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SYNCRETICON
Waxing Gibbous in Aquarius hour of Saturn, 40 min Mars's day

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Orb

In plain words

How far off exact an angle is allowed to be and still count. Nothing in the sky lines up perfectly, so every angle is given a little room.

In the tradition's terms

The permitted deviation from exactitude, usually wider for the luminaries and narrower for the outer bodies.

In depth

There is no agreed table. Traditional practice orbs the *planets* rather than the aspect; modern practice orbs the aspect. The Oracle narrows the orb as a body slows, so a Saturn contact must be tighter than a Moon contact to be reported.