Trine by sign or by aspect?

[RuledbySaturn]

My birth chart printout says I have sun in Capricorn trines Jupiter in Virgo. However, it also says my sun in Capricorn Sesquiquadrates North Node in Virgo. If they are both in Virgo, how come it trines one but sesquiquadrates the other? Should I then consider my North Node "afflicted" by the sun even though they are in compatible signs?

[Kaiousei no Senshi]

The Sesquiquadrate is a minor aspect that's usually not taken into consideration. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it 135°? If I'm right off of the top of my head, then the 120° measurement for the Trine and the 135° Sesquiquadrate are quite close to one another.

Should I then consider my North Node "afflicted" by the sun even though they are in compatible signs?

While I would answer this specific question as a 'no', because I don't think the sesquiquadrate counts as an aspect, it does offer up an even more interesting question on which is considered more important. Aspects by sign or aspects by degrees? These are the questions...

[RuledbySaturn]

Does that mean in general I don't need to worry too much about quincunx, sesquiquadrate, semi-sextile, and semi-square? I think your question is indeed more imporant...maybe I should make a post about it.

[Kaiousei no Senshi]

Does that mean in general I don't need to worry too much about quincunx, sesquiquadrate, semi-sextile, and semi-square?

I wouldn't compare the quincunx and semi-sextile to the sesquiquadrate and semi-square. The first two have been around in astrological literature since about the beginning as they're based off of the original philosophy of aspects which were based on the signs of the zodiac. Later Kepler introduced some new aspects to further Ptolemy's theory of the planetary aspects being akin to a musical scale, and then after that other authors ran rampant and started to divide the zodiacal circle not by the signs it contained, but by the degrees of the signs in the circle.

Hoping that made sense.

While I generally don't look for the inconjunction and semi-sextile as they usually don't change anything, they can be a pretty interesting addition and I sometimes bring them up if they stand out to me. I did this most recently in a horary chart I interpreted. Regardless, those two are more considered to be "minor" major aspects since they are included in the original philosophy of aspects, but even then they were mostly dismissed because they were regarded as having bad lines of sight towards one another.

[astrologer50]

Originally Posted by RuledbySaturn

Does that mean in general I don't need to worry too much about quincunx, sesquiquadrate, semi-sextile, and semi-square? I think your question is indeed more imporant...maybe I should make a post about it.

A trine 120' by aspect is strongr than a trine by sign aspect, -+ 6' orb

A quincunx (or inconjunct) is considered a major aspect where a sesquiquadrate(and others you mention) is not. If you are just learning astrology it's best to stick to the basics first. Have you read the 'welcome sticky' at the top of this and every forum. There are links to our Education Forum, tips, guidlines of forum rules.

Having looks at your other posts/threads you are asking very very basic questions and that's great, but unfortunately there is not substitute for study and research.

If you intend to learn about astrology, you will need to begin with a natal chart, it need not necessarily be your own, but many choose to begin this way, in an effort to better understand their own life journey, and purpose. Astrological natal charts are as individual as a persons ‘fingerprints’ depending on where (latitude & longitude) and time of birth.It is important to get your *time of your birth* as this is the most important information.

Here are my personal recommend beginners links to focus upon Natal charts:-
I hope that you come here and want to learn about astrology and join in with exchanges. There ever expanding Education forum here and lots more to explore. http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12556 http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/TOClessons.htm
http://wilsontc.stormloader.com#continue
http://www.cafeastrology.com/natalastrology.html

House systems
Lots of people that come into Astrology get their free charts calculated at www.astro.com and the default ‘house system’ used is Placidus and think that’s just the norm and all that there is……..BUT that is just the tip of the iceberg. You can change the default on astro.com in Extended Chart selection to Equal house and a few more.

Throughout the forums but mainly in natal astrology there are two main branches Placidus (unequal size houses) v Equal House (whereby each house is same size) but lots more……. For more information on these go here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_house_system#Equal_House
http://www.astrolozy.com/article19.asp
http://www.skyviewzone.com/birthinfoforms2/housesexplained.htm
For further research try here...
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3280&highlight=placidus+equal
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=638&highlight=house+system
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?p=152849#post152849


It's only with study and research will you be able to assess where your planets are deposited and in which houses... thus see which 'glove fits'