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 at birth. It shapes outward manner. On the wheel, the horizontal axis is the Ascendant / Descendant axis. If birth time is unknown, this won't appear.
Midheaven (MC) — the highest point in the sky at birth. It points to vocation and public self. On the wheel, the vertical axis is the MC / IC axis. If birth time is unknown, this won't appear.
Chiron — a small body that moves between Saturn and Uranus, read as a sign of where lessons live.
North Node — not a body but a mathematical point of the Moon's orbit. It marks the direction of growth.
North Node in Libra18° 25′℞
Chiron in Taurus5° 46′
Your chart next
The sky at your birth.
Drawn freely, read at your own pace. And if you want a closer study, the report walks through every planet and pattern in your sky.
Aspects are the angles between two planets — the geometric relationships that shape how those planets talk to each other in a chart. A conjunction fuses them; an opposition sets them at odds; a trine lets them flow.
We sort them here by strength. Tight orbs come first — the closer the angle, the louder the aspect sings.
Sun sextile Mars
0° 06′
Sun trine Neptune
0° 22′
Mars opposition Neptune
0° 28′
Mars trine Pluto
1° 03′
Sun sextile Pluto
1° 09′
Saturn sextile Ascendant
2° 11′
Moon sextile Jupiter
2° 33′
Mercury sextile Uranus
2° 24′
Moon sextile Venus
3° 25′
Mercury square Mars
2° 45′
Uranus opposition Chiron
2° 06′
Jupiter trine Ascendant
5° 42′
Moon square MC
4° 57′
Sun conjunction Saturn
6° 19′
Venus sextile Chiron
2° 30′
Mercury square Neptune
3° 13′
Venus conjunction Jupiter
5° 58′
Saturn sextile North Node
1° 01′
Venus trine Uranus
4° 36′
Sun square Uranus
5° 14′
Moon conjunction Chiron
5° 56′
Neptune sextile Pluto
1° 31′
Mercury trine Chiron
4° 29′
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.
Classic includes the shapes established in modern astrology — T-Squares, Grand Trines, and more. Extended adds geometric configurations that carry meaning beyond traditional astrology.
01
Cradle
Fire & Air
Mars · Neptune · Pluto · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Mars13° 00′ Gemini
Neptune13° 29′ Sagittarius
Pluto11° 57′ Libra
Sun13° 06′ Leo
02
T-Square
Mutable
Mars · Mercury · Neptune — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mars13° 00′ Gemini
Mercury10° 15′ Virgo
Neptune13° 29′ Sagittarius
01
Wedge
Focus: Venus
Chiron · Uranus · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 46′ Taurus
Uranus7° 52′ Scorpio
Venus3° 16′ Cancer
02
Wedge
Focus: Mercury
Chiron · Mercury · Uranus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron5° 46′ Taurus
Mercury10° 15′ Virgo
Uranus7° 52′ Scorpio
Chart signature
The chart signature is the set of high-level patterns that shape the chart's overall character — elemental and modal balance, overall shape on the wheel, and a handful of structural observations.
By element
Fire
2
Earth
1
Air
3
Water
2
By modality
Cardinal
4
Fixed
1
Mutable
3
The chart forms a Locomotive shape
Planets fill two-thirds of the wheel with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Eight planets above the horizon
Most of the chart sits in the public, relational houses above the horizon.
No personal planets below the horizon
The private, formative houses below the horizon are empty.
Sextile is the most common aspect
Nine of 23 aspects are sextiles — that flavour colours the chart.
Earth is a singleton element
Mercury is the only earth placement — it carries the whole element on its own, disproportionately weighted.