The Aspects
Moon is separating from the Sun, and moving toward
the opposition.
Standard Aspects
Any degree of angular separation amounts to some
aspect; however, over the history of astrology, certain
particular aspects or angular separations have been
considered especially significant, such as the
Conjunction (0 degrees), the Sextile (60 degrees), the
Square (90 degrees), the trine (1 20 degrees) and the
Opposition (180 degrees). These are the so-called
Ptolemaic Aspects, since they were first used by the
Greek astrology Ptolemy. Some astrologers add more
aspects to this list, and the diagram above represents
what astrologers consider the standard set of aspects;
however, that is not the point of this lesson.