In astrology

Astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...

, a soft aspect (also called a harmonious aspect or easy aspect) is an astrological aspect

Astrological aspect

In astrology, an aspect is an angle the planets make to each other in the horoscope, and also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant, lower midheaven, and other points of astrological interest. Aspects are measured by the angular distance in degrees and minutes of ecliptic longitude between two...

 that is considered to be beneficial in a horoscope

Horoscope

In astrology, a horoscope is a chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, the astrological aspects, and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. The word horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning "a look at the hours" In...

. Traditionally, easy aspects were considered to be the sextile

Sextile

In astrology, a sextile is an astrological aspect that is made when two planets or other celestial bodies are 60 degrees apart. A sextile is considered to be highly benefic, being the sixth harmonic of the 360 degree zodiac...

 and the trine

Trine

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 because there was an easy flow of compatible and harmonious energy between the two planets that form an aspect to each other, which is because they are posit

Posit

Posit is something that is posited; a postulate; an axiom. It may also refer to:POSIT, as an acronym, may stand for:* Process Optimization, Standardization and Innovation Technique, a standard to measure global business processes...

ed in compatible signs. Some astrologers think that there will be times when easy aspects cause an individual to not want to apply himself or overcome obstacles that are presented to all of us during the course of our lives, so easy aspects can at times bring about just as many difficulties as the hard aspect

Hard aspect

In astrology, a hard aspect is an astrological aspect that stimulates the native to take some action to resolve tension, conflict, or stress in his life. Because they required the native to take action, they are very motivational in nature. All hard aspects are considered to be disharmonious on...

, such as the opposition

Opposition (astronomy)

In positional astronomy, two celestial bodies are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the sky, viewed from a given place . In particular, two planets are in opposition to each other when their ecliptic longitudes differ by 180°.The astronomical symbol for opposition is ☍...

 or square aspect

Square aspect

In astrology, a square is an astrological aspect formed when two planets or other heavenly bodies form a 90 degree angle to each other. For example, if the Sun is posited in 10 degrees Aquarius and Neptune is posited in 10 degrees Scorpio then those two bodies are said to square each other.The...

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In financial astrology

Financial astrology

Financial astrology is the practice of relating the movements of celestial bodies to events in financial markets...

 the soft aspect is deemed to make it easy for the stock and currency markets to go up, and harder for them to go down, while hard aspects have the opposite effect. Then there are periods that there are none of the exact major aspects, and the stock and currency markets remain flat.

The aspects that are considered to be soft are the semi-sextile, sextile, quintile , trine, bi-quintile and, some times the conjunction.