Aspects and Aspect Patterns
Aspect angles, orbs, phase, and multi-planet pattern tests. This guide gives a reproducible rule, worked example, illustrative near miss, and explicit limits.
Overview
A geometry-first map from exact angular separations through orbs and phase to multi-planet configurations, with school scope and unsupported claims kept visible. The page separates calculation from interpretation and keeps this worked result conditional: smallest separation 62°; distance from exact 60° is 2°, so the sextile passes. Verification follows this declared method: Recalculate each separation, apply one declared orb table, validate every required edge of a pattern, then keep geometric facts separate from symbolic interpretation.
At a glance
- Topic
- Aspects and Aspect Patterns
- Method family
- Aspects and Aspect Patterns · aspects and configurations
- Case inputs
- ☉ 10°♈ and ☽ 12°♊; absolute longitudes 10° and 72°; declared sextile orb 4°
- Measured finding
- smallest separation 62°; distance from exact 60° is 2°, so the sextile passes
- School frame
- Aspects and Aspect Patterns · geometric aspect method
- OpenFate tools
- Aspects and Aspect Patterns · birth chart + astrology reading
Explore concepts
- What Are Aspects?
- Conjunction Aspect
- Sextile Aspect
- Square Aspect
- Trine Aspect
- Opposition Aspect
- Quincunx Aspect
- Minor Aspects
- Aspect Orbs
- Applying vs Separating Aspects
- Waxing vs Waning Aspects
- Out-of-Sign Aspects
- T-Square
- Grand Trine
- Grand Cross
- Yod
- Kite Aspect Pattern
- Mystic Rectangle
- Stellium
- Midpoints and Planetary Pictures
Definition and exact scope
a geometry-first map from exact angular separations through orbs and phase to multi-planet configurations, with school scope and unsupported claims kept visible
Calculation or decision rule
recalculate each separation, apply one declared orb table, validate every required edge of a pattern, then keep geometric facts separate from symbolic interpretation
Worked case and illustrative near miss
☉ 10°♈ and ☽ 12°♊; absolute longitudes 10° and 72°; declared sextile orb 4°. smallest separation 62°; distance from exact 60° is 2°, so the sextile passes.
Illustrative near miss: Calling the same pair a trine from sign symbolism without checking its measured 62° separation.
School and variant boundary
Exact angles are geometry; orb choices, priority, and symbolic language are declared practitioner conventions.
Product, safety, and verification boundary
OpenFate can connect Aspects and Aspect Patterns to the natal chart and reading flow where supported; the connection supplies evidence, not a guaranteed life result. Verification retains failed measurements and uncertainty, then revises interpretation rather than the receipt. Aspects and Aspect Patterns cannot diagnose a person, remove consent, or guarantee an event.
Sources and editorial basis
- Skyscript: Introduction to the Aspects, Lesson 10Lesson 10, lines 14–28, named major angles and aspect definitions.A public lesson defining the five Ptolemaic aspect angles and the applying/separating cycle in practitioner terms.
- Faculty of Astrological Studies: Foundation CourseModule 2, heading “Aspects and aspect patterns”.A public practitioner curriculum that explicitly scopes polarities, elements, modes, aspects, patterns, and synthesis; it documents a teaching tradition, not scientific validation.
- NCGR-PAA Level III CurriculumPDF p. 5, lines 154–168, midpoints, dials, and planetary symmetry.An advanced curriculum locating classical terminology, history, sidereal comparison, midpoints, dials, planetary symmetry, Uranian practice, and time-lord methods within professional study.