trine
- noun
- /traɪn/
- Jargon
- Grand Trines are generally very benefic patterns, but as with singular trines, they require a jolt to get them moving.
- trine to Pluto
- trine with Saturn
- harmonious trines
Examples
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So Mercury (the vote) will be offering support (the trine) for Romney's presidential bid (Saturn), and its station atop a reality-warping black hole says that all bets are off.
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Astrologers believe that a trine between two planets can bring harmony and ease in various aspects of life.
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I never make a loan until I can see the ascendant, trines, all of it.
Fiction book (1995) -
With Obama, Romney also shares a trine to a Leo planet from stationing Mercury, this time Saturn at 2 Leo.
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Though the trine to Obama's Venus is more supportive of his popularity, the square to Romney's Venus is by far the more energetic and active aspect of the two.
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It has often been said that his sinewy, exhortative agitation was in the late '20s supplanted for good by more mellow trines.
Academic text (1997) -
When Jupiter forms a trine with Mars, it often signals a period of good fortune and prosperity.
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She noticed that the trine between Venus and Saturn was affecting her personal relationships positively.
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of baptizing by putting a person under water three times, each time for one person of the Trinity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trine in astrology comes from the same root tri-, meaning 'three', as in triangle, because the angle is 'one third' of a circle (120 degrees). So astrologers called this easy, flowing angle a trine, which is why it now means a friendly or harmonious link between planets.