posted May 06, 2010 07:07 AM         

i am Very curious about peoples experiences correlating with this research or not.

so if you are married/have been married, do your synastry aspects back up these trends in the research? do you lack them?

according to the research, the following aspects were apparently often/not often/not significant in the statistics:

Gators’ Observations of Ptolemaic Aspects in Marriage Synastry

Most Aspected Chart Points (based on the 20-roll study)

1. After Pluto, the ASC was the most "OFTEN" aspected point in the Male Natal Chart File.
2. The trine occurred as the most "OFTEN" aspect in our Male Natal Chart File.
3. The 3 most aspected "SELDOM" points in our Male Natal Chart File, in order, are: Uranus, North Node and Mercury.
4. The square occurred as the most "SELDOM" aspect in our Male Natal Chart File.
5. The top 4 most "OFTEN" aspected planets in our Female File were: Neptune, Sun, Jupiter and Saturn.
6. Sextile and Trine were the top 2 most "OFTEN" aspects in female natal charts.
7. The infamous "marriage" asteroid, Juno came in as the lowest of the most "SELDOM" aspected points in our Female natal chart file. The Sun came in the highest.
8. The square was the highest of the most "SELDOM" aspects in the female file, followed by the sextile.

Sun – Overall, there are more aspects to the Sun than to any other planet. 1 There are 15 Often aspects and 13 Seldom aspects. Of these, there are 11 Often occurrences to the wife’s Sun and 9 Seldom occurrences to the wife’s Sun, compared to 4 Often occurrences to the husband’s Sun and only 4 Seldom occurrences to the husband’s Sun. It would appear therefore that the Sun is more significant an indicator for marriage in a woman’s chart than in a man’s. Neptune, Mercury and Juno are involved in the greatest number of aspects to the wife’s Sun. Mars, Uranus and Pallas are involved in the fewest number of aspects to her Sun.

Juno – After the Sun, Juno is the next most aspected heavenly body. There are 10 Often occurrences and 5 Seldom occurrences. The occurrence frequencies are divided more evenly than the Sun’s; Juno is a significant indicator of marriage for both men and women. The wife’s Sun and Mars Often oppose the husband’s Juno; the husband’s Venus, Mars and Mercury Often trine the wife’s Juno.

Jupiter – The planet receiving the third greatest number of aspects is Jupiter. There are 12 Often occurrences, 9 aspecting the wife’s Jupiter. And there are 12 Seldom occurrences, 7 of which are aspects to the husband’s Jupiter.

Moon, Mars and Venus are all significant in the husband’s chart, more so than the wife’s, as indicators of marriage: 6 of 8 Often occurrences for the Moon, 7 of 10 Often occurrences for Venus, and 8 of 10 Often occurrences for Mars are aspects to the husband’s natal planet.

posted May 07, 2010 11:38 PM         

1. It's totally outdated. It uses charts from the 1800's only up to the 1970's. People marry for different reasons and at different ages (vastly) than they did then.

2. The charts that were compared, in the compared group, are all noon births.

Still interesting, but I wouldn't put too much stock in it for those reasons. I think those are very important points for a study. I'd like to see them do it again and use newer marriages -- 1900's to present -- the later the better -- like start with the 70's when there was more freedom to choose a mate and people went away to college, therefore meeting a wider group of people.

Use charts only with a known TOB.

That would be very telling, I think.

posted May 07, 2010 11:53 PM         

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I'd like to see them do it again and use newer marriages -- 1900's to present -- the later the better -- like start with the 70's when there was more freedom to choose a mate and people went away to college, therefore meeting a wider group of people.

Use charts only with a known TOB.

That would be very telling, I think.

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