Dissociate Aspect

A conjunction or any aspect whose total number of degrees is divisible by 30 that does not occur in the signs that would be expected if the orb were exact. For example, an opposition usually connects two signs that are located directly opposite one another in the zodiac, a conjunction occurs in the same sign, the square connects signs of the same quality, the trine of the same element, the semi-sextile two adjacent signs and the sextile two signs separated by one sign and the quincunx two signs separated by four signs.

Dissociate aspects can occur when the planets in aspect are situated close to the end or beginning of a sign and have a relatively large orb. For example, the Moon at 1 degree of Pisces would be in dissociate sextile with a planet at 29 degrees Aries although the signs themselves are in semi-sextile aspect to each other. Dissociate aspects take on some of the characteristics of the natural aspect that the signs form with each other. In this case, the dissociate sextile would take on some of the characteristics of a semi-sextile.