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 Aquarius13° 46′℞
Chiron in Cancer10° 45′
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 square Uranus
0° 14′
Neptune opposition Ascendant
1° 32′
Mars conjunction North Node
0° 23′
Mars quincunx Ascendant
1° 11′
Mercury sextile Venus
1° 48′
Mercury square Saturn
2° 52′
Sun square Chiron
1° 01′
Jupiter square MC
3° 07′
Sun square Ascendant
3° 14′
Moon sextile MC
4° 21′
Uranus opposition Chiron
1° 15′
Mars square Pluto
3° 12′
Uranus opposition Ascendant
3° 27′
North Node quincunx Ascendant
0° 48′
Chiron conjunction Ascendant
2° 13′
Pluto trine Ascendant
4° 24′
Sun sextile Mars
4° 25′
Venus square Pluto
5° 55′
Sun square Neptune
4° 46′
Neptune sextile Pluto
2° 52′
Jupiter opposition Uranus
6° 53′
Neptune opposition Chiron
3° 45′
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
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Chiron · Sun · Uranus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron10° 45′ Cancer
Sun9° 44′ Aries
Uranus9° 30′ Capricorn
02
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Chiron · Neptune · Sun — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron10° 45′ Cancer
Neptune14° 30′ Capricorn
Sun9° 44′ Aries
01
Wedge
Focus: Pluto
Ascendant · Neptune · Pluto — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Neptune14° 30′ Capricorn
Pluto17° 21′ 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
0
Air
3
Water
3
By modality
Cardinal
4
Fixed
2
Mutable
2
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.
Ascendant sits at the centre of the aspect web
Seven aspects involve Ascendant — it ties the rest of the chart together.
Square is the most common aspect
Eight of 22 aspects are squares — that flavour colours the chart.