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 Virgo16° 49′
MC in Gemini14° 41′
North Node in Aries15° 48′℞
Chiron in Aries17° 02′
Aspects · by strength
Venus square Jupiter
0° 13′
Sun square MC
1° 58′
Mercury quincunx Ascendant
0° 41′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
0° 41′
Moon quincunx Venus
1° 06′
Moon sextile Jupiter
1° 19′
Venus opposition Ascendant
1° 35′
Moon trine Mercury
2° 00′
Sun conjunction Uranus
3° 26′
Sun trine Pluto
2° 17′
Sun opposition Ascendant
4° 06′
Chiron quincunx Ascendant
0° 13′
Mercury sextile Chiron
0° 28′
Jupiter square Ascendant
1° 22′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
1° 49′
Pluto square North Node
0° 48′
Moon trine Neptune
5° 37′
Sun conjunction Venus
5° 41′
Mercury conjunction Neptune
7° 37′
Mercury trine MC
2° 49′
Venus trine Pluto
3° 23′
Jupiter opposition MC
3° 30′
Venus square MC
3° 43′
Mars sextile MC
3° 46′
Mars square Pluto
4° 06′
Moon trine MC
4° 49′
Moon square Pluto
4° 29′
Uranus square MC
5° 23′
Sun square Jupiter
5° 28′
North Node quincunx Ascendant
1° 01′
Jupiter trine Chiron
1° 09′
Moon opposition Chiron
2° 28′
North Node sextile MC
1° 07′
Mercury sextile North Node
1° 42′
Mars conjunction Chiron
6° 07′
Pluto square Chiron
2° 01′
Chiron sextile MC
2° 21′
Jupiter trine North Node
2° 23′
North Node conjunction Chiron
1° 14′
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
Chiron · Jupiter · MC · Mercury · North Node — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron17° 02′ Aries
Jupiter18° 11′ Sagittarius
MC14° 41′ Gemini
Mercury17° 30′ Aquarius
North Node15° 48′ Aries
02
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · Jupiter · MC · Sun · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 49′ Virgo
Jupiter18° 11′ Sagittarius
MC14° 41′ Gemini
Sun12° 43′ Pisces
Venus18° 24′ Pisces
03
T-Square
Cardinal
Chiron · Moon · Pluto — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron17° 02′ Aries
Moon19° 30′ Libra
Pluto15° 01′ Cancer
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Chiron · Jupiter · MC · Mercury · Moon · North Node — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron17° 02′ Aries
Jupiter18° 11′ Sagittarius
MC14° 41′ Gemini
Mercury17° 30′ Aquarius
Moon19° 30′ Libra
North Node15° 48′ Aries
02
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
Ascendant · Pluto · Sun · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 49′ Virgo
Pluto15° 01′ Cancer
Sun12° 43′ Pisces
Venus18° 24′ Pisces
03
Yod
Apex: Ascendant
Ascendant · Chiron · Mercury · North Node — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant16° 49′ Virgo
Chiron17° 02′ Aries
Mercury17° 30′ Aquarius
North Node15° 48′ Aries
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