aspects & degrees.

MAJOR ASPECTS & THEIR DEGREES

Conjunction - 0°
Usually harmonious. A part of a natal chart comes into direct contact with a different kind of energy, changing us and possibly making us nervous.

Opposition - 180°
Usually disharmonious. A projection from within causes external events which forces a person to make a decision with this aspect, not always with negative results.

Square - 90°
Usually disharmonious. Outside events cause a person to take a new type of action.

Trine - 120°
Usually harmonious. Planets get along and work together to rapidly develop a situation due to the removal of obstacles.

Sextile - 60°
Usually harmonious. Depicts opportunities that may either be of the person’s doing or seem to have “dropped out of the sky”.

MINOR ASPECTS & THEIR DEGREES

Semi-square - 45°
Usually disharmonious. Frustration of action that leads to no result, usually to teach patience and persistence with some frustration along the way.

Sesquiquadrate - 135°
Usually disharmonious. Frustration of action that eventually leads to delayed achievement.

Semi-Sextile - 30°
Neutral. All about timing and being at the right place at the right time.

Quincunx or Inconjunct - 150°
Neutral. Helps you move into new situations, changing, releasing, and letting go at times.

Quintile - 72°
Usually harmonious. Helps find people’s special personal “gifts” in their chart and can mark a “born astrologer”.