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 Cancer3° 36′
MC in Pisces10° 36′
North Node in Capricorn8° 17′℞
Chiron in Gemini5° 38′℞
Aspects · by strength
Mercury opposition Ascendant
1° 51′
Moon sextile Pluto
0° 29′
Pluto trine MC
0° 09′
Moon opposition MC
0° 37′
Sun conjunction Jupiter
3° 38′
Mars quincunx MC
0° 03′
Mars square Neptune
1° 05′
Neptune trine MC
1° 01′
Moon sextile Neptune
1° 39′
Neptune conjunction Ascendant
5° 59′
Mercury quincunx Chiron
0° 11′
Uranus opposition Chiron
1° 24′
Venus sextile Saturn
4° 53′
Uranus square MC
3° 35′
Mercury opposition Neptune
4° 08′
Moon trine Mercury
5° 47′
Jupiter square Saturn
2° 52′
Moon square Uranus
4° 12′
Mercury square Mars
5° 13′
Neptune opposition North Node
1° 18′
Mars sextile Uranus
3° 38′
Neptune trine Pluto
1° 10′
Mercury conjunction North Node
2° 50′
Moon trine North Node
2° 56′
North Node sextile MC
2° 19′
Mars trine Chiron
5° 02′
Moon square Chiron
5° 36′
Mars square North Node
2° 22′
Pluto sextile North Node
2° 28′
Chiron square MC
4° 59′
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
Grand Cross
Mutable
Chiron · MC · Moon · Uranus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 38′ Gemini
MC10° 36′ Pisces
Moon11° 14′ Virgo
Uranus7° 02′ Sagittarius
02
T-Square
Cardinal
Mars · Mercury · Neptune · North Node — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mars10° 40′ Libra
Mercury5° 27′ Capricorn
Neptune9° 35′ Cancer
North Node8° 17′ Capricorn
01
Castle
Earth & Water
MC · Moon · Neptune · North Node · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
MC10° 36′ Pisces
Moon11° 14′ Virgo
Neptune9° 35′ Cancer
North Node8° 17′ Capricorn
Pluto10° 45′ Scorpio
02
Wedge
Focus: Moon
Mercury · Moon · Neptune · North Node — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury5° 27′ Capricorn
Moon11° 14′ Virgo
Neptune9° 35′ Cancer
North Node8° 17′ Capricorn
03
Wedge
Focus: Mars
Chiron · Mars · Uranus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 38′ Gemini
Mars10° 40′ Libra
Uranus7° 02′ Sagittarius
04
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Ascendant · Mercury · Neptune · North Node — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant3° 36′ Cancer
Mercury5° 27′ Capricorn
Neptune9° 35′ Cancer
North Node8° 17′ Capricorn
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