The main aspect patterns are described below. An aspect pattern with three planets involves three aspects, an aspect pattern with four planets involves six aspects, and an aspect pattern with five planets involves ten aspects (these being very rare). When three or more planets are such that each planet forms an aspect to each of the other planets then we have what is called an aspect pattern. The sample screenshot given in the Introduction shows all the planetary aspects at June 9, 2010 (using the default values for the orbs) together with how close to exact those aspects are. If Venus has longitude 80° and Jupiter has longitude 195° then they form a trine aspect with an exactness of 5° (= 120°-(195°-80°)). For example, if Mercury has longitude 55° and Mars has longitude 57° then the exactness of that conjunction is 2°. The exactness of an aspect is expressed as the difference between the actual angle separating the planets and the ideal angle of separation for that aspect. Most of the charts below are geocentric (made with PAT), with a few heliocentric charts (made with HPAT). For example, a heliocentric chart is shown at right. The aspects in the two kinds of astrology are the same. There is another kind of astrology, called heliocentric astrology, in which longitudes are measured from the point of view of the Sun. Most astrologers study geocentric astrology, where the longitudes of the planets are measured from the point of view of the Earth. For example, if a certain planet's longitude is 35° then another planet will be square to it if the second planet's longitude is anything between 115° and 135°. They are opposite if their separation is less than 10° from 180°, they are square if their separation is less than 10° from 90°, they are trine if their separation is less than 10° from 120°, and so on. Thus if an orb of 10° is used then two planets are conjunct if they are separated by less than 10°. Astrologers also recognize other aspects, not dealt with here, such as 45° (semi-square).Ī certain inexactness is permitted, which is called the orb. Two planets form an aspect when their degree of separation (the absolute difference of their longitudes) is sufficiently close to one of the following: 0° (conjunction), 180° (opposition), 90° (square), 120° (trine), 60° (sextile), 30° (semisextile) or 150° (quincunx). Planetary Aspects Conjunction, Opposition, Square, Trine, The Heliocentric Planetary Aspects and Transits software. Using either the Planetary Aspects and Transits software or The images of aspects on this page were all made
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