In episode 323 astrologers Chris Brennan and Claire Moon discuss the five major aspects in astrology, and explain what they mean in a birth chart.

Aspects are geometrical configurations which denote different types of relationships between planets, and they are the primary means through which planets interact with each other in a chart.

The five major aspects, also sometimes known as the Ptolemaic aspects, are the conjunction, opposition, trine, square, and sextile.

During the course of the episode we give an introduction to the topic of aspects and then get into what each of the them mean symbolically.

This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.

Timestamps

Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:59 New Introduction to Astrology course

00:01:52 Intro to aspects

00:04:13 Conjunction

00:09:49 Orbs

00:14:23 History of aspects

00:15:19 The 5 major aspects

00:21:01 Sign-based aspects

00:32:40 Aversions

00:37:13 Degree-based aspects

00:39:50 Applying vs. separating aspects

00:50:06 Orbs for aspects

00:51:34 The meaning of aspects

00:51:55 Porphyry on bearing testimony

00:54:56 Basic nature of the aspects

01:00:48 Hard aspects: square and opposition

01:05:55 Conjunctions

01:10:53 Oppositions

01:11:48 Houses and oppositions

01:19:56 Elemental qualities and oppositions

01:20:33 Full Moon and New Moon

01:30:49 Squares

01:33:30 Left side and right side aspects

01:36:44 Interpreting squares

01:44:00 Trines

01:49:39 Sextiles

01:54:02 Aspects in the birth chart

01:54:30 Aspects from transits to the birth chart

01:55:41 George Lucas natal chart

02:03:50 Aspects in synastry

02:08:57 Aspects in mundane astrology

02:15:24 Archetypal Explorer

02:18:40 Aspect patterns

02:25:38 Introduction to Astrology course launch in November

02:25:50 Hellenistic Astrology book

02:26:22 Hellenistic Astrology course

02:26:38 Claire's offerings and website

02:27:49 Concluding remarks

Watch the Video Version of This Episode on Aspects

Watch the video version of our discussion on the major aspects here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPfPqwFnrw

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Transcript

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