The Reference
Aspects
The angles between two bodies — and what the tradition read into them.
An aspect is the angular relationship between two points in a chart. The tradition recognised five major aspects, each with a settled character — harmonious or discordant — that colours whatever two bodies it joins.
Every reading below is built from public-domain sources — Ptolemy, Lilly, and their successors — combined by the classical rules of the tradition rather than lifted from any modern author. Each carries its citations, and the older, more deterministic readings are given as attributed history, not prediction.
The Conjunction
The conjunction takes its character from the two bodies joined: it is fortunate when they are agreeable and unfortunate when they are hostile. It is therefore neither benefic …
35 pairings → ⚹The Sextile
The sextile (60°) is a harmonious aspect — an argument of love, unity and friendship, though milder and less forcible than the trine. Traditionally it falls between signs …
35 pairings → □The Square
The square, or quartile (90°), is a discordant aspect — an argument of 'imperfect enmity': friction, obstruction and tension, but a strife not beyond hope of resolution.
35 pairings → △The Trine
The trine (120°) is the most harmonious aspect — the strongest argument of love, ease and friendship, more forcible than the sextile. It falls between signs of the …
35 pairings → ☍The Opposition
The opposition (180°) is the most discordant aspect — an argument of 'perfect hatred': direct confrontation and polarity, the hardest of the aspects to reconcile.
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