posted March 06, 2008 07:55 AM
Hi Sarai. I don't have an answer to your question, but I just wanted to offer some unsolicited advice. When using asteroids in synastry, keep the orbs tight. No more than 2º. You may already be doing that, I don't know.I'm not an asteroid atheist. If any of this astrology mumbo jumbo is for real, and there really is some creative, ordered force to life, then I don't think a force so awesome would confine itself to working with only the 10 "planets."
So that's the reasoning behind why I use them, and empirically I've seen them consistently involved in tight aspects in significant relationships.
But the planets and angles will give you a huge chunk of the personality and, in synastry, how those two personalities interact.
There are so many asteroids out there, I focus synastry work only on those asteroids that are significant for at least one of the partners in their natal chart. I'd look in synastry at Vesta, for example, only if someone had it tightly aspecting a planet or angle in his natal chart. Otherwise, it may not be at play in the person's psyche.
Sorry for not giving anything you were looking for! I just can relate to how much interesting info there is at the beginning, and I think focusing where you look will give you a deep, thorough understanding of a couple's synastry sooner.