1 Minute Astrology – Relationships / Synastry: The Main Techniques Work But Not Really!
1 minute astrology
From 2008, an introduction to a series on synastry: Techniques astrologers use to judge compatibility between charts – Do they work? Theory vs fact.
Skip to part two – Theory vs Reality.
Davison Vs. Composite Charts
Rhett Butler: Tell me, Scarlett, do you never shrink from marrying men you don’t love?
Scarlett: How did you ever get out of jail? Why didn’t they hang you?
While composite charts are more commonly used as the chart of “the relationship,” the Davison chart has a great following as well. Both charts take the birth information of two individuals and blend them to create one chart for the relationship itself. The composite takes the midpoints of each set of planets (Sun to Sun, Moon to Moon…) and these comprise the chart. The Davison chart is the chart of the midpoint of the birth information: it takes the two points in time and place and finds their average in real time to create a unique chart.
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Demystifying Astrology: What Is A Composite Chart?
Astrology for beginners.
I wrote this in layman’s terms for a client:
“You have a chart and he has a chart. They show your characteristics as individuals. The composite charge merges the individuals together and shows the relationship.
To understand this think of “K” and the couple “K and P”. “K and P” is an entity that is different from either K OR P…”
It’s possible to have a composite chart that is much easier or stronger, or whatever, then your chart as an individual. That’s why some people function better with another then they do alone. Art Garfunkel comes to mind.
When it comes to your partner, are you better together…or apart
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Get a load of this! I have a client on the hunt for love. This the composite chart between her and the man she is seeing. Can you believe this?
I think it they get together, they’ll be unstoppable and I am rooting for his, hard!
There is only one square in the whole chart. Jupiter square Saturn – big deal!
What dominates the composite chart between you and your partner?
I pulled up the old post about composite charts because I was looking the composite chart between my husband and I and it was just so striking, in relation to how we are seen in public. The chart overall is pretty disastrous. It’s okay if you don’t mind the composite Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury, Saturn and the Black Moon Lilith involved in a T-square. Most people would balk at that. I’d balk at that if it were really an option but the point I want to make in bringing it up, is that’s a lot to set aside. The chart is hard core but what about the chart ruler?
Our composite chart has Scorpio rising so Mars (and Pluto) rules the chart. Mars (prowess) is in Leo (showy) in the 10th house and there is no end to the flashing of knives in public. You can be sure there is no end, either because Mars is trine Jupiter in Sagittarius which is essentially an unlimited source of energy.
I think this funny, just because it stands in such contrast to the rest of the chart. The whole world knows that my husband and I will fight but other qualities of our relationship, including all nuance is much harder to discern when you’re not here in the room.
For the record, co-ruler Pluto is also in the 10th house. You can see how these placements overshadow everything else, even when the everything else is profound.
Tell us about the ruler of the composite chart of your relationship.
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.
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Composite Charts And Midpoints
“I’ll start walking your way, you start walking mine; we’ll meet in the middle ‘neath that old Georgia pine. We gain a lot of ground ’cause we both give a little; ain’t no road too long when we meet in the middle.”
–Diamond Rio
There are two types of charts of the relationship itself, the composite and the Davison relationship chart. The Davison chart is the chart of an actual point in time and place that is the midpoint or average between the birth places and birth times of the two individuals. That is to say that it is a real chart that exists in real time. The composite is not. The composite is calculated by taking the planets and angles and calculating the midpoints between them.
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Fated Relationships: The Vertex In The Composite
“What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide.”
–William Shakespeare
The vertex is a “fated encounter” point in any chart and linked to timing by transit and aspect. There is more than one way to spot the chart of a person with whom one has a fate link, but it is often reflected in vertex interaspects between the charts. But what of the relationship? The relationship itself has a chart; it is called the composite and is the chart of the midpoints between the planets and angles of the two individuals’ charts.
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The Composite Mars by Satori
“I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.”
–Bill Cosby
Mars in the natal chart is the energy we use to achieve our goals. It’s how we go about getting what we want. As the composite chart is a chart of the blending of individual energies, the composite Mars shows how we act as a couple. It is the representation of the energy when acting in concert. When you present a “united front” in action, you do so from the position of the composite Mars.
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The Composite Ascendent by Satori
“Those two are a fastidious couple. She’s fast and he’s hideous.”
–Henny Youngman
The most evident effect of the composite chart is the ascendant. If you want to know how you appear as a couple look to the rising sign. This is the placement that represents how you look when you are together. Leo rising couples are radiant and regal, dramatic. They look like fun. With a Scorpio ascendant you’ll have a subtle and compelling power about you. Perhaps you look a bit dangerous. My man and I have Libra on the ascendant and have been told we’re an attractive and pleasant couple. Because of this I try to keep him near me at all times.
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