A reader asks:

“In your style, do you feel composite charts are more, less or just as significant as synastry? I know that every astrologer has a different style & preference. Just wondering what your take on it is. Are they both different but hold just the same weight of importance?”

I think they are both significant but for different things. Synastry shows how two people interact. She feels thwarted by him. He feels supported by her. They butt heads all the time, or whatever.

A composite chart on the other hand, shows the relationship functions. It’s a hypothetical! Because you can put charts of any two people together and if there is no real life relationship, it’s meaningless.

That said, I love composite charts and provided a relationship forms, I can think of a few ways where they may be a better indicator than synastry of how to people are going to fare.

And you see this in life all the time. You see couples where the synastry is so-so but the relationship rocks and if you check the composite…it’ll be blatantly obvious why. And I have an idea why this is.

See, a chart is a map of a person’s energy. And taking two charts and comparing them is like taking two people and comparing them. And it’s supposedly very precise and analytical which is of course ludicrous!

“Okay. Her Saturn is on his Sun, so she’s going to oppress him!” the (beginner) astrologer announces. Say what? How do we know that? How do we know how this person uses their Saturn? How is Saturn aspected in the chart? Is it well aspected or involved in a train wreck with Venus, Mars and that dwarf planet (::winks:: :-)) Pluto? Don’t you think this is going to impact what that gal does with her Saturn? I do. It gets very complicated!

And this is (one of the reasons) why synastry to the letter and by the book sometimes just does not compute. Where I find that the composite is what it is.

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I hope this helps! I’ve written on the topic before -> here. And perhaps some others will come on board and share their experience and expertise.