Omie started a thread about the composite 6th house Sun which inspired this post.  I thought it would be interesting if people who were partnered noted the house of where the Sun falls in the composite chart with their partner along with a sketch of how it manifests.
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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.

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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