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 Virgo27° 31′
MC in Gemini27° 08′
North Node in Pisces28° 26′℞
Chiron in Aries4° 00′
Aspects · by strength
Moon opposition MC
0° 37′
Moon square Mars
0° 43′
Mars sextile Pluto
0° 12′
Mercury sextile Uranus
0° 30′
Moon square Ascendant
1° 00′
North Node opposition Ascendant
0° 55′
Mars opposition Ascendant
1° 42′
Pluto trine Ascendant
1° 55′
Sun trine MC
2° 46′
Jupiter sextile Neptune
0° 48′
Mars opposition Neptune
2° 07′
Sun sextile Moon
3° 23′
Neptune conjunction Ascendant
3° 50′
Venus trine Ascendant
5° 00′
Mercury trine Saturn
5° 58′
Mars square MC
1° 19′
Venus sextile Chiron
1° 29′
Moon square Neptune
2° 50′
Mars trine Jupiter
2° 55′
Venus conjunction Pluto
6° 55′
Neptune trine Pluto
1° 55′
Neptune square MC
3° 26′
Jupiter sextile Ascendant
4° 37′
Pluto quincunx MC
1° 31′
Jupiter sextile Pluto
2° 43′
Chiron opposition Ascendant
6° 29′
North Node square MC
1° 18′
Moon square North Node
1° 55′
Mars conjunction North Node
2° 38′
Pluto sextile North Node
2° 50′
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
Ascendant · Jupiter · Mars · Neptune · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
Jupiter22° 54′ Scorpio
Mars25° 49′ Pisces
Neptune23° 42′ Virgo
Pluto25° 37′ Capricorn
02
Cradle
Earth & Water
Ascendant · Jupiter · North Node · Pluto — three sextiles and an opposition; a basket of harmonies cradling tension.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
Jupiter22° 54′ Scorpio
North Node28° 26′ Pisces
Pluto25° 37′ Capricorn
03
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Mars · Moon · Neptune — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
MC27° 08′ Gemini
Mars25° 49′ Pisces
Moon26° 31′ Sagittarius
Neptune23° 42′ Virgo
04
Grand Cross
Mutable
Ascendant · MC · Moon · North Node — four planets in four squares forming a cross; pressure on every side.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
MC27° 08′ Gemini
Moon26° 31′ Sagittarius
North Node28° 26′ Pisces
01
Wedge
Focus: Sun
MC · Moon · Sun — an opposition with a third planet trining one end and sextiling the other; tension finds its outlet.
Planets in this pattern
MC27° 08′ Gemini
Moon26° 31′ Sagittarius
Sun29° 54′ Aquarius
02
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
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
Chiron4° 00′ Aries
Venus2° 31′ Aquarius
03
Multi-Planet Opposition
Earth ↔ Water
Ascendant · Mars · Neptune · North Node — an opposition axis with a conjunct stack at one or both ends; doubled emphasis on a single polarity.
Planets in this pattern
Ascendant27° 31′ Virgo
Mars25° 49′ Pisces
Neptune23° 42′ Virgo
North Node28° 26′ Pisces
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