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Aspects · Intermediate

Separating aspect

Also called separating

An aspect that has passed exact and is widening.

Once the faster body passes the exact angle, the aspect separates until it leaves the orb. Retrograde motion can turn a separating aspect back into an applying one.

How it is worked out
Separating when the orb is growing, from the two longitudinal speeds.
  • Kind: Calculation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Applying aspect, Exact aspect, Orb, Retrograde

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