Out of Sign Aspects

Out of Sign Aspects

There is another kind of aspect that you should look for called the out-of-sign aspect. When a planet is in the very last degrees of a sign and another planet is in the first few degrees of its sign. You will not be able to use the table of reference for aspects to find these aspects.
Convert the two planets to degrees of arc. (see degrees of arc table) Subtract the smaller figure from the larger one. If the result falls within the range of degrees for an aspect plus or minus the orb for that aspect, then you should include it in your aspect graph.
Example of finding out-of-sign aspects:

@ 29 = 179 degrees of arc ( = 150 + 29 )
@ 03 = 273 degrees of arc ( = 270 + 03 )

...273
- 179
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....94

90 apart is an exact square. The orb for a square is 8, so anything between 98 and 82 degrees falls within the orb for a square. Now you would enter the symbol for a square between Jupiter and Pluto into your aspect graph.

NOTE: Even though normally Virgo and Capricorn are trine to each other because they are both in the same element; We must treat this as a square based on the degrees apart.

NORMALLY:

All elements are trine to each other. This means that...
All fire, earth, air, and water signs are trine to one another.

All qualities are square to each other.

All cardinal, fixed, and mutable signs are square to each other.

Rule: When you are using degrees of arc, any results over 180 must be subtracted from 360 in order to find the angular distance in degrees which will tell you the type of aspect.

See the following sample math calculations for finding out-of-sign (o.o.s.) aspects.

Math for Out of Sign Aspects

1.
@ 28 17' equivalent to 178 17' degrees of arc
@ 3 43' equivalent to -123 43' degrees of arc
Subtract the Sun from Mars = 54 34'
A sextile is 60 00'
              -54 34'
               ______
                 5 26' is too large for a sextile allowable orb of 4

2.
28 17' equivalent to 178 17' degrees of arc
0 20' equivalent to - 90 20' degrees of arc
Subtract the Sun from the Moon = 87 57'
A square is 90 00'
               - 87 57'
              _______
                 2 03'
This aspect is an o.o.s. square if using an orb of 8