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Lately I've been going through my little pile of books and surfing some of the astrology links provided in the group, but I'm not very successful in my journey.

You see, I've been translating those fun little symbols of aspects (sextile, square, trine, etc.) And then reading about them and making notes, comparing and making my own result.

Then I come upon things like quincunx, semisquare/sesquiquadrate, and other ones known as 'minor' aspects.

I understand that they don't have as much influence as a major aspect, but I'm confused as how to translate them..

In one of my books by Janis Huntley, I come across a chapter of Unaspected planets. It says:



My question is, after reading that, do minor aspects just not count at all? Why is it so hard to find more than a couple sentences on a minor aspected planet(s)? If Minors do count, what is the different of the influence of the energy in the planets as compared to an 'unaspected' planet?

I was just reading an astrologer's blog an they were asking nearly the same question! Apparently minor aspects are usually not taken into account by most astrologers and are used as auxiliary or supplementary information rather than being viewed as a major contributing factor in a chart. However, there are astrologers that swear that those aspects are just as powerful and important as the major aspects. And, of course, what those aspects actually are is a question too. Some astrologers use orbs of 8 degrees, some only one or two, and some change it for every aspect. So basically, like many things in astrology, it's up to the individual practitioner.

For more about this sort of stuff and to see what astrologers are talking about, I love this site. It's a compilation of astrology blogs and it's updated every day. 3nodding