° 14′
Mercury square Uranus
4° 03′
Jupiter sextile Uranus
3° 06′
Pluto trine Chiron
5° 34′
Mars square Chiron
5° 57′
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
Grand Cross
Fixed
Jupiter · Pluto · Saturn · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter18° 10′ Taurus
Pluto17° 30′ Aquarius
Saturn17° 41′ Leo
Venus15° 01′ Scorpio
02
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Mercury · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 56′ Capricorn
Mercury11° 02′ Libra
Uranus15° 05′ Cancer
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Uranus · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant12° 56′ Capricorn
Jupiter18° 10′ Taurus
Mars17° 53′ Pisces
Uranus15° 05′ Cancer
Venus15° 01′ Scorpio
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