How to interpret the result
Look at motion first, then orb. In a constructed example, natal Mercury sits at 20 Gemini and transiting Mercury is at 17 Virgo, a square with a 3.00 orb, marked Direct. Moving roughly 1.5 degrees a day, Mercury would sit inside the 5-degree square range for about a week, with the exact square about two days away. Marked Retrograde, the same contact could stretch and repeat as Mercury recrosses the degree.
