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 Aries6° 20′
MC in Capricorn3° 21′
North Node in Sagittarius29° 54′℞
Chiron in Pisces26° 22′
Aspects · by strength
Sun trine Mars
0° 22′
Sun trine Jupiter
0° 19′
Neptune trine Ascendant
0° 30′
Mars trine Jupiter
0° 41′
Mercury square Ascendant
1° 05′
Pluto opposition MC
0° 37′
Moon sextile Saturn
2° 23′
Moon sextile Ascendant
3° 07′
Mars square MC
1° 10′
Mars square Pluto
1° 47′
Mars opposition Ascendant
4° 09′
Venus square Jupiter
3° 06′
Sun opposition Neptune
4° 01′
Mercury conjunction MC
4° 04′
Saturn trine Ascendant
5° 31′
Venus conjunction Uranus
5° 56′
Mercury quincunx Neptune
1° 35′
Pluto square Ascendant
2° 22′
Mercury opposition Pluto
3° 27′
Sun sextile Ascendant
4° 31′
Moon conjunction Jupiter
7° 58′
Venus sextile North Node
1° 30′
Moon sextile Neptune
3° 38′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
4° 50′
Mercury square Mars
5° 15′
Venus trine Pluto
5° 34′
Mars sextile Neptune
3° 39′
Venus sextile MC
4° 57′
Mars opposition Chiron
5° 49′
Jupiter quincunx MC
1° 51′
Jupiter quincunx North Node
1° 36′
Mars square North Node
2° 17′
Jupiter sextile Neptune
4° 20′
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
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Moon · Neptune · Sun — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 20′ Aries
Jupiter1° 30′ Gemini
Moon9° 27′ Gemini
Neptune5° 50′ Leo
Sun1° 49′ Aquarius
02
Cradle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Moon · Neptune — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 20′ Aries
Jupiter1° 30′ Gemini
Mars2° 11′ Libra
Moon9° 27′ Gemini
Neptune5° 50′ Leo
03
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Mars · Mercury · Pluto — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 20′ Aries
MC3° 21′ Capricorn
Mars2° 11′ Libra
Mercury7° 25′ Capricorn
Pluto3° 58′ Cancer
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Neptune · Sun — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 20′ Aries
Jupiter1° 30′ Gemini
Mars2° 11′ Libra
Neptune5° 50′ Leo
Sun1° 49′ Aquarius
02
Wedge
Focus: Venus
MC · Pluto · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC3° 21′ Capricorn
Pluto3° 58′ Cancer
Venus28° 24′ Aquarius
03
Minor Triangle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Moon · Saturn — a trine bridged by a third planet sextiling both ends; ease with a focal point.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant6° 20′ Aries
Moon9° 27′ Gemini
Saturn11° 51′ Leo
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