The square

A square is two planets three signs apart. They want different things at the same time, and the friction makes you move.

What a square means

A square links signs of the same modality but clashing elements. The two planets get in each other’s way. That is uncomfortable, and it is also why squares build strength: you cannot ignore them, so you work on them. Many successful people have hard squares.

Angle and orb

A square is 90° between two planets. Few aspects are exact, so astrologers allow an orb, a margin either side. Solstice uses 8° for a square between planets in your chart.

Square transits

• Neptune square Neptune: Around 40, the dreams get a second look.
• Neptune square Sun: Years of fog that show what you want.
• Pluto square Pluto: Once in a life, at an age set by your generation.
• Pluto square Sun: Years of deep change in how you use power.
• Saturn square Saturn: Every seven years, a test of the structure.
• Saturn square Sun: Friction that shows which plans are yours.
• Uranus square Sun: Restless years that break a pattern.
• Uranus square Uranus: Around 20, the break from the script.