trine
/trʌɪn
/Astrology
noun
An aspect of 120° (one third of a circle): Venus in trine to Mars [as modifier]: a trine aspect...See also grand trine.
- Sexual attraction occurs when one partner's Venus aspects the other's Mars; conjunctions are the most potent, with trines and sextiles also making for rewarding contact.
- However, we are starting to see indications of a lesser sentence of imprisonment, since a trine is a favorable aspect.
- Dorotheus refers to the trine as an aspect of much love and to the quartile as one of a medium amount of love.
verb [with object]
(Of a planet) be in a trine aspect with (another planet or position): Jupiter trines Pluto all month...
- As Anthony J. McGettigan says: The last time Saturn trined Uranus during a change of signs was during the years 1912-1914.
- In 1961, when Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight, transiting Uranus was trining the radical Mars / Saturn midpoint.
- The Moon in Cancer is strong, and past opposing the Sun and trining Uranus.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'made up of three parts'): from Old French trin(e), from Latin trinus 'threefold', from tres 'three'.
Rhymes
- compartment syndrome
- compass
- compass card
- compasses
- compass heading
- compassion
- compassionate
- compassionate leave
- compassionately
- compassion fatigue
- compassionless
- compass rose
- compass saw
- compass window
- compatibility
- compatible
- compatibly
- compatriot
- compeer
- compel
- compellable
- compelling
- compellingly
- ppl
- P-plate