posted December 28, 2005 02:59 AM
The aspect by sign is also called 'aspect by association'.
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would they be considered to be trine by sign even if they were not trine by degrees apart?
yes, this is true for all major aspects not only trine.
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If so how would you compare the effects of the two?
The tighter the orb the stronger/more noticeable the aspect's influence is.
I think, aspects by association are too general to take them into consideration; but when I do synastry readings where luminaries, for example, make no aspects by degree, aspects by sign come in very handy.
Aspects by sign give you a general picture, aspects by degree give you a more in-depth understanding.