The Sun at 20 degrees Gemini and the Moon at 1 degree Gemini…meh, too loosey-goosey. For example, the Sun at 20 degrees Gemini and the Moon at 22 degrees Gemini would be a nice, tight orb. If the orbs are loose, the aspect is weakened. I work with only tight orbs – I prefer the planets to be no more than 5 degrees apart. In other words, how close in degrees the planets are. An orb refers to the exactness of the aspect. Let’s start with the biggies.Ībout orbs: The orb is important, so pay attention, homies. Minor aspects and fancy ones – soon, my pretties. These aspects can influence the planet – for good or ill.įor this lesson, we’ll cover the main aspects. So let’s dive in to Aspects – which is all geometry, all the time! BAM!Īn aspect is an angle (geometric) that one planet makes to another – or between planets and any points on the horoscope wheel (ex: a planet can make an angle to your Midheaven). Perfect for shutting down mansplainers! Ha! Rattle of those mathematical equations and everyone thinks you’re a genius. In fact, you start to feel like a real smarty-pants for getting all those angles down. But once you get the hang of it, it’s not so bad. But as soon as the math part came out, eyes glazed over – or filled with tears. Everyone loves the parts where we talk about the effects of the planets in certain signs, and all that jazz. C to let him know that he was correct and he wrote back to tell me that he was happy to hear that “applied geometry was being used out there somewhere.”)įlash forward many years later and I’m teaching live astrology classes. C was right! (Side note: years later I wrote to Mr. Which is pretty much a whole lotta geometry. Lo and behold, I started studying astrology soon after. “You’ll see.” he said with that smarmy look of a wizened math guy who knew better than a cocky fifteen year old. Smartass that I was, I said “Pfft….I’ll never use geometry anyways.” At the end of the semester, my geometry teacher took me aside to say “Look, you should be getting an F for never turning in any homework but I’m going to give you a D because you look just like Chrissie Hynde.” (Dude was a bit inappropriate but that’s another story.) I especially loathed geometry, which bored me to death. I had better things to do (so I thought). In my opinion, it was a waste of my time. Back when I was in high school, I hated doing homework, which irked my teachers.
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