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As we have presented elsewhere, aspects are angular separations (in degrees and fractions of a degree) between any two bodies or points, be it the Sun and the Moon, Mars and Jupiter, Saturn and the ascendant, and so on. Aspects can range from zero degrees (conjunction) and on around the full 360-degrees back to the next conjunction. The farthest angular separation is 180 degrees, after which the angular separation between any two bodies begins getting smaller again. Using Full-Phase Aspect analysis, we have seen that the waxing Square (90-degree aspect) is not the same (in interpretation) as the waning Square (90-degrees aspect), but that has been covered in another section. Here is a diagram of the Sextile or 60-degree aspect, in this case “waxing,” that is: the Moon is separating from the Sun, and moving toward the opposition.