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 Gemini17° 45′
MC in Aquarius23° 03′
North Node in Aquarius29° 27′℞
Chiron in Capricorn11° 39′
Aspects · by strength
Sun trine Moon
1° 46′
Mars quincunx Ascendant
0° 16′
Moon square MC
1° 10′
Mercury opposition Saturn
1° 17′
Venus conjunction North Node
0° 35′
Jupiter trine Pluto
0° 08′
Mars square Pluto
1° 32′
Jupiter opposition Neptune
1° 19′
Pluto sextile Ascendant
1° 48′
Uranus opposition Chiron
1° 44′
Neptune trine MC
2° 03′
Neptune trine Ascendant
3° 15′
Moon square Venus
5° 49′
Moon conjunction Mars
6° 12′
Saturn square Chiron
1° 11′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
1° 56′
Neptune sextile Pluto
1° 27′
Pluto opposition MC
3° 30′
Mercury sextile Ascendant
3° 38′
Saturn trine Ascendant
4° 55′
Mercury conjunction Jupiter
5° 34′
Venus conjunction MC
7° 00′
Moon square Pluto
4° 40′
Mercury trine Pluto
5° 26′
Mercury opposition Neptune
6° 53′
Mercury square Chiron
2° 28′
Mercury square Uranus
4° 13′
Mars square MC
5° 02′
Mars quincunx Jupiter
1° 40′
Jupiter sextile MC
3° 22′
Saturn square Uranus
2° 56′
Jupiter opposition Saturn
6° 51′
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 · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 45′ Gemini
Jupiter19° 41′ Aries
Mercury14° 07′ Aries
Neptune21° 00′ Libra
Pluto19° 33′ Leo
02
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Chiron · Mercury · Saturn · Uranus — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron11° 39′ Capricorn
Mercury14° 07′ Aries
Saturn12° 50′ Libra
Uranus9° 54′ Cancer
03
T-Square
Fixed
MC · Mars · Moon · Pluto — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
MC23° 03′ Aquarius
Mars18° 01′ Scorpio
Moon24° 13′ Scorpio
Pluto19° 33′ Leo
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Ascendant · Jupiter · MC · Neptune · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 45′ Gemini
Jupiter19° 41′ Aries
MC23° 03′ Aquarius
Neptune21° 00′ Libra
Pluto19° 33′ Leo
02
Wedge
Focus: Ascendant
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mercury · Saturn — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 45′ Gemini
Jupiter19° 41′ Aries
Mercury14° 07′ Aries
Saturn12° 50′ Libra
03
Yod
Apex: Mars
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant17° 45′ Gemini
Jupiter19° 41′ Aries
Mars18° 01′ Scorpio
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