Late in the lunation cycle — a closer, an editor, a finisher.
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 Pisces23° 53′
MC in Sagittarius26° 46′
North Node in Taurus4° 09′℞
Chiron in Pisces4° 59′℞
Aspects · by strength
Sun trine MC
0° 05′
Mercury trine Mars
0° 21′
Mercury sextile Neptune
0° 02′
Mars sextile Neptune
0° 24′
Venus square Pluto
0° 25′
Sun quincunx Uranus
0° 38′
Mercury opposition Ascendant
1° 19′
Neptune trine Ascendant
1° 17′
Mars conjunction Saturn
2° 07′
Pluto opposition MC
1° 57′
Sun sextile Pluto
1° 52′
Uranus sextile Ascendant
2° 20′
Mercury trine Saturn
2° 29′
Mars sextile Ascendant
1° 40′
Venus square MC
2° 22′
Venus trine Uranus
2° 55′
Mercury trine Uranus
3° 40′
Venus opposition Ascendant
5° 15′
Mercury conjunction Venus
6° 35′
Jupiter trine Chiron
3° 04′
Sun square Mars
4° 39′
Saturn sextile Ascendant
3° 48′
Mars trine Uranus
4° 01′
Pluto square Ascendant
4° 50′
North Node sextile Chiron
0° 50′
Mercury square MC
4° 12′
Saturn sextile Neptune
2° 31′
Uranus opposition Neptune
3° 37′
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
Cradle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mars · Neptune · Saturn · Uranus — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
Mars22° 12′ Taurus
Neptune22° 36′ Cancer
Saturn20° 05′ Taurus
Uranus26° 13′ Capricorn
02
Cradle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Saturn — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
Mars22° 12′ Taurus
Mercury22° 33′ Virgo
Neptune22° 36′ Cancer
Saturn20° 05′ Taurus
03
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Pluto · Venus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
MC26° 46′ Sagittarius
Pluto28° 43′ Gemini
Venus29° 08′ Virgo
04
T-Square
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Mercury — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
MC26° 46′ Sagittarius
Mercury22° 33′ Virgo
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Uranus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
Mars22° 12′ Taurus
Mercury22° 33′ Virgo
Neptune22° 36′ Cancer
Uranus26° 13′ Capricorn
02
Wedge
Focus: Sun
MC · Pluto · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC26° 46′ Sagittarius
Pluto28° 43′ Gemini
Sun26° 51′ Leo
03
Wedge
Focus: Uranus
Ascendant · Mercury · Uranus · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 53′ Pisces
Mercury22° 33′ Virgo
Uranus26° 13′ Capricorn
Venus29° 08′ Virgo
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