posted February 29, 2016 01:56 AM            

1.) Make sure you have specific birth times for both charts before you begin. If you don't have an exact birth time, exclude all faster moving factors like Moon and calculated points (Asc, houses), and understand you will get only preliminary indicators.

2.) Separately list all planet positions for each chart in side-by-side columns, like so:

Him ........... Her
Sun 12TAU22 13PIS04
Moon 0SAG03 15GEM12
Merc 16TAU55 1ARI02

Stick with planets only to see the core energies. Adding umpteen asteroids makes this exercise cumbersome over minor factors. If you must include asteroids, best to choose the one that is most important to you (I use only Chiron). Any such asteroids count as only half as much when counting up planet-to-planet interaspects.

3.) Compare planet positions of both people and list each interaspect found between them using somewhat reduced orbs of influence: conjunctions = 5°:
parallels & contra-parallels = 1° max
conjunctions & oppositions = 5° (7 for luminaries together)
sextiles = 4°
trines = 5°
quincunxes = 2°

--> You must include these declinations aspects (parallel, contra-parallel) if you want a full comparison.

4.) Count up the total beneficial/flowing aspects and total detrimental/stressful aspects. Use the following guide for what is
considered positive/+ or negative/-:

Beneficial/+ = any interaspect between Sun & Venus; any between Moon & Venus; any between Moon Jupiter; any between Venus & Jupiter. These are all positively beneficial.

Extra Beneficial/++ = any close conjunction or parallel between Moon & Sun/Venus/Jupiter/Uranus; any conjunction or parallel between Sun & Venus/Jupiter/Uranus; You can count these at 1.5 positive each. Parallels get 3/4 degree orb, unless luminaries = 1. Conjunctionsget 5°, with Sun and Jupiter a bit more (6°).

Negative/- = any conjunction, parallel, opposition, contra-parallel
interaspect between Moon & Saturn, Moon & Pluto, Mars & Saturn, Mars & Pluto, Mars & Uranus, Saturn & Uranus, Saturn & Pluto; PLUS all squares, oppositions, contra-parallels, and quincunxes that are not listed above as
positives. Remember, limit orb to +/- 5°, depending on whether luminaries are involved (2° for quincunxes/150).

Carefully count up the positive/beneficial interaspects and list the total.

Same with the negative/stressful interaspects. What is the ratio?

We want to see a clear majority of positive beneficial aspects. If it is close, are there strong bonds indicated by those Extra Beneficial aspects? If not, the relationship has less compatibility and will have a less positive prognosis. For many, 2-3 of the more intense negative aspects

(Moon/Mars/SaturnPluto) will be enough to kill the deal, depending on the maturity of the persons involved. The ideal is around 60% positive, hopefully with some of those extra good ones in there.

posted February 29, 2016 03:41 AM            

I like the pragmatic, consistent approach focusing on the basics and what has priority (imo the ONLY way to start a synastry).

However, the positive:negative ration, while completely reasonable thinking, does not always work in such a cut and dry manner.
(though I suppose in most cases it still does work that way, seems just my parents defy the astrological odds. But they defied them for over 41 years now and still love each other and even more amazing, seem to still be IN love with each other, so I guess something in their positives must have been REALLY positive).

posted February 29, 2016 05:12 AM            

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
Do you count semi-sextiles as well as quincunxes and do you see them as positives? Curious..

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I do if they are tight, preferably well under 1° from exact. And no, I see them as challenging, similar to the quincunx/150°.

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posted February 29, 2016 08:03 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Why are all conjunctions negative?

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posted February 29, 2016 12:01 PM            

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Originally posted by Ceridwen:
What if venus is semisextile and parallel sun..?how Do I weigh this?

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posted February 29, 2016 06:01 PM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Why are all conjunctions negative?

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Who here has said they are? I certainly haven't.

posted February 29, 2016 06:03 PM            

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Originally posted by Ceridwen:
What if venus is semisextile and parallel sun..?how Do I weigh this?

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I count the semi-sextile as negative, but you could argue it deserves only 'half' a mark of negative. Also, with Venus-Pluto, while I normally consider this an intense aspect of stress, depending on its chart context, could be seen as positive, especially if it is not overly tight.

posted February 29, 2016 06:05 PM            

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Originally posted by yungang_grotto:
Do you consider composite charts, Kannon, and if so do you take declinations into consideration therein? How about natal-composite parallels?

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Yes, I use the composite chart for people who are living together in a committed relationship. Yes, I use declinations in all charts. I don't measure composite positions against someone's natal positions, because by using their natal positions to create a mid-point based composite you have already integrated the natals into the single chart.

posted February 29, 2016 06:08 PM            

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Originally posted by Fabulous:
Thank you, Kannon.

Can you explain why Sun/Moon conjunctions with Uranus are in the extra beneficial category?

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Sure. These what are 'best friends' aspects that can facilitate non-verbal communication, 'instant knowing' that allows partnerships to flow fluidly through challenges without the need for denser verbal communication. These aspects can enhance partners' abilities to 'get it' more quickly and visualize/know what is meant/intended by the other person.

Great aspects if you have them, especially if there's at least some Saturn to ground things in commitment.

posted March 01, 2016 03:55 PM            

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Originally posted by Kannon McAfee:
To clarify, I do not list all conjunctions as negatives. I list 'Negative' and after specifying the harder/angular aspects go on to list what planet combinations are the negatives.

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Thanks for clarifying. I like your approach .

posted March 01, 2016 10:01 PM            

If semisextiles are hard aspects how would you interpret Sun semisextile exact pluto natally?!

Any thoughts on this aspect?

posted March 02, 2016 05:25 PM            

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Originally posted by mar1982delta:
Hello Kannon McAfee,
may I ask how do we count aspects between planets and angles or aspects between angles?
Thank you very much!

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I gave this list of planet-to-planet interaspects, specifically excluding the Asc of both persons with the assumption that the Asc degree of both charts could very likely be inaccurate. That is my experience. IF the Asc degree is verified accurate (through astrological means, not birth record, which is only a record of time) ... then you can apply the same principles there -- Moon/Venus/Jupiter are all good no matter the type of aspect. I do count Saturn-Asc as negative, but it certainly does not ruin the synastry. Count everything else pretty much as given for Moon/Sun -- hard Mars/Saturn/Pluto aspects are definitely negative to Asc.

If I've got charts validated accurate, I even include the MC/IC axis as well. You'd be surprised how often those interaspects show up and how tight they can be in accurate charts.

posted March 03, 2016 02:05 PM            

Something I will keep observing on my own.

For example Ron Paul has Sun semisextile Pluto and when he ran for president Nov 2008 transit northnode formed a quindecile Yod with his sun semisextile Pluto, like him or not he reached a lot of people and transformed their thinking specially the younger population.

He had a strong sense of purpose and destiny and great rapport with youth being a Leo sun.