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 Cancer2° 34′
MC in Pisces9° 22′
North Node in Virgo1° 10′℞
Chiron in Taurus4° 46′℞
Aspects · by strength
Mars trine Jupiter
0° 01′
Sun sextile Saturn
0° 28′
Mercury sextile MC
0° 34′
Moon square Mars
1° 03′
Venus square Mars
1° 04′
Moon opposition Venus
2° 07′
Moon square Chiron
0° 30′
Mars opposition Chiron
0° 32′
Mars trine Ascendant
2° 44′
Jupiter conjunction MC
4° 03′
Pluto square North Node
0° 38′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
2° 45′
North Node sextile Ascendant
1° 24′
Uranus sextile Ascendant
4° 31′
Jupiter sextile Chiron
0° 33′
Moon quincunx Jupiter
1° 03′
Venus square Chiron
1° 36′
Uranus square Pluto
2° 28′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
4° 37′
Chiron sextile Ascendant
2° 12′
Moon sextile Pluto
3° 44′
Mars trine MC
4° 04′
Mercury sextile Mars
4° 38′
Venus trine Pluto
5° 51′
Mercury trine Chiron
5° 10′
Jupiter square Pluto
4° 47′
Chiron sextile MC
4° 36′
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
Chiron · Jupiter · MC · Mars · Mercury — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron4° 46′ Taurus
Jupiter5° 19′ Pisces
MC9° 22′ Pisces
Mars5° 18′ Scorpio
Mercury9° 56′ Capricorn
02
Grand Cross
Fixed
Chiron · Mars · Moon · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron4° 46′ Taurus
Mars5° 18′ Scorpio
Moon4° 15′ Leo
Venus6° 22′ Aquarius
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Mars · Mercury — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 34′ Cancer
Chiron4° 46′ Taurus
Jupiter5° 19′ Pisces
Mars5° 18′ Scorpio
Mercury9° 56′ Capricorn
02
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
Moon · Pluto · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Moon4° 15′ Leo
Pluto0° 32′ Gemini
Venus6° 22′ Aquarius
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