posted August 27, 2009 12:00 AM         

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Say, if two people were born close together, would you count aspects to outer planets?

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Yes. If A has outer planet action in their natal and B has their outer planet conj, that just emphasizes the energy of that outer planet natal aspect for A, and it will influence how they react to B thus emphasizing one partner's natal dynamic in the synastry -- it becomes very pronounced. Depending on how they're dealing with that energy can say a lot; this is one of the reasons it's common to find partners with age differences when one has a chart with multiple personal planet hard aspects to outer planets, and outers of course are the norms set for one's generation.

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How would you count them?

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Hmm?

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Also, if a person has a conjunction, and another person's planet conjuncts one of those planets 2 degrees but the other 6 degrees, would you count both?

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Yes, because the person with the natal conjunction experiences these energies as merged. Example:

"A" has Mars 1 Taurus, Mercury 5 Taurus, "B" has Saturn 7 Taurus

this shows the conj you're referring to in the orb aspect -- if B's Saturn is influencing A's Mercury and A's Mercury acts alongside and partnered up with A's Mars it will still be felt, even if it isn't a strong orb.

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How wide would you go with orbs?

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Technically speaking, no preference. What I look for first and focus on most are conj, sq, and opp involving at least one personal planet or angle within an orb of 3 degrees. Then I expand and look all aspects up to 5 degree orb, minus the sextiles, once I have the major players accounted for. Expanding again and taking in every aspect up to 10 degree orb. I tend to disregard sextiles for the most part adding them in at the end to point to possible breathing points in the synastry. They're the "helper" aspects but not very indicative of tension or release.

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Any other situations you've run across in aspects that were iffy or unsure of the significance?

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When the aspect is a larger orb and out of sign, it does tend to be more difficult to reconcile adding it to the mix. This type I'll add as a sidenote after careful deliberation of how it might play out.

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if the two planets involved are also making aspects by transit or composite, for instance.

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