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 Cancer23° 15′
MC in Aries5° 50′
North Node in Taurus16° 20′℞
Chiron in Pisces17° 14′℞
Aspects · by strength
Sun conjunction Mars
1° 28′
Mercury sextile Ascendant
0° 01′
Venus trine Uranus
0° 12′
Moon sextile Pluto
0° 37′
Mars opposition MC
1° 09′
Saturn square Ascendant
0° 48′
Mercury trine Jupiter
0° 51′
Sun opposition MC
2° 37′
Moon quincunx Neptune
0° 44′
Jupiter opposition Ascendant
0° 52′
Mercury quincunx Saturn
0° 46′
Jupiter square Saturn
0° 04′
Moon conjunction Chiron
1° 26′
Moon opposition Mercury
4° 34′
Neptune quincunx Pluto
0° 07′
Moon trine Ascendant
4° 35′
Venus square Ascendant
5° 23′
Neptune square Ascendant
3° 51′
Mercury trine Pluto
3° 56′
Mercury square Uranus
5° 12′
Moon sextile Jupiter
3° 43′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
3° 58′
Venus opposition Saturn
6° 11′
North Node sextile Chiron
0° 54′
Moon sextile North Node
2° 20′
Jupiter trine Pluto
3° 06′
Jupiter square Neptune
2° 59′
Pluto sextile Chiron
2° 04′
Pluto conjunction North Node
2° 57′
Saturn opposition Neptune
3° 03′
Mercury opposition Chiron
6° 00′
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
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · Moon · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 15′ Cancer
Chiron17° 14′ Pisces
Mercury23° 14′ Virgo
Moon18° 40′ Pisces
Pluto19° 17′ Taurus
02
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · Jupiter · Neptune · Saturn — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 15′ Cancer
Jupiter22° 23′ Capricorn
Neptune19° 24′ Libra
Saturn22° 27′ Aries
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Saturn · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 15′ Cancer
Saturn22° 27′ Aries
Venus28° 38′ Libra
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mercury · Moon · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 15′ Cancer
Jupiter22° 23′ Capricorn
Mercury23° 14′ Virgo
Moon18° 40′ Pisces
Pluto19° 17′ Taurus
02
Yod
Apex: Neptune
Moon · Neptune · Pluto — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Moon18° 40′ Pisces
Neptune19° 24′ Libra
Pluto19° 17′ Taurus
03
Multi-Planet Opposition
Fire ↔ Air
MC · Mars · Sun — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
MC5° 50′ Aries
Mars7° 00′ Libra
Sun8° 28′ Libra
Your chart next
The sky at your moment.
This wheel is today. Put in your birth date, time, and place — see the wheel you were born under.