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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 Pisces6° 00′
MC in Sagittarius17° 00′
North Node in Leo19° 31′℞
Chiron in Gemini12° 07′
Aspects · by strength
Mars opposition Ascendant
0° 15′
Sun sextile Pluto
0° 27′
Mercury opposition Jupiter
0° 41′
Venus trine MC
0° 43′
Mars conjunction Saturn
2° 29′
Mercury square Neptune
0° 58′
Saturn opposition Ascendant
2° 44′
Moon sextile MC
2° 01′
Moon sextile Venus
2° 44′
Sun square Ascendant
5° 15′
Jupiter square Neptune
1° 39′
Venus trine North Node
1° 48′
Jupiter conjunction MC
4° 43′
Uranus square Pluto
1° 35′
Moon trine Chiron
2° 52′
Sun square Mars
5° 30′
Venus trine Jupiter
4° 01′
Mercury sextile Venus
4° 41′
Mercury opposition MC
5° 24′
Saturn square Chiron
3° 23′
Jupiter trine North Node
2° 12′
North Node trine MC
2° 31′
Mercury sextile North Node
2° 53′
Chiron opposition MC
4° 53′
Mars square Chiron
5° 52′
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
Kite
Fire & Air
Jupiter · MC · Mercury · North Node · Venus — a Grand Trine with an outlet; the talent finds a direction.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter21° 43′ Sagittarius
MC17° 00′ Sagittarius
Mercury22° 24′ Gemini
North Node19° 31′ Leo
Venus17° 42′ Aries
02
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · Mars · Sun — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 00′ Pisces
Mars6° 14′ Virgo
Sun0° 45′ Gemini
03
T-Square
Mutable
Jupiter · Mercury · Neptune — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter21° 43′ Sagittarius
Mercury22° 24′ Gemini
Neptune23° 21′ Pisces
01
Castle
Fire & Air
MC · Mercury · Moon · North Node · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
MC17° 00′ Sagittarius
Mercury22° 24′ Gemini
Moon14° 59′ Aquarius
North Node19° 31′ Leo
Venus17° 42′ Aries
02
Wedge
Focus: Moon
Chiron · MC · Moon — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron12° 07′ Gemini
MC17° 00′ Sagittarius
Moon14° 59′ Aquarius
03
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Ascendant · Mars · Saturn — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 00′ Pisces
Mars6° 14′ Virgo
Saturn8° 44′ Virgo
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