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 Capricorn26° 44′
MC in Scorpio20° 18′
North Node in Libra27° 03′℞
Chiron in Aquarius21° 36′℞
Aspects · by strength
Mars square Ascendant
0° 46′
Moon sextile Pluto
0° 31′
Sun square Jupiter
0° 42′
Moon trine Neptune
1° 48′
Venus opposition Saturn
1° 05′
Venus trine Chiron
0° 12′
North Node square Ascendant
0° 19′
Sun trine MC
1° 44′
Sun quincunx Chiron
0° 27′
Venus trine Jupiter
1° 21′
Sun square Mars
3° 56′
Sun opposition Ascendant
4° 42′
Mercury conjunction Uranus
5° 27′
Mars opposition North Node
1° 05′
Venus quincunx MC
1° 05′
Mars opposition Jupiter
3° 14′
Jupiter square Ascendant
4° 00′
Mercury trine Saturn
4° 09′
Jupiter trine Chiron
1° 09′
Neptune sextile Pluto
1° 17′
Mercury square MC
4° 09′
Moon sextile Mars
4° 14′
Saturn sextile Chiron
1° 17′
Chiron square MC
1° 17′
Venus sextile Mars
4° 35′
Mars trine Pluto
4° 45′
Neptune square Ascendant
5° 16′
Mars trine Saturn
5° 40′
Mars opposition Neptune
6° 02′
Sun quincunx Saturn
1° 44′
Jupiter sextile Saturn
2° 26′
Mercury opposition Chiron
5° 27′
Mars sextile Chiron
4° 23′
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
Water
Mars · Moon · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Mars25° 58′ Aries
Moon0° 12′ Cancer
Neptune2° 00′ Scorpio
Pluto0° 43′ Virgo
02
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Sun — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant26° 44′ Capricorn
Jupiter22° 44′ Libra
Mars25° 58′ Aries
Sun22° 02′ Cancer
03
T-Square
Dynamic
Ascendant · Mars · Neptune — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant26° 44′ Capricorn
Mars25° 58′ Aries
Neptune2° 00′ Scorpio
04
T-Square
Cardinal
Ascendant · Mars · North Node — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant26° 44′ Capricorn
Mars25° 58′ Aries
North Node27° 03′ Libra
05
T-Square
Fixed
Chiron · MC · Mercury — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron21° 36′ Aquarius
MC20° 18′ Scorpio
Mercury16° 09′ Leo
01
Castle
Fire & Air
Chiron · Jupiter · Mars · Saturn · Venus — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron21° 36′ Aquarius
Jupiter22° 44′ Libra
Mars25° 58′ Aries
Saturn20° 18′ Sagittarius
Venus21° 24′ Gemini
02
Wedge
Focus: Saturn
Chiron · Mercury · Saturn — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron21° 36′ Aquarius
Mercury16° 09′ Leo
Saturn20° 18′ Sagittarius
03
Yod
Apex: Sun
Chiron · Saturn · Sun — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Chiron21° 36′ Aquarius
Saturn20° 18′ Sagittarius
Sun22° 02′ Cancer
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