Ptolemaic Aspects The aspects that are considered MAJOR. Opposition, Trine, Square and Sextile as well Conjunction.
Ptolemaic aspect - Ptolemy distinguished four major aspects between zodiac signs: sextile, square, trine, and opposition.
Ptolemaic Aspects
Keplerian Aspects
Conjunction
Aversion
Aspects can be Zodiacal (read along the Ecliptic) or Mundane (read along the Equator). See Mundane Aspects. AsterismSmaller constellation. See Lunar Mansions.
The traditional major aspects are sometimes called Ptolemaic aspects since they were defined and used by Ptolemy in the 1st Century, AD.
The Ptolemaic aspects and his three new ones gave a pleasing correspondence with the consonances of the musical scale, other aspect ratios produced only discord.
Remember that although the VOC period is when the classic, Ptolemaic aspects (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition) are played out before the Moon changes sign, ...
Major aspect - Also called Ptolemaic aspects. The conjunction - 0 degrees , sextile - 60 degrees, square - 90 degrees, trine - 120 degrees, and opposition - 180 degrees.
Map -A horoscope.
The major (most often-used and considered strongest) aspects are CAPITALIZED. These are known as the Ptolemaic aspects, those favored by the prolific ancient Greek astrologer Ptolemy.
There are more aspects than the ones stated above, but the conjunctions, sextiles, squares, trines and oppositions are the major ones. They are referred to as the Ptolemaic aspects. The ones listed above are the only ones used in medieval astrology.
[17] The influence of the outer planets, particularly their conjunctions and Ptolemaic aspects, likewise continue to be studied today with Neil F.
 See also: Astrology, Conjunct, Planet, Degree, Aspects
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