Osamenor
Staff member
Some astrology folks consider aspects to be aspects if they're within orb but out of sign. Others do not, citing the elemental natures involved. Fair enough. Personally, I do tend to consider out of sign aspects if the orb is close enough, but for those who do, how do you reconcile the nature of the signs with the nature of the aspect?
For example, if we consider aspects by orb, a planet at 29 Aries and a planet at 0 Leo are square. But, both being fire signs, they have that shared fire nature, and by sign, they're trine. Does that make it a different quality square? Or (since this example recently came up in a Read My Chart thread), a planet at 0 Aquarius and a planet at 29 Taurus are trine by orb but square by sign... is that perhaps a less easily flowing trine?
All opinions welcome, but please don't confuse opinion with hard fact!
For example, if we consider aspects by orb, a planet at 29 Aries and a planet at 0 Leo are square. But, both being fire signs, they have that shared fire nature, and by sign, they're trine. Does that make it a different quality square? Or (since this example recently came up in a Read My Chart thread), a planet at 0 Aquarius and a planet at 29 Taurus are trine by orb but square by sign... is that perhaps a less easily flowing trine?
All opinions welcome, but please don't confuse opinion with hard fact!