I was taking to another astrologer yesterday, he asked me which method I favored when it came to looking at relationships. Synastry or Composite charts. Then Britney asked what the difference was, so here goes:

I use both methods because they show different things. When you compare one chart with another, you see how two individuals interact. When you actually put the charts together, you see how the relationship acts. And I can illustrate this with a story.
Continue reading 3 Years Ago On The Elsa Blog: Astrology of Relationships: Synastry vs Composite Charts, Mars Square Mars, Grand Crosses and Other Frights – Part 1

L. asked on How Popular Is Real Love Anyway?

“I’ve wondered in general about the individual challenging aspects that one is supposed to be able to work with somehow, and whether they can equally be ‘worked with’ positively in a composite.”

I think everything can be worked with positively but many people don’t like to work! Consequently like make little of their gifts never mind their hardship and the consequences for this increase exponentially. This is as true for the individual as it is for the collective and I’d offer the current state of the US economy as proof. But aside from that, this comment made me take a look at the composite chart of the soldier and I which believe it or not, I’ve not bothered to do since getting proper birth data for him.
Continue reading Astrology, The US Economy, Composite Charts And A Person’s Destiny

Most of you know I got a corrected birth time for the soldier some weeks ago. The real time is markedly different then what I had been using and it’s so disorienting I haven’t really spent anytime with the new chart but today I looked at the new composite chart, just wondering how is jibed with the take-off chart of our trip back to the desert.

Our composite Moon is exactly conjunct the ascendant of the flight chart. The Suns of both charts are exactly conjunct as well if you can believe that. The whole thing has got to be fated, it’s almost spooky.

It’s also the kind of thing that happens to us all the time. I will never forget flying to Minneapolis with less than 24 hours notice, renting a car, driving to a truck stop to meet the soldier.

Not only did he pull up within 4 minutes of my arrival. Freda Payne’s, “Band Of Gold”, was blaring from the fuel island of the truck stop (the song he associated with us for 30 years) and then we wound up at that Catholic wedding – Just literally delivered there, a hour later.

I wonder what waits for us in the desert.

Here’s Freda. The soldier thinks this is the best song in the world, sung by the best singer in the world!

max writes on Mismatched Love Natures video:

“My question is: if you have Venus/Neptune and AMF had Venus/Saturn, what happens with the Soldier since he has Venus/Saturn?”

max – I dunno. The situations are very different. The AMF had Venus conjunct Saturn in Scorpio in the 8th. That’s pretty severe. Also his Venus Saturn was in hard aspect (wide orb) to my Venus in Leo.

In contrast the soldier has an inconjunct from Venus to Saturn which is much milder. He also has a sextile between Uranus and Venus and an opposition to Jupiter. His Venus is also tightly sextile mine. So how’s this for an interpretation:

The Saturn plays in that we were separated for an entire Saturn cycle – 28 years. Is that enough delay for ya? Also the commitment we have is profound.

His Venus/ Uranus aspect suits my Uranus in the 7th house(Venus) and Jupiter? Well I was going to make a video about that but suffice to say we both “believe” in love.

Couple this with the easy aspect between the two Venuses and I think we’re looking pretty good.

This is going to be my next topic by the way. Synastry!

If you are an astrologer who uses synastry, what approach do you take? Classic chart comparison? Composites? What?

pictured – Venus and Mars by Sidney Harold Meteyard. Oil on canvas

“People just don’t realize,” I said. “The people in your life I mean. They don’t seem to comprehend what is going on with us. I don’t think they know this can happen to you with somebody else.”

“No they don’t”

“Right. There are only two exceptions that I know of.” I outlined the exceptions as I saw them. “Everyone else is just looking elsewhere I guess you could say and if they get in it… well all kinds of things they are not expecting, happen.”

“Yeah, they do. You an I together are like a bug zapper. You know those things that are lit up and zap bugs? People are attracted but if you get too close you’ll get zapped. zzzt!”

“It’s true. I have no idea why this is but it is exactly what happens. Fried to a crisp.”

Composite chart has Aquarius rising, Mars in Leo on the descendant – gee, wonder why we fight so much… and so suddenly. Composite Mars is loosely conjunct Uranus in the 6^th, Pluto in the 7^th. The situation is beyond merely explosive.

Are you aware of the third entity that is independent from the two halves that is created in your relationship (and shown by the composite.)

Valkyrie asked on Music, Neptune, Psychic Ability and Etheral Connection, regarding the bond via music between the solider and I:

“What accounts astrologically for a connection like this? Moon-Neptune?”

Valkyrie – I checked into this. Music is definitely a Neptune thing and we have a nearly exact sextile (same degree, within 3 minutes) between Neptune and Mercury in the composite so I would say it is way to communicate.

Neptune is also trine composite Sun, Mercury and the Black Moon Lilith so I’d say our relationship is supported and fed via Neptunian / ethereal things.

These same aspects can be blamed / credited for the fact we wound up separated when we were kids. We have no explanation for how this happened because we never broke up. We were just apart, both distraught, and then the tide came back 25 years later and we are left to puzzle and be in awe, I guess.

pictured – Lilith, Terracotta, Sumerian relief 1950 B.C.

That’s Terry and Doug. They got married but not without a composite chart!!

Terry & Doug’s Wedding

Check out their blog and note the picture at the bottom… seven years have passed and they looker happier than ever. That’s what love’ll do for you.

Congratulations, Terry and Doug!

On doors that open automatically, the soldier and I on the phone:

“I finally had to write about it,” I said. “I wrote about how no one ever gets in our way. You know. We’re always going all these places we’re not supposed to go and when we do we just get instant access. All the guards fall,” I said.

‘Yeah, that’s because I’m looking at them letting them know not to mess with us,” he said. “Yeah no one ever messes with us. They didn’t mess with us when we went in that No*Tel Motel,” he said.

“No? I don’t remember what they said. I just sure wanted to go there.”

“They didn’t say anything. They were picketing that place, yelling at people as they walked in but when we went in there, no one said a word.”

I chuckled and tried to recall and picture it. I’m 17, he’s 19. I decided I wanted to go to the new No*Tel Motel in town… they rented rooms by the hour to the outrage of the community and he decided he was coming with.

So there were 20 people in front of this place with picket signs and bullhorns when we pulled up, parked the motorcycle at the curb, got off it and walked by them. We were holding hands of course, all in love… and he’s right. No one said a word… we were given a total pass.

We have a composite Aquarius rising, opposed by Mars conjunct Uranus and we look like we’ll fight for freedom, I’m sure.

Reader and recent commenter, Busted asks:

Do you guys think the following composite is just a disaster, or lotsa good hard-aspect Saturn glue?

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Thanks!

“What did I say to you?”

“Oh, well I’m Italian, too.”

I laughed. “Good one.”

“Yeah, we started talking and as soon as we did, everyone in room just disappeared. I mean they were all still there but we couldn’t see them. We just started talking… well we were flirting actually. I was lighting your cigarette and telling you things and you were laughing and acting like a girl. I started falling in love with you right away. Like in the first minute.” Continue reading Teenage P On The Hunt: The Composite Chart Lives