ASPECTUAL DIAGRAM: As depicted by Lord Brahmā, I now narrate the aspectual diagram so that aspects are easily understood by a mere sight of the diagram. Draw a square or a circle marking the 8 directions (4 corners and 4 quarters thereof). Mark the zodiacal signs as under: Aries and Taurus in east, Gemini in the north-east, Cancer and Leo in the north, Virgo in the north-west, Libra and Scorpio in the west, Sagittarius in the south-west, Capricorn and Aquarius in the south, and Pisces in the south-east. The aspects (as per the earlier ślokas) can be shown in a square diagram or circular diagram (as per convenience).

अपनी पास की राशि को छोड़कर — चर राशि तीन स्थिरों को, स्थिर राशि समीपस्थ चर-रहित तीन चरों को, व द्विस्वभाव स्वयं को छोड़कर शेष तीन द्विस्वभावों को देखती है। (जैमिनि-वृद्धकारिका: 'चरं धनं बिना स्थास्नुं स्थिरमन्त्यं विना चरम् । युग्मं स्वेन विना युग्मं पश्यन्तीत्ययमागमः ॥')