Natal Chart Patterns

Astrological Chart Patterns

Another set of pattern classifications by Marc Edmund Jones, consists of the following:

(1) Splash type,

in which actual bodies excluding Fortuna and the Moon's Nodes, are scattered around the circle, with no noticeable gaps in the daily rising sequence.

Characteristic qualities

(1) A well-balanced nature with a capacity for universal interest, whose only genius is that of versatility and the seeming ability to find order in apparent confusion.

(2) Bundle type,

all planets contained within a 120° arc.

Characteristic qualities

A highly-focused uni-faceted individual, capable of great intensity and depth in one given area, often to the exclusion of all else.

(3) Locomotive type,

all planets within a 240° arc leaving an unoccupied 120° arc.

Characteristic qualities

A dynamic and practical capacity, which while in a sense, eccentric, lacks "extremes of universality or obsession.

(4) Bowl type,

all planets within a 180° arc, leaving one half of the Figure untenanted.

Characteristic qualities

A dynamic and practical capacity, which while in a sense, eccentric, lacks "extremes of universality or obsession.

(5) Bucket type,

approximating the Bowl type, but with one planet in the opposite arc as a bail, thereby transforming the bowl into a bucket.

Characteristic qualities

An effective capacity for some special activity.

(6) See Saw type,

in which the planets are generally polarized around opposite ends of a diameter, leaving two vacant arcs of from 60° to 90° at opposite sides of the continuity.

Characteristic qualities

A consciousness of opposing views in a world of conflict, with success dependent on correct alignment.

(7) Splay type.

Strong and sharp aggregations of planets irregularly spaced.

Characteristic qualities

A purposeful individuality, which chooses its outlet of self-expression and refuses to be pigeon-holed.

(-Nicholas de Vore's Encyclopedia of Astrology)