Trine (120°)
Orb: 8°
The smoothest aspect — same element, easy flow, often invisible.
Geometry
Planets 120° apart almost always share an element (Fire trine Fire, Earth trine Earth, etc). Three planets at 120° form a Grand Trine.
What it does
Trines are gifts. Natural talent, easy resources, the path of least resistance. The flip side: trines are easy to ignore until life turns the pressure up — the talent sits unused because nothing forces you to use it. The chart's growth doesn't usually happen at the trines.
Example in a chart
Venus trine Jupiter: charisma, generosity, money flows. People notice. The native rarely has to push.
When it forms in the current sky
A Jupiter trine natal Sun transit is the kind of year where things just work — promotion, move, opportunity arrives without struggle.
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