After playing with AST at 90, my personal thoughts:

+Macrocosmos
+expanded Earthly Star radius
+Neutral Sect
+OGCD flexibility (ES, CU, Exaltation, CI, CO, ED, Lightspeed…good God…)
+Ability Effects and overall job aesthetics

- Button bloat, particularly the card system
- diminished card relevance (most dumbed down system we’ve had yet)
- DPS feels a bit weak, even with cards, Astrodyne, and Macrocosmos.

= Minor Arcana is fantastic when you get what you need, but painful when you don’t.
= Astrodyne is shiny and cute to play with, but doesn’t really offer anything significant.
= Synastry is a nice tool, though I often just force myself to use it rather than actually needing it given our overall kit.

I’d grade AST a solid B+, Scholar and Sage A-, and White Mage a B. Just my thoughts.