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 Leo23° 43′
MC in Taurus16° 28′
North Node in Taurus24° 47′℞
Chiron in Aquarius24° 18′℞
Aspects · by strength
Moon sextile Mars
0° 25′
Moon trine Pluto
0° 39′
Mars opposition Pluto
0° 14′
Sun trine Uranus
1° 38′
Moon opposition Jupiter
1° 09′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
0° 35′
Mercury trine Pluto
1° 20′
Mars trine Jupiter
1° 34′
Venus square Mars
1° 49′
Moon trine Mercury
1° 59′
Venus conjunction Neptune
3° 12′
Mercury sextile Mars
1° 34′
Moon square Ascendant
2° 30′
Jupiter conjunction MC
3° 35′
Moon opposition MC
4° 45′
North Node square Ascendant
1° 04′
Moon quincunx Venus
1° 24′
Jupiter square Ascendant
3° 39′
Venus square Pluto
2° 03′
Mercury sextile Jupiter
3° 09′
Venus sextile Ascendant
3° 54′
Mars square Neptune
5° 01′
Moon opposition Saturn
6° 37′
Saturn square Ascendant
4° 07′
Mars trine MC
5° 10′
North Node square Chiron
0° 28′
Pluto quincunx Ascendant
1° 51′
Mercury sextile Saturn
4° 38′
Mercury quincunx Chiron
1° 06′
Saturn quincunx Uranus
1° 44′
Moon square Chiron
3° 05′
Saturn square Chiron
3° 32′
Mercury sextile North Node
1° 34′
Jupiter sextile Pluto
1° 49′
Jupiter conjunction Saturn
7° 46′
Venus trine Chiron
4° 29′
Uranus trine Chiron
5° 16′
Pluto sextile North Node
2° 54′
Jupiter square Chiron
4° 15′
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
Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Moon · Saturn — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter20° 04′ Taurus
Mars21° 38′ Virgo
Mercury23° 12′ Cancer
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
Saturn27° 50′ Taurus
02
Grand Cross
Fixed
Ascendant · Chiron · Jupiter · Moon · Saturn — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 43′ Leo
Chiron24° 18′ Aquarius
Jupiter20° 04′ Taurus
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
Saturn27° 50′ Taurus
03
T-Square
Mutable
Mars · Pluto · Venus — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Mars21° 38′ Virgo
Pluto21° 52′ Pisces
Venus19° 49′ Gemini
04
T-Square
Fixed
Ascendant · Chiron · North Node — two squares converging on an opposition; the chart's engine room.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 43′ Leo
Chiron24° 18′ Aquarius
North Node24° 47′ Taurus
01
Castle
Earth & Water
Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Moon · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter20° 04′ Taurus
Mars21° 38′ Virgo
Mercury23° 12′ Cancer
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
Pluto21° 52′ Pisces
02
Castle
Earth & Water
Mars · Mercury · Moon · North Node · Pluto — a Grand Trine with two sextile arches reaching to outside planets; a Grand Sextile with one corner missing.
Planets in this pattern
Mars21° 38′ Virgo
Mercury23° 12′ Cancer
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
North Node24° 47′ Taurus
Pluto21° 52′ Pisces
03
Wedge
Focus: Mars
Jupiter · MC · Mars · Moon — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter20° 04′ Taurus
MC16° 28′ Taurus
Mars21° 38′ Virgo
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
04
Wedge
Focus: Venus
Ascendant · Chiron · Venus — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant23° 43′ Leo
Chiron24° 18′ Aquarius
Venus19° 49′ Gemini
05
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Jupiter · MC · Moon · Saturn — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Jupiter20° 04′ Taurus
MC16° 28′ Taurus
Moon21° 13′ Scorpio
Saturn27° 50′ Taurus
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