posted November 02, 2002 11:18 PM              

Marc Edmund Jones developed a series of chart patterns which he called focal determinators. Jones classified these patterns, which are basically geometric forms, into seven types which can easily be recognized. Astrologer Robert Carl Jansky added an eighth type and also renamed some of the patterns.

The Splash Pattern – All 10 planets well divided around the wheel.

The Bowl Pattern – All 10 planets lie to one side and occupy only half the chart.

The Bucket Pattern – 9 planets form a bowl while the 10th, a singleton, looks like a handle.
The See-Saw Pattern - Two groups of planets oppose each other.

The Locomotive Pattern – All 10 planets occupy 2/3 of the chart, leaving 1/3 empty.

The Bundle Pattern – All 10 planets are bundled in 1/3 of the chart, leaving 2/3 open.
The Fan Pattern – 9 planets are concentrated into 1/3 of the chart, the 10th stands by itself. Sometimes called WheelBarrow, if there is more than 1 planet placed in the same way as a bucket handle.

The Splay Pattern – Three distinct points of the chart are occupied, leaving the rest empty.

Looking at your chart, it is almost like a bucket with a 3 planet handle. If Chiron is added, which falls in your 11th house, then it takes on the look of a lopsided seasaw.

Here are some links where you can see the graphics of the chart patterns.

http://www.sabian.org/SabianQ&A.htm

scroll down to question #2. By the way, this is the astrologer who developed this system. He also made the Sabian symbols.

http://www.kenaz.com/notes/111798_Discussion.htm

scroll down to chart patterns

http://members.tripod.com/celestteal/tutorial2.htm

scroll down to chart pattern types

I hope this is what you were asking, as it is about the layout of the planets around the wheel. If I misunderstood, I do apologise. Also, there is deep insight revealed by the patterns. I think one of the links I gave goes into the meanings.

Donna

posted November 03, 2002 08:59 AM              

Thank you! Those links are very helpful.