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 Virgo2° 44′
MC in Taurus27° 47′
North Node in Scorpio20° 10′℞
Chiron in Pisces5° 04′
Aspects · by strength
Pluto sextile Ascendant
0° 10′
Saturn square Ascendant
0° 17′
Venus square MC
0° 35′
Mars trine Ascendant
1° 02′
Mars square Neptune
1° 06′
Moon quincunx Mercury
1° 12′
Uranus trine MC
2° 09′
Moon opposition Venus
4° 20′
Venus opposition Ascendant
4° 22′
Saturn quincunx Pluto
0° 06′
Mars sextile Pluto
1° 12′
Moon quincunx Uranus
1° 35′
Mercury conjunction Uranus
2° 47′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
3° 38′
Jupiter sextile Chiron
1° 18′
Venus sextile Mars
3° 20′
Moon square MC
3° 45′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
2° 20′
Neptune trine MC
2° 49′
Mercury conjunction Neptune
7° 46′
Mars quincunx Saturn
1° 18′
Jupiter opposition Pluto
3° 28′
Venus trine Pluto
4° 32′
Mars trine Jupiter
4° 40′
Mercury trine MC
4° 56′
Saturn sextile Neptune
2° 25′
Mercury sextile North Node
2° 41′
Venus square Saturn
4° 39′
Saturn opposition MC
5° 14′
Saturn square Chiron
2° 03′
Pluto trine Chiron
2° 09′
Venus conjunction Chiron
6° 42′
Mars sextile Chiron
3° 21′
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
Ascendant · Chiron · Mars · Pluto · Venus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 44′ Virgo
Chiron5° 04′ Pisces
Mars1° 42′ Taurus
Pluto2° 54′ Cancer
Venus28° 22′ Aquarius
02
Grand Cross
Dynamic
Ascendant · MC · Saturn · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 44′ Virgo
MC27° 47′ Taurus
Saturn3° 01′ Sagittarius
Venus28° 22′ Aquarius
03
T-Square
Fixed
MC · Moon · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
MC27° 47′ Taurus
Moon24° 02′ Leo
Venus28° 22′ Aquarius
04
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · Chiron · Saturn — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 44′ Virgo
Chiron5° 04′ Pisces
Saturn3° 01′ Sagittarius
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Mars · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant2° 44′ Virgo
Chiron5° 04′ Pisces
Jupiter6° 22′ Capricorn
Mars1° 42′ Taurus
Pluto2° 54′ Cancer
02
Wedge
Focus: Neptune
MC · Neptune · Saturn — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC27° 47′ Taurus
Neptune0° 36′ Aquarius
Saturn3° 01′ Sagittarius
03
Yod
Apex: Saturn
Mars · Pluto · Saturn — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mars1° 42′ Taurus
Pluto2° 54′ Cancer
Saturn3° 01′ Sagittarius
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