The triplicities refers to the four elements: fire, earth, air, water, in combination with the three qualities of sign: cardinal,fixed and mutable, which gives three zodiac signs per element. These houses are 120 degrees away from each other. As the leading angle, the 1st house is the strongest house in the chartto be placed in, the 5th was called “Good Fortune” and represented children and gifts, and the 9th house was called “God,” and was connected to royalty and kingship. The trigons are the “corners” of the chart: houses 1, 5 and 9, and were considered auspicious houses to be placed in. Ancient astrologers talk about what are called “triplicities” and “trigons.” On the opposite side of the aspect spectrum is the opposition, which is the aspect of no and can’t.Īstrology has spent a lot of time in consideration of the importance of the number 3 and integrated much of the philosophical, geometrical and metaphysical knowledge into the astrological system.

The trine is an aspect of cooperation and working together harmoniously, as planets that are in trine to each other do so. In essence, the trine is the aspect of “yes” and “can,” as is the sextile on a smaller scale. Receiving a trine aspect from a benefic planet has always been considered a boon. It has always conveyed a meaning of ease and ability. The trine has always been considered the most beneficial of the aspects.

Grand Trines attract a lot of excitement, confusion and wishful thinking.įirst of all, lets talk about the trine.

Grand trine earth signs