posted May 22, 2013 08:17 AM            

Now I have been playing around with my solar fire program, and you can look at which aspects are coming up in a synastry more often than expected. In all synastries I looked at it was obvious that the dynamic aspects were more often there, and the softer aspects of trine and sextile less than expected. Also it was interesting to note that the quinkunx came up much more often than expected in some couples, and not at all in others.

1) my parents:
square: +29%
quinkunx: + 83%

sextile: -89%

2) friends of mine:
square: +54%

quinkunx: -33%

sextile: -21%

3) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

conjunction: +71%
opposition: +66%

but also sextile: +36%
and square: -14%

4) PIerre and Marie Curie

opposition: +27%
square: +17%

conjunction: -49%
trine: -37%

quinkunx: +33%

5)Robert Browning - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

conjunction: +46%
square: + 42%

quinkunx: -67%

6) Liz Taylor and Richard Burton

square: +23%

trine: -27

quinkunx: +33%

7) Humphrey Bogart - Lauren Bacall

square: +48%

opp.: -32%
conj.: -31%

8) in a couple that was leading a long distance relationship and amicably separated after a few years, no great drama, maybe because of the friendship that was really basis of their relationship

sextile: +47%

opposition: -61% (and square -8%)

posted May 22, 2013 08:51 AM            

However, a trine or sextile now and then can be pretty nice and comforting, just it will not make a relationship happen. Well people make a relationship happen, not aspects. But it seems the dynamic aspects represent the kick in the butt that people need to start DOING something, pay attention, appraoch each other, get active.

Actually i screened synastries between people, too, who were just friends, or in my case with those people that i really genuinely liked, but there was just never a spark, so it all stayed in a friend zone.
In all cases there was an overwhelming percentage of sextiles with a lack of conjunctions, oppositions or squares.

posted May 22, 2013 01:23 PM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:
I've found that to be true too. Most of the men that I've had relationships with always have their moon opposite mine & cancer ascendants. It's a theme it seems. I like to see more easy going aspects to venus....it seems to be a sensitive spot (for me at least) but I always get the hard aspects to my other planets.

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Yes, and also like you hinted at, it seems that it also depends on the natal chart.
Speaking statistically, in my chart the conjunction appears with a rate of + 65% (more hits than likely), and I am a conjunction-girl in synastry.

For Paul Newman the rate of conjunction is even 111% - and what aspect did he mostly share with his wife? Yes, the conjunction.
For his wife it was opposition and sextile which appeared more often, and they also shared these aspects.

But anyway I disgress. Personally I like squares to my VEnus, especially of something juicy like Mars or Pluto. And if not in synastry, please in composite.

Actually not even that is enough, the gentlemen in question have to have something strong going on with their Venus as well. Usually an earthy Venus with dynamic aspects to Pluto like mine. Venus in Scorpio is also okay, though the sextile to my Venus usually seems "lacking" somehow.
However I am weirdly attracted to Mars on around 5-13 Virgo, or Pluto there or something about the beginning of Taurus, so I am not totally immune to the trines to my Venus.

It feels odd though, as if, while I am struggling with my Venus (square Pluto), the other party seems to say: "What`s up? What are you struggling with? Everything`s pretty fine about you. I really donīt see what the problem is."

posted May 22, 2013 01:25 PM            

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Originally posted by tgem:
What kind of synastry aspects (hard or soft) would make a couple feel like they have to explore the relationship..that is HAS to happen..whether the outcome is long term or short term?

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STrong resonances in natal, that get repeated in synastry (though there are actually two possibilities: either they feel they HAVE to explore this or they are running as fast as they can).

conjunction, opposition, square to the nodal axis, especially of angles, luminaries, and ruler of the angles.

But most of all progressed aspects, indicating that NOW is the time.

posted May 22, 2013 01:28 PM            

I am a Cancer Sun, Venus,Mercury, Saturn, Ceres
Virgo Rising-Mars, Leo Saturn.

We stuck together through more ups and downs I want to remember until it was time for me to leave. Never a dull moment though..

posted May 22, 2013 02:08 PM              

We already have strong resonation between our charts (synastry) composite & progressed. My north node squares his sun and his north node conjuncts my mars (in the eighth house?!?).

Do you give any considerations for midpoints?

posted May 22, 2013 02:17 PM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:

Do you give any considerations for midpoints?

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Yes, definitely. I have a liking for Sun/Moon, Venus/Mars of course but also look for Sun/Venus, Moon/Mars, Sun/Mars, Moon/Venus, Venus/Pluto, Mars/Pluto, Venus/Uranus, Venus/Neptune, and additionally to a few with Jupiter, Sun/Jupiter, Moon/Jupiter, Venus/Jupiter, Mars/Jupiter, and for communication with Mercury.

However I find the strongest are those which are at the midpoint of an aspect.
For example in my synastry: I have natally Jupiter square Neptune-NN-conjunction.
And his Venus falls onto the exact midpoint. It`s nice, very idealistic and emotionally expansive and feels kind of "meaningful" to me.

Apart from these I mainly look for the direct hits (conjunction/ opposition) within 2 degrees, and sometimes squares within about one degree or one degree and a half.

But out of these the direct midpoints that are also connected to a natal aspect seem to be the strongest.

BTW for him the resonance is more with Venus-Pluto, as my ASC-NN-Neptune conjunction falls onto his Venus/Pluto-mp.
But of course I have a Venus-Pluto-square myself, and his Uranus falls onto its midpoint, which is generational yes, but we are dealing with one degree orb here - so all of a sudden not THAT generational.

I like finding symmetries or resonances like this; it is an explantion of the deeper reason that is underneath an attraction.

posted May 22, 2013 02:19 PM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:
My venus is square Jupiter & ascendant. I guess I like it to be easier because my venus is already being slammed with tons of energy.

We already have strong resonation between our charts (synastry) composite & progressed. My north node squares his sun and his north node conjuncts my mars (in the eighth house?!?).

Do you give any considerations for midpoints?

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I also guess Venus-Jupiter might want to be a little more persistent in that relationship should bring joy and pleasure and be expansive, as Jupite is such an uplifting enthusiastic joyful energy.

With my Pluto squaring an already serious, some say gloomy and boring, Capricorn Venus, there is a strange perspective of the pain-and-pleasure-principle I guess.

posted May 22, 2013 02:25 PM            

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3I21ZQxmYo

vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mPY9z4kvQ

no, I wouldnīt take it that literal. But it was just the soundtrack in my mind a minute ago.

posted May 22, 2013 03:30 PM              

As far as midpoints:

His:
Sun/moon c my sun
Sun/mercury c my mid heaven
Sun/venus c my mid heaven
Moon/mercury c my sun
Moon/venus c my sun
Moon/mars c my venus
Venus/vertex c my sun

posted May 23, 2013 04:08 PM            

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Originally posted by depth:
i don't understand why i attract tough synastry charts with peasant looking composite charts.

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posted May 23, 2013 05:09 PM            

With friends or lovers, even my adopted mother and father, any person with a long standing relationship completes or grounds (opposing the apex planet) one of these YODs. The people who REALLY stand out touch more than one.

My life is full of quincunxes and oppositions apparently

posted May 24, 2013 03:33 AM            

I. 00°-00°59

II. 01°00-2°59

III. 3°00 - 5°00

Up to 3 degrees the aspects are quite tight and usually have a strong and easily discernable quality (also getting off by transits simultaneously).

posted May 24, 2013 04:55 AM            

However, if I were to use Vedic astrology, I would stick to their rules, as they are using whole sign aspects as I believe.

Anyway, I would pay attention to the sign background in Western astrology as well, but it is not the same as an actual aspect.

posted May 24, 2013 04:59 AM            

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Originally posted by cappy1277:
Lol we've been through this already
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/211821.html

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Yes, I find midpoints fascinating and very telling. Though I use a 2 degree orb with conjunctions and 1°30 with squares (will not look into semisquare or sesisquare though).

I remember I once did a midpoint analysis of a celebrity couple which was a real fun exercise. lol http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/204037.html

I find it really curteous of him to confirm my interpretation in one of his latest interviews.