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Astrology has many facets, but most astrologers would agree that planetary aspects are a large part of what modern astrology is all about – the angular relationships between one planet and another. We can walk outside, look at the Sun up in the sky above us and perhaps also see the Moon coming up above the horizon. From where we stand, the angle of separation between the Sun and the Moon is what astrologers call an aspect of one kind or another. An aspect can be any angle from zero degrees (when the two bodies are in the same spot) to 180 degrees when they are on opposite sides of the earth from one another.