What is this? I can't find anything on it.
Hi byjove,
The only talk I've heard of oppositions/squares being easy are in a few books I've read...and those books are somewhat sporadically placed throughout history. The most recent, and in my opinion, logical explanation of the concept comes from Avelar and Ribeiro's "On The Heavenly Spheres". It's a cool technique and I find that it's very helpful in interpreting aspects.
Here's how it works; in the book they show us a traditional lists of the friendships and enmities between the planets. In older texts you'll often see things like Venus is friends with this planet or enemies with that planet. Well, in the book, Avelar and Ribeiro put forth the idea that friendly planets get along
even in hard aspect and planets that hate each other still fight against each other
even in easy aspect.
Now this concept is based on each planet's nature. For example, Venus is friends with all of the planets except for Saturn. Venus is about comfort and love, Saturn is about distance and difficulty. It makes sense that they don't like one another.
In hard aspect, their hatred becomes obvious, and all relationships and comforts are colored by that Saturnian heaviness, but in this condition it's the worst of depression and impediment to relationships.
In soft aspect, the dislike is
still present. Though they're working together, they still don't like one another, and thus the relationships will still be colored by Saturn's influence and that's still going to be difficult. This is what I would call a "hard" trine or sextile.
Going to what you mentioned (easy opposition/square), well, that would be between two planets that like each other. Let's use the Moon and Venus, both are feminine, nocturnal planets...one is about emotions, the other is about love. The two like one another and get along well.
In easy aspect...well, you can't get much better than that. These two planets are all over one another. Expect a soft, peaceful influence here. It's an easy easy aspect
But in hard aspect? Well...they still like each other. Despite the fact that they disagree, they're still friends, and we still get a soft, somewhat peaceful influence, and though it may be a little lazy, it's something that is pretty easily overcome. This is what I would call an "easy" opposition/square.
Now I don't know if that's what others are mentioning, but this is a system that I've found to be consistent and logical. Planets that get along always get along, even in square/opposition, and when they do, the hard aspect is "easier".