A major astrological aspect formed when two planets occupy the same zodiacal degree, typically within an orb of about eight degrees. The conjunction is the most concentrated of all aspects: the planetary energies merge and behave as a single voice, for better or for worse. Whether the contact reads as fusion or as pressure depends entirely on the planets involved. Sun conjunct Mercury, for example, binds identity to language and thought, producing a mind that speaks itself into being. Mars conjunct Saturn, by contrast, fuses drive with restraint and is felt as effort that has to fight for its own permission. In transit, a conjunction marks a beginning — a fresh cycle in the matter of the slower planet. In synastry, a conjunction between two charts produces the most direct and unavoidable contact two people can have on a given theme. Read the conjunction by reading the two planets together, as one.
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