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 Aquarius17° 10′
MC in Sagittarius5° 33′
North Node in Pisces12° 31′℞
Chiron in Sagittarius15° 12′℞
Aspects · by strength
Mars opposition MC
0° 57′
Mars square Pluto
0° 14′
Neptune square Ascendant
1° 44′
Pluto square MC
0° 43′
Moon quincunx Jupiter
0° 44′
Mercury sextile Mars
1° 36′
Venus conjunction Uranus
2° 49′
Sun opposition Ascendant
6° 07′
Uranus sextile MC
1° 07′
Moon trine Mercury
2° 20′
Sun square Neptune
4° 24′
Moon quincunx Saturn
1° 49′
Mars square Saturn
2° 07′
Chiron sextile Ascendant
1° 58′
Mars trine Uranus
2° 04′
Mercury trine MC
2° 32′
Jupiter opposition North Node
1° 22′
Jupiter conjunction Saturn
2° 33′
Venus sextile MC
3° 56′
Moon sextile Mars
3° 56′
Venus trine Mars
4° 52′
Moon trine MC
4° 53′
Moon opposition Uranus
6° 00′
Mercury quincunx Pluto
1° 49′
Saturn square MC
3° 03′
Mercury sextile Uranus
3° 40′
Mars square Jupiter
4° 40′
Saturn opposition Pluto
2° 20′
Jupiter square MC
5° 37′
Moon trine Chiron
4° 47′
Uranus quincunx Pluto
1° 50′
Jupiter opposition Pluto
4° 54′
North Node square Chiron
2° 41′
Jupiter square Chiron
4° 03′
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
Jupiter · MC · Mars · Pluto · Saturn — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter11° 09′ Virgo
MC5° 33′ Sagittarius
Mars6° 29′ Gemini
Pluto6° 16′ Pisces
Saturn8° 36′ Virgo
02
T-Square
Fixed
Ascendant · Neptune · Sun — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 10′ Aquarius
Neptune18° 54′ Scorpio
Sun23° 17′ Leo
03
T-Square
Mutable
Chiron · Jupiter · North Node — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron15° 12′ Sagittarius
Jupiter11° 09′ Virgo
North Node12° 31′ Pisces
01
Castle
Fire & Air
MC · Mars · Mercury · Moon · Uranus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
MC5° 33′ Sagittarius
Mars6° 29′ Gemini
Mercury8° 05′ Leo
Moon10° 25′ Aries
Uranus4° 25′ Libra
02
Wedge
Focus: Uranus
MC · Mars · Uranus · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC5° 33′ Sagittarius
Mars6° 29′ Gemini
Uranus4° 25′ Libra
Venus1° 37′ Libra
03
Yod
Apex: Pluto
Mercury · Pluto · Uranus — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mercury8° 05′ Leo
Pluto6° 16′ Pisces
Uranus4° 25′ Libra
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