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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Aspects · Beginner

Aspect

Also called aspects

A particular angle between two chart factors, measured along the zodiac, that astrologers read as a relationship between them.

The five major aspects (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition) go back to Ptolemy, who derived them from fractions of the circle. Astrologers read each as a different kind of connection between the two planets' themes. Aspects are geometry; what they are said to mean is tradition.

  • Kind: Calculation, Tradition
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Major aspects, Minor aspects, Orb, Applying aspect, Separating aspect, Aspect pattern, Aspect grid

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