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For square and trine about 8° all round may be allowed. For sextile about 7°. For semi-square and sesquiquadrate 4°. For semisextile and quincunx 2°. For the parallel of declination 1°.These are the outside limits. In all cases the closer an aspect is, the stronger it is, and vice versa. An aspect that is only just within orbs is very weak. In some cases two planets that are widely apart by aspect may be brought closer together by a third planet ; for instance, if the Sun is at o° Y and the Moon at 10° the aspect is a wide opposition and not very important; but if Mars were at 5°25 it would not only be in square to both but would render the opposition worse than it otherwise would be._If three planets are so arranged that two of them are equally distan’from the third, the effect seems to be much the same as a parallel and is therefore good or bad according to the nature of the planets. Whether there is any limit to this kind of influence by position is uncertain. Of course, if the three are in some recognised aspect to each other, good or bad, the effect will be according to the nature of that aspect.The general character of the various positions and aspects will now be explained. Before judging the nature of each aspect it should be noted which planet is the ‘significator’; that is, whether the planet aspecting, or the planet aspected, is ruler of the horoscope—or of the special house under consideration as the case may be.