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 Gemini17° 38′
MC in Aquarius22° 58′
North Node in Aquarius4° 16′℞
Chiron in Virgo29° 04′
Aspects · by strength
Sun conjunction Venus
0° 28′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
0° 10′
Mars sextile Ascendant
0° 21′
Moon quincunx Venus
0° 02′
Mars opposition Jupiter
0° 31′
Sun quincunx Moon
0° 30′
Mercury opposition Saturn
1° 32′
Mars conjunction Neptune
1° 19′
Neptune trine Pluto
0° 43′
Mercury square Neptune
1° 47′
Sun quincunx North Node
0° 18′
Mars trine Pluto
2° 02′
Moon conjunction North Node
0° 48′
Neptune sextile Ascendant
1° 40′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
2° 24′
Mercury square Mars
3° 06′
Mercury square Jupiter
3° 37′
Jupiter trine MC
5° 11′
Jupiter opposition Neptune
1° 50′
Venus quincunx North Node
0° 46′
Moon trine Chiron
4° 24′
Mars square Saturn
4° 38′
Jupiter sextile Pluto
2° 33′
Saturn square Neptune
3° 19′
Venus square Chiron
4° 26′
Sun square Chiron
4° 54′
Jupiter square Saturn
5° 09′
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.
No extended patterns in this chart — the classic configurations capture its character.
01
Grand Trine
Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · MC — a closed triangle of ease; talents flow without friction.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 38′ Gemini
Jupiter17° 48′ Libra
MC22° 58′ Aquarius
02
Cradle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 38′ Gemini
Jupiter17° 48′ Libra
Mars17° 17′ Aries
Neptune15° 58′ Aries
Pluto15° 14′ Leo
03
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Saturn — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter17° 48′ Libra
Mars17° 17′ Aries
Mercury14° 11′ Cancer
Neptune15° 58′ Aries
Saturn12° 39′ Capricorn
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