Aspects
Aspects are the angles that connect the planets in your chart and show whether they talk smoothly or with tension. These pages explain the five main aspects.
The angle is measured around the 360 degrees of the zodiac circle, between the positions of two planets in the birth chart. Five values count as the major astrological aspects: the conjunction joins the planets at 0 degrees, the sextile sets them 60 apart, the square 90, the trine 120 and the opposition 180.
Each page dwells on one aspect: the kind of relationship it creates between planets and how it is usually read. Trines and sextiles are linked with ease; squares and oppositions with the friction that pushes you to move. A conjunction depends on the planets it brings together.
An aspect only makes sense with names attached, because a square between the Moon and Saturn is not the same as one between Venus and Mars. These pages are the groundwork for the interpretations of aspects between specific planets. The angle does not need to be exact either: a margin of a few degrees, called the orb, is allowed.
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Each aspect makes sense between two specific planets. See the interpretations of the body-to-body aspects.