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Grand Cross. The Grand Cross (also known as Cosmic cross) consists of four planets connected by four squares and two oppositions. It is possible to have a Fixed, Mutable or Cardinal Grand Cross in a birth chart.

Grand Sextile. The grand sextile is an infrequent aspect pattern made between six planets or other stellar bodies, which are all placed approximately or exactly 60 degrees apart from each other, forming six sextiles. The configuration will appear to be a hexagram across the natal chart.

Grand Trine. The Grand Trine consists of three planets or other points in the horoscope that are all separated by a span of 120 degrees thus forming an equilateral triangle.

Kite. A Kite consists of three planets in a grand trine that are then connected to a fourth planet. The pinnacle planet is connected by an opposition and two sextiles.

Mystic Rectangle. Despite its name there is nothing mystical about the Mystic Rectangle. This pattern consists of tense and harmonious aspects. It has four planets connected in a rectangle of two squares and two sextiles. Two oppositions cross connect the opposite planets.

T-Square. The T-Square is considered a pattern of tension in which two planets in opposition are both in a square aspect to a third planet.

Yod. The Yod is also known as a Finger of Fate or a Finger of God. A Yod is formed when two planets that are in sextile also form inconjuncts to another planet.