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 Aries1° 00′
MC in Capricorn0° 31′
North Node in Virgo3° 21′℞
Chiron in Pisces20° 23′
Aspects · by strength
Moon opposition Ascendant
0° 14′
Sun quincunx Mars
0° 08′
Moon square MC
0° 14′
Sun sextile Ascendant
0° 36′
Mars square Ascendant
0° 44′
Sun trine Moon
0° 50′
Moon square Mars
0° 58′
Mars opposition MC
1° 12′
Mercury sextile Venus
4° 34′
Uranus conjunction Neptune
1° 48′
Mars conjunction Pluto
5° 46′
Sun square Jupiter
5° 11′
Sun conjunction Neptune
7° 07′
Jupiter trine MC
4° 07′
Neptune quincunx Pluto
1° 12′
Mars sextile North Node
1° 37′
Venus square Chiron
4° 40′
Pluto opposition MC
6° 58′
Sun quincunx North Node
1° 46′
North Node trine MC
2° 49′
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
Grand Cross
Cardinal
Ascendant · MC · Mars · Moon — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant1° 00′ Aries
MC0° 31′ Capricorn
Mars1° 43′ Cancer
Moon0° 45′ Libra
01
Wedge
Focus: Sun
Ascendant · Moon · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant1° 00′ Aries
Moon0° 45′ Libra
Sun1° 35′ Aquarius
02
Wedge
Focus: North Node
MC · Mars · North Node — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC0° 31′ Capricorn
Mars1° 43′ Cancer
North Node3° 21′ Virgo
03
Yod
Apex: Sun
Mars · North Node · Sun — two quincunxes converging on an apex; a pointed, fated adjustment.
Planets in this pattern
Mars1° 43′ Cancer
North Node3° 21′ Virgo
Sun1° 35′ Aquarius
04
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
MC · Mars · Pluto — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
MC0° 31′ Capricorn
Mars1° 43′ Cancer
Pluto7° 30′ Cancer
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