AstrologyScope Working definitions for the chart engine. Where to start The frame is Houses , anchored at the rising degree , the Ascendant . Relationships are Aspects . Transits is unwritten.
AspectsMajor aspects Conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition — angular relationships between two bodies. Orbs How much slack counts as "in aspect". Tight orbs for a natal read, wider for transits.…
HousesWhat the houses divide Twelve segments of the local sky, measured from the horizon at a given moment and place. See Ascendant for where the division starts. House systems Placidus, Whole Sign, Koch…
AscendantDefinition The degree of the ecliptic rising on the eastern horizon. It anchors the first of the Houses . Sensitivity Moves roughly one degree every four minutes, so birth time accuracy matters more…