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Top 5 Aspects
What Are the Top Five Astrological Aspects
The top five primary aspects are conjunction, square, opposition, sextile, and trine. These are strongest when their orbs are tightest, especially between personal planets. To identify them, use an astrology chart with small orbs on astro.com and adjust until the key aspects appear clearly.
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I'm not sure I understood how to do this.
So I go to that drawing on my chart..and do what?
Posted by tiziani
Oh, cheers for the technique. I was just about to complain that I'd just woken up. I didn't actually know you could do that on astro.com. I see you're going the classical astrology route.
Yep, in the extended chart selection--after entering birth data if you don't have an account to log into--there's a tan looking options section. The box that says "Reduce/increase orbs (0 - 150% )" is where to look.
This is one point where I definitely agree with traditional astro. I see the most exacting aspects as being the building blocks for the individual personality, like the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA.
So I go to that drawing on my chart..and do what?
I've gotten into the habit of always using astro.com so I've forgotten how other sites format their charts, but on that site they have a table for aspects beneath the drawn chart. After orbs are reset that table will look blank at first. Gradually as orbs are increased aspects will begin to reappear. The first five will be the tightest ones.
Man... can I please get an escape from pluto possibly?
I see why now pluto is like the second or so strongest influence in my chart.
I had to increase mine to as much as 50% just to get the aspects. I don't know if that's normal.
Holy cow. o_O
I have a ton of inconjunct aspects that are under 1 degree off though.
Do you feel like those have a big effect on your personality/life?
I had to increase mine to as much as 50% just to get the aspects. I don't know if that's normal.
Holy cow. o_O
Fence life.
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Lol. How's the Moon/Neptune opposition and Mars/Uranus square treating you?
^^^she's tight
Posted by duchessedenemours
If you have to increase it it just means your orbs are bigger.Does it have any implications on character?
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Nah.
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
^^^she's tight
Mars/Uranus aspects I know nothing about, but that's the tightest one so I'll read up on it later.
I have that one too. It's a doozy. 😛
Ehh its just good old Uranus 🙂
Anyway, I should probably cough up mine as well.
5) Mercury/Saturn sextile
4) Moon/Mercury square
3) Mars Saturn square
2) Sun/Uranus square
1) Moon/Mars sextile
All orbs are 1.2?? or less.
Posted by tiziani
Haha I'll definitely read up on it.The weird thing is the hospital where I was born is an actual time zone on astro.com
Lol nice.
TMV can you help me?
I did reduce but I have no idea how the read the lines that form?
Where does it list the aspects?
I have that apparently but the orb is like almost 10 degrees off so I don't get why it's included.
Astro.com seems a little arbitrary in what they show in charts, aspect wise.
What it calculates is pretty sensitive to the options selected, particularly whether or not someone has "aspect lines to all" checked off in the list. I'm not sure why.
Posted by Damnata
TMV can you help me?I did reduce but I have no idea how the read the lines that form?
Where does it list the aspects?
Damnata if it is in the neighborhood of....
60 deg or 2 signs away=sextile
90 deg or 3 signs away=square
120 deg or 4 signs away=trine
180 deg or 6 signs away=opposition
😄
Posted by Damnata
TMV can you help me?I did reduce but I have no idea how the read the lines that form?
Where does it list the aspects?
There's a pyramid type table that's supposed to appear beneath the circular chart. Aspects should be listed there.
Triangle symbols are trines. Asterisks are sextiles. Squares are squares. The mark that looks like a little like a Mars symbol is a conjunction, and the one that's like o-o is an opposition.
Hopefully that helps?
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by Damnata
TMV can you help me?I did reduce but I have no idea how the read the lines that form?
Where does it list the aspects?
Damnata if it is in the neighborhood of....
60 deg or 2 signs away=sextile
90 deg or 3 signs away=square
120 deg or 4 signs away=trine
180 deg or 6 signs away=opposition😄
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I know this dumb dumb. I didn't know the symbols
You uptight robot you, such a square.
Ok Tmv now I see the symbols but cannot read between what signs they are.
At 2 degrees I get an opposition and I don't see where it is. It that 0-0 next to an A with a 0 degree next to it.
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by Damnata
TMV can you help me?I did reduce but I have no idea how the read the lines that form?
Where does it list the aspects?
Damnata if it is in the neighborhood of....
60 deg or 2 signs away=sextile
90 deg or 3 signs away=square
120 deg or 4 signs away=trine
180 deg or 6 signs away=opposition😄
I know this dumb dumb. I didn't know the symbols
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Dumb can't you just look at the birth chart lines lol?
Why do you have to have it spoon fed to you?
😛
The thing is NYAA...first aspect appears without any fucking line. Sun trine Neptune I think.
TMV can I post the chart here...after I increase the orbs enough so 5 aspects appear?
Posted by Damnata
Ok Tmv now I see the symbols but cannot read between what signs they are.At 2 degrees I get an opposition and I don't see where it is. It that 0-0 next to an A with a 0 degree next to it.
The chart doesn't draw all aspect lines unless specifically directed to do so, so it might not visually appear in the circular chart. You can find which planets are involved with the aspect though by following the grid lines in the pyramid chart.
If it shows a 0 in the box for the aspect that means your opposition has an orb of 0?? or less. The orb percentage being entered in the options isn't 1% for 1??. I've figured that 1?? is actually about 10% orb size.
Posted by Slicks
sesquisquare
Wtf is ^^^that? Sounds like sassquatch.
TMV can I post the chart here...after I increase the orbs enough so 5 aspects appear?
That's fine. 🙂
Posted by Slicks
sesquisquareWtf is ^^^that? Sounds like sassquatch.
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The sesquiquadrate is a 135?? aspect—a square and a half—with a 2-3?? orb. An easy way to find it is to look for a trine (120??) and add 15.
http://skywriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/understanding-the-sesquiquadrate% E2% 80% 94your-input-needed/
2)Moon sextile Venus
There's a good one.
Posted by Slicks
sesquisquareWtf is ^^^that? Sounds like sassquatch.
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Its not one of the ones TMV said to consider so don't worry about it.
Yeah Slicks, way to pop into my Vocaroo thread and not talk after I told you on chat you're my favorite Taurus Man with an Aries Moon across the board.
Don't even know how to feel about that, if i wasn't a robot and had feelings that is.
Posted by Damnata
I feel so retarded today by my brain is literally fried right now 😐Is this good or I need to increase the orbs further because those are minor aspects?
Yes.... All that bottom stuff is astroids and ascendent aspects... not planets.
And both moon trine neptune and saturn conjunct uranus is shown by lines in your chart...
So I dunno whatchu talken bout!
I DIDN'T GET WHAT THE LAST 2 ROWS WERE ABOUT!
I only see one line, where is the second?
Sun trine Neptune..does this make me delusional? I am seriously having a wtf day today
Is this good or I need to increase the orbs further because those are minor aspects?
It's alright. We all have off days once in a while. 🙂
That orb size is showing a:
Sun/Neptune trine
Saturn/Uranus conjunction
Jupiter/Ascendant opposition
Saturn/Midheaven square
Moon/Jupiter semi-square
Moon/Ascendant sesquiquadrate
the saturn/uranus is generational, so we dismiss that, right?
Posted by Damnata
I DIDN'T GET WHAT THE LAST 2 ROWS WERE ABOUT!I only see one line, where is the second?
Sun trine Neptune..does this make me delusional? I am seriously having a wtf day today
In sagittarius there is a little curled line blip between saturn and Uranus. Just look its not going to be some big ass line across the whole chart like some others would be because its a conjuction.
ugh go big or go home, chart.
I'll post again and this time I will see if I got the aspects right with my puny brain. Will ask for TMV's judging opinion. Who knows, maybe she doesn't think we lost the first debate lol.
Posted by Damnata
the saturn/uranus is generational, so we dismiss that, right?
Personally, I dismiss everything after Jupiter as being generational. Makes it easier that way.
Posted by Damnata
the saturn/uranus is generational, so we dismiss that, right?
I don't think she means not to consider it but that it should be considered less important even if it has a tighter orb than an aspect between personal planets.
Posted by Damnata
ugh go big or go home, chart.I'll post again and this time I will see if I got the aspects right with my puny brain. Will ask for TMV's judging opinion. Who knows, maybe she doesn't think we lost the first debate lol.
~_~
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by Damnata
ugh go big or go home, chart.I'll post again and this time I will see if I got the aspects right with my puny brain. Will ask for TMV's judging opinion. Who knows, maybe she doesn't think we lost the first debate lol.
~_~
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that not satisfy?
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
I don't think she means not to consider it but that it should be considered less important even if it has a tighter orb than an aspect between personal planets.
Yes. Everything in a chart has a function and purpose. I never throw working parts away.
But when it comes down to individual personality I look towards more personalized aspects whereas those between outer planets have more to do with the collective.
#1 Venus Trine Mars
#2 Asc Opposite Venus
#3 Sun Sextile Pluto
#4 Asc Sextile Mars
#5 Uranus sextile Midheaven
Posted by RedCoat
#1 Venus Trine Mars
Nice.
Posted by Damnata
Yeah Slicks, way to pop into my Vocaroo thread and not talk after I told you on chat you're my favorite Taurus Man with an Aries Moon across the board.Don't even know how to feel about that, if i wasn't a robot and had feelings that is.
o_0
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Just think of her as an aries and her comments will cease to surprise you.
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by Damnata
Yeah Slicks, way to pop into my Vocaroo thread and not talk after I told you on chat you're my favorite Taurus Man with an Aries Moon across the board.Don't even know how to feel about that, if i wasn't a robot and had feelings that is.
o_0
Just think of her as an aries and her comments will cease to surprise you.
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he GETS me, unlike you. we're moon siblings.
don't you dare say otherwise slicks
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
I don't think she means not to consider it but that it should be considered less important even if it has a tighter orb than an aspect between personal planets.
Yes. Everything in a chart has a function and purpose. I never throw working parts away.
But when it comes down to individual personality I look towards more personalized aspects whereas those between outer planets have more to do with the collective.
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Yeah well my sun, moon, and mercury aspect pluto... I'd say thats fairly significant.
😉
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by Damnata
Yeah Slicks, way to pop into my Vocaroo thread and not talk after I told you on chat you're my favorite Taurus Man with an Aries Moon across the board.Don't even know how to feel about that, if i wasn't a robot and had feelings that is.
o_0
Just think of her as an aries and her comments will cease to surprise you.
he GETS me, unlike you. we're moon siblings.
don't you dare say otherwise slicks
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Damnata... Whats your mercury?
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Theoretically an aspect becomes stronger the tighter an orb it has. Keeping with that idea the top five aspects in a chart will be those with the most exact orbs.
For the purpose of this thread I'm only considering the primary aspects: conjunction, square, opposition, sextile, and trine. These should also be limited to planets rather than asteroids, angles, or theoretical points. Aspects between personal planets should be given more weight more than generational ones formed among the outer astral bodies.
If you don't already know what yours are and, like myself, are too lazy to do the math, a super easy way to figure it out is to pull up your chart on astro.com. Reduce orb size to 1% to begin with and increase by a percentage point until you have all five. You may or may not start to see results until 5 - 8% so don't panic if there's nothing to be found right away.