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Mundane Aspects Study

Aspects between transiting bodies are the backbone of mundane work, and the Mundane Aspects study gives you the exact dates on which the pairs you follow reach the angles you care about. It generates an event each time a pair of transiting bodies forms an exact aspect to one another.

Each event records both bodies, their positions at the moment the aspect perfects, the cycle angle that was matched, and the phase of the cycle the pair has reached.

Create a Mundane Aspects Study​

To add a Mundane Aspects study to the current workspace:

  1. Click Mundane Studies → Aspects on the menu bar.
  2. Click Mundane Aspects in the Aspects submenu.

Alternatively, click the Aspect Studies drop-down button on the toolbar and select Mundane Aspects from its flyout.

The new study appears at the bottom of the Studies list and is selected automatically, so its settings open immediately. It takes its name from the study type.

What This Study Finds​

An event is generated whenever a pair of bodies forms an aspect to each other. Both bodies are transiting, so no natal record is involved: the study looks at the sky alone.

The angles searched for are the cycle angles you enter in the Aspects table. There are no orbs on the aspects or on the table, so an event is generated at the moment the cycle angle between two selected bodies exactly matches an entry in the table. Every body checked in the Inner Bodies list is paired with every body checked in the Outer Bodies list.

The settings column carries the Study Name, the ephemeris settings and the study date range, and beneath them two tabs. Inner & Outer Bodies holds the Inner Bodies and Outer Bodies selection lists, and Aspects holds the Aspects table of cycle angles the study searches for.

The Mundane Aspects Study selected in the Studies list with its events generated over at least a 5-year date range.

Events Table Columns​

The events table lists one row per aspect. Several columns are hidden by default, as the table notes. Right-click any column header to show or hide a column, as described in Choose Events Table Columns. The coordinate columns follow the study's Reference Plane: their headers read Longitude and Latitude in the ecliptic plane, and Right Asc and Declination in the equatorial plane. The table below gives the ecliptic-plane headers.

ColumnDescription
Date TimeDate and time the aspect perfects, in the application's long date and time format. Always the first column, and it cannot be moved. Visible by default.
Inner BodyName of the inner body of the pair. Visible by default.
Inner Body LongitudeThe inner body's primary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default.
Inner Body SignThe inner body's position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default.
Inner Body LatitudeThe inner body's secondary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default.
Inner Body DistanceThe inner body's radial distance, in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default.
Inner Body SpeedThe inner body's speed, in degrees per day. Hidden by default.
Cycle AngleThe cycle angle that was matched, in degrees. Hidden by default.
PhaseAspect phase: New, Waxing, Full or Waning. Visible by default.
SeparationAngular separation between the two bodies, in degrees. Visible by default.
Outer BodyName of the outer body of the pair. Visible by default.
Outer Body LongitudeThe outer body's primary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default.
Outer Body SignThe outer body's position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default.
Outer Body LatitudeThe outer body's secondary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default.
Outer Body DistanceThe outer body's radial distance, in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default.
Outer Body SpeedThe outer body's speed, in degrees per day. Hidden by default.
Event IntervalElapsed time since the previous event in the list. Hidden by default.