Major Chart Patterns
Working with these sun-centered charts, I soon lost
interest in applying standard astrological techniques to
the heliocentric chart, because something much more
significant was emerging, and this was the validity and
integrity of the large-scale planetary patterns—what are
now called StarTypes.
Of course, I started out examining all of the traditional
aspects: the square or 90-degree aspect, the trine or
120 - degree aspect, and so on. But it soon became
apparent that what really proved significant was when
these aspects linked together to form a pattern that
went around the whole chart, such as a Grand Trine or
T-Square pattern.
Major Patterns
Grand Trines, Grand Crosses and T-Squares have been
a part of traditional astrology for centuries, but just not
front and center. They are noted, but often only along