What does "aspect" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of affairs." Macaulay. The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. T. Burnet.
2. 3.Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
3. 4.Prospect; outlook. [Obs.] This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. Evelyn.
4. 5.(Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth. Milton. Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, 7. (Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. Shak. The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects. Bacon. Aspect of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane.
5. 6.To behold; to look at. [Obs.]