Editing Astrological aspect (section)

===Conjunction===
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[[Image:Conjunction symbol.svg|left|50px]] A [[astronomical conjunction|'''Conjunction''']] (abbreviated as "Con") is an angle of approximately (~) 0–⁠10°. Typically, an [[Celestial orb|orb]] of ~10° is considered to be a Conjunction. If neither the [[Sun]] or [[Moon]] are involved, some astrologers consider a maximum orb of 8°.

Conjunctions are a major aspect in a horoscope chart. They are said to be the most powerful aspects, because they mutually intensify the effects of the involved planets.

Depending on the involved planets, a Conjunction may be beneficial or detrimental. Highly favourable Conjunctions may involve the Sun, [[Venus]], and/or [[Jupiter]] as well as any of the three possible combinations. Highly ''un''favourable Conjunctions may involve the Moon, [[Mars]], and/or [[Saturn]] as well as any of the three possible combinations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://astrologyclub.org/aspects/ |first=Eleanor |last=Buckwalter |title=Depth analysis of the Astrological Aspects |work=Astrology Club |date=15 December 2014 |access-date=2016-10-30 |archive-date=2016-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031085714/http://astrologyclub.org/aspects/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Exceptionally, on November 9–10 of 1970, the [[Sun]], [[Venus]], and [[Jupiter]] were in a three-way beneficial Conjunction. In that same year, on March 10, the [[Moon]], [[Mars]], and [[Saturn]] were in 3-way detrimental Conjunction.

If either of two planets involved in a Conjunction is also under tension from one or more hard aspects with one or more other planets, then the added presence of a Conjunction will further intensify the tension of that hard aspect.

If a planet is in ''very'' close Conjunction to the Sun (within 17 minutes of arc or only about 0.28°), the Conjunction is of great strength. The planet is said to be ''Cazimi'', which is an ancient{{clarify|date=February 2024}} astrological term meaning "in the heart" (of the Sun). For example, "Venus ''Cazimi''" means Venus is in Conjunction with the Sun with an orb of less than ~⁠0.28°.

If a planet is moderately close to the Sun, the specific orb limit may depend on the particular planet. It is said to be ''Combust''.
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Every month of the year, during the [[New Moon]], the Sun and Moon experience a Conjunction.

====Great Conjunctions====
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|[[File:Jupiter-Saturn-great-conjunctions.png|200px]]<BR>As illustrated, Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunctions repeat every ~120°. The three-fold pattern comes from a near 2:5 resonance while their period ratio is closer to 60:149. This creates 89 Conjunctions, which lead to a slow precession of a triangular pattern.
|[[File:Keplers trigon.jpg|200px]]<BR>In 1606, [[Johannes Kepler]]'s book, entitled as ''[[De Stella Nova]]'', illustrated the Trigons of Great Conjunctions.
|}

In the past, Great Conjunctions between the two slowest classical planets, [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]], have attracted considerable attention as celestial omens. This interest can be traced back to Arabic translations found in Europe; most notably [[Albumasar]]'s book on Conjunctions.<ref>''De Magnis Coniunctionibus'' was translated in the 12th Century, a modern edition-translation by K. Yamamoto and Ch. Burnett, Leiden, 2000</ref> During the late [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]], these omens were a topic broached by most astronomers. This included scholastic thinkers, such as [[Roger Bacon]]<ref>''The Opus Majus'' of Roger Bacon, ed. J. H. Bridges, Oxford:Clarendon Press, 1897, Vol. I, p. 263.</ref> and [[Pierre D'Ailly]].<ref>'' De Concordia Astronomice Veritatis et Narrationis Historice'' (1414) [http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/fah1620p.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208234424/http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/fah1620p.pdf|date=2015-02-08}}</ref> Omens are also mentioned in popular literary writings by authors, such as [[Dante]]<ref name=Woody>Woody K., ''Dante and the Doctrine of the Great Conjunctions'', Dante Studies, with the Annual Report of the Dante Society, No. 95 (1977), pp. 119–134</ref> and [[Shakespeare]].<ref name=Aston>Aston M., ''The Fiery Trigon Conjunction: An Elizabethan Astrological Prediction'', Isis, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Summer, 1970), pp. 158–187</ref> This interest continued up to the times of [[Tycho Brahe]] and [[Kepler]].

Every 20 years, successive Great Conjunctions move retrograde ~120°. Sequential Conjunctions appear as triangular patterns. They repeat after every third Conjunction; they return after some 60 years to the vicinity of the first. These returns are observed to be shifted by ~8° relative to the fixed stars; no more than four of them occur in the same zodiac sign. Typically, Conjunctions occur in one of the following ''[[Triplicity|Triplicities]]'' or ''Trigons'' of [[Zodiac#Twelve signs|Zodiac]] signs:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2 scope="col" | [[Classical element|Element]]
!colspan=3|Conjunction 1||colspan=3|Conjunction 2||colspan=3|Conjunction 3
|-
! Sign||Symbol||Ecliptic Longitude
! Sign||Symbol||Ecliptic Longitude
! Sign||Symbol||Ecliptic Longitude
|-
![[Fire (classical element)|Fire]] Trigon
! scope="row" | [[Aries (astrology)|Aries]]
|[[Image:Aries symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|1 (0° to 30°)
! scope="row" | [[Leo (astrology)|Leo]]
|[[Image:Leo symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|5 (120° to 150°)
! scope="row" | [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]]
|[[Image:Sagittarius symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|9 (240° to 270°)
|-
![[Earth (classical element)|Earth]] Trigon
! scope="row" | [[Taurus (astrology)|Taurus]]
|[[Image:Taurus symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|2 (30° to 60°)
! scope="row" | [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]]
|[[Image:Virgo symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|6 (150° to 180°)
! scope="row" | [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]]
|[[Image:Capricornus symbol (fixed width).svg|26px]]
|10 (270° to 300°)
|-
![[Air (classical element)|Air]] Trigon
! scope="row" | [[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]]
|[[Image:Gemini symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|3 (60° to 90°)
! scope="row" | [[Libra (astrology)|Libra]]
|[[Image:Libra symbol (fixed width).svg|24px]]
|7 (180° to 210°)
! scope="row" | [[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]]
|[[Image:Aquarius symbol (fixed width).svg|24px]]
|11 (300° to 330°)
|-
![[Water (classical element)|Water]] Trigon
! scope="row" | [[Cancer (astrology)|Cancer]]
|[[Image:Cancer symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|4 (90° to 120°)
! scope="row" | [[Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]]
|[[Image:Scorpius symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|8 (210° to 240°)
! scope="row" | [[Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]]
|[[Image:Pisces symbol (fixed width).svg|20px]]
|12 (330° to 360°)
|}
After about 220 years the pattern shifts to the next Trigon; in ~900 years, the pattern returns to the first Trigon.<ref>If {{mvar|J}} and {{mvar|P}} designate the periods of Jupiter and Saturn then the return takes <math>1/(5/S-2/J)</math> which comes to 883.15 years, but to be a whole number of Conjunction intervals it must be sometimes 913 years and sometimes 854. See Etz.</ref>

To each triangular pattern, astrologers have ascribed one from a series of [[Classical element|four elements]]. Particular importance has been accorded to the occurrence of a Great Conjunction in a new Trigon, which is bound to happen after ~240 years at most.<ref name=Etz>Etz D., (2000), [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2000JRASC..94..174E ''Conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113092414/http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2000JRASC..94..174E |date=2020-01-13 }}, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 94, p.174</ref> Greater importance is attributed to the beginning of a new cycle, which may occur after all four Trigons have been visited, which occurs in ~900 years.

Typically, medieval astrologers used 960 years as the length of the full cycle, because, in some cases, it took 240 years to pass from one trigon to the next.<ref name=Etz/> If a cycle is defined by when the Conjunctions return to the same [[right ascension]] rather than to the same constellation, the cycle is only ~800 years, because of [[axial precession]]. Use of the [[Alphonsine tables]] apparently led to the use of precessing signs; [[Kepler]] gave a value of 794 years, which created 40 Conjunctions.<ref name=Etz/><ref name="Woody"/>

Up to the end of the 16th century, despite the inaccuracies and some disagreement about the beginning of the cycle, the belief in the significance of such events generated a steady stream of publications. In 1583, the last Great Conjunction occurred in the watery trigon. It was widely supposed to herald apocalyptic changes. In 1586, a [[Papal Bull]] was issued against divinations. By 1603, public interest rapidly died, because nothing really significant had happened with the advent of a new Trigon.

{| class="wikitable sortable" align=right
|+ Aspect Angles as Harmonic Ratios<ref name="L217020">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17020r2-fdbk-extra-aspect-sym.pdf|title=L2/17-020R2: Feedback on Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology|date=2017-01-24|first=Michel|last=Suignard|access-date=2021-03-18|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119073024/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17020r2-fdbk-extra-aspect-sym.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
!Symbol||[[Turn (angle)|Harmonic]]||Angle||Name
|-
|[[Image:Conjunction symbol.svg|24px]]||'''1/1'''||360° (0°)||'''[[Conjunction (astrology)|Conjunction]]''' 
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
|[[Image:Opposition-symbol.svg|24px]] ||'''1/2'''||180°||'''[[Opposition (astrology)|Opposition]]''' 
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
|[[Image:Square-symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_4_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/4'''||90°||'''[[Square]]''' or Quartile or Quadrate
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
|[[File:Semisquare symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_8_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/8'''||45°||'''Octile''' or Semisquare

|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
|[[File:Sesquisquare-symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_star_polygon_8-3.svg|24px]]||3/8||135°||'''Trioctile''' or Sesquiquadrate
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_polygon_16_annotated.svg|24px]] ||'''1/16''' ||22.5°||'''Sexdecile''' or Semioctile
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
| align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_16-3.svg|24px]]||3/16||67.5°||'''Sesquioctile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
| align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_16-5.svg|24px]]||5/16||112.5°||'''Quinsemioctile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFF0"
| align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_16-7.svg|24px]]||7/16||157.5°||'''Sepsemioctile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|[[Image:Trine-symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_3_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/3'''||120°||'''[[Trine (astrological aspect)|Trine]]''' or Trinovile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|[[Image:Sextile-symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_6_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/6'''||60°||'''[[Astrological aspect#Sextile|Sextile]]''' or Semitrine 
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|[[File:Semisextile-symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_star_figure_6(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/12'''||30°||'''Duodecile''' or Semisextile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|[[File:Quincunx symbol.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_star_polygon_12-5.svg|24px]]||5/12||150°||'''[[Quincunx]]''' or Quinduodecile or Inconjunct
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_figure_12(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/24''' ||15°||'''Quattuorvigintile''' or Semiduodecile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_24-5.svg|24px]]||5/24||75°||'''Squile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_24-7.svg|24px]]||7/24||105°||'''Squine'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0FF"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_24-11.svg|24px]]||11/24||165°||'''Quindecile'''<ref>Ricki Reeves, 2001, The Quindecile: The Astrology & Psychology of Obsession</ref> or Contraquindecile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|Q}} [[File:Russian astrological symbol quintile.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_5_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/5'''||72°||'''[[Quintile (astrology)|Quintile]]''' 
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|bQ}} [[File:Pentagram (bold).svg|24px]]||2/5||144°||'''Biquintile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|D}} [[File:Up_tack.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_10_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/10'''||36°||'''Decile''' or Semiquintile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|D<sup>3</sup>}} [[File:Russian astrological symbol tredecile.svg|24px]] [[File:Star_polygon_10-3.svg|24px]]||3/10||108°||'''Tridecile''' or Sesquiquintile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|√}} [[File:Regular_polygon_15_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/15'''||24°||'''Quindecile''' or Trientquintile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|√<sup>2</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_15-2.svg|24px]]||2/15||48°||'''Biquindecile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|√<sup>4</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_15-4.svg|24px]]||4/15||96°||'''Quadraquindecile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|√<sup>7</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_15-7.svg|24px]]||7/15||168°||'''Sepquindecile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|V}} [[File:Russian astrological symbol vigintile.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_star_figure_10(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/20'''||18°||'''Vigintile''' or Semidecile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|V<sup>3</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_20-3.svg|24px]]||3/20||54°||'''Trivigintile''' or Sesquidecile
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|V<sup>7</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_20-7.svg|24px]]||7/20||126°||'''Sepvigintile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|{{huge|V<sup>9</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_20-9.svg|24px]]||9/20||162°||'''Nonvigintile'''
|- bgcolor="#FFF0F0"
|align=right| [[File:Regular_star_figure_20(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/40'''||9°||'''Quadragintile''' or Semivigintile
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|{{huge|S}} [[File:Regular_polygon_7_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/7''' ||51.43°||'''[[Septile]]'''
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|{{huge|S<sup>2</sup>}} [[File:Septagram-starofbabalon.svg|24px]]||2/7||102.86°||'''Biseptile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|{{huge|S<sup>3</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_7-3.svg|24px]]||3/7||154.29°||'''Triseptile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_figure_7(2,1).svg|24px]] ||'''1/14''' ||25.71°||'''Semiseptile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_14-3.svg|24px]] ||3/14||77.14°||'''Tresemiseptile''' or Sesquiseptile
|- bgcolor="#F0FFF0"
|align=right|[[File:Regular_star_polygon_14-5.svg|24px]]  ||5/14||128.57°||'''Quinsemiseptile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0F0FF"
|{{huge|N}} [[File:Russian astrological symbol novile.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_polygon_9_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/9'''||40°||'''[[Novile]]'''
|- bgcolor="#F0F0FF"
|{{huge|N<sup>2</sup>}} [[File:Russian astrological symbol binovile.svg|24px]] [[File:Regular_star_polygon_9-2.svg|24px]]||2/9||80°||'''Binovile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0F0FF"
|{{huge|N<sup>4</sup>}} [[File:Regular_star_polygon_9-4.svg|24px]]||4/9||160°||'''Quadranovile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0F0FF"
|align=right| [[File:Regular_star_figure_9(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/18'''||20°||'''Octodecile''' or Seminovile or Vigintile
|- bgcolor="#F0F0FF"
| align=right|[[File:Regular_star_figure_18(2,1).svg|24px]]||'''1/36'''||10°||'''Trigintasextile'''
|- bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|{{huge|U}} [[File:Regular_polygon_11_annotated.svg|24px]]||'''1/11'''||32.83°||'''Undecile''' or Undecim or Elftile<ref name="elf">[https://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2015/10/the-spiritual-aspect-series-the-novile-septile-and-elftile-harmonic-aspects-and-their-glyphs.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413225432/https://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2015/10/the-spiritual-aspect-series-the-novile-septile-and-elftile-harmonic-aspects-and-their-glyphs.html|date=2021-04-13}} The German word for 11 is elf.</ref>
|- bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|{{huge|U<sup>2</sup>}} [[File:Star_polygon_11-2.svg|24px]]||2/11||65.45°||'''Biundecile''' or Bielftile
|- bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|{{huge|U<sup>3</sup>}} [[File:Star_polygon_11-3.svg|24px]]||3/11||98.18°||'''Triundecile''' or Trielftile
|- bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|{{huge|U<sup>4</sup>}} [[File:Star_polygon_11-4.svg|24px]]||4/11||130.91°||'''Quadundecile''' or Quadrelftile
|- bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|{{huge|U<sup>5</sup>}} [[File:Star_polygon_11-5.svg|24px]]||5/11||163.63°||'''Quinundecile''' or Quinelftile
|}