Aspects · Beginner
Square
Two bodies 90° apart; astrologers read it as friction or tension that pushes for action.
Squares usually join signs of the same modality but clashing elements. Modern astrologers often describe them as the engine of growth; traditional ones as a difficult aspect. Neither reading makes anything happen.
- How it is worked out
- Two bodies 90° apart along the ecliptic, within the allowed orb.
Sources
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.13, “Of the Aspects of the Signs” (Robbins translation, 1940) (opens in a new tab) historical
- Astrodienst AstroWiki: Aspects (opens in a new tab) practitioner
Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.