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Originally written January 2000pp. 1 2 3

Although this site focuses upon the planets in astrology, there would be little value or depth to planetary archetypes if they lay in isolation. The real power of astrology comes from archetypes in relationship to one another.

Seeing the angular relationships between planets tells us what planetary energies are interacting and how they are interacting. Although there are many angular relationships—"aspects" as they are called in birthcharts—I will be focusing on what most astrologers consider to be the five main aspects: the conjunction, the sextile, the square, the trine, and the opposition.*

This being a modern (post-modern?) website, it is important to mention that the dichotomy between "good" and "bad" aspects has fallen out of favor for less segregating descriptors: "harmonious" versus "problematic" might be more accurate for a division between aspects.

Of the five major aspects, the square and opposition (and sometimes the conjunction) are considered to be the hard aspects. These aspects are the most dynamic, the most obviously observable, and often the most difficult. The trine and sextile, on the other hand, are the soft aspects, the aspects in which planetary energies are congruous and open to each other. There is a larger degree of free will with the soft aspects. Individuals with many soft aspects in their chart have a greater degree of latitude to make manifest the planetary archetypes involved relative to their counterparts with many hard aspects. The hard aspects create a more consistent pressure on the individual, and thus, demand more attention than the soft aspects. The hard aspects create a psychological need in the individual to relieve the tensions and strains created by the archetypes involved.
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