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Email Michael McClain Synastry, or the practice of comparing the horoscope of two individuals, is an
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and the planets in one chart to the other. The synastry charts of any two
individuals can be compared; business partners, parent/child, friends, enemies
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The Ascendant and the Descendant
The rising sign or ascendant in your horoscope tells much about your
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the series of twelve houses and determines, to a large extent, the sign that will
Five different natal reports be on the cusp of each of the eleven remaining houses. The ideal match for
you is the personality type denoted by the sign on the cusp of the descendant.
Three karmic and past life The descendant in the horoscope is the sign opposite the ascendant. This sign
reports rules the 7th house. The seventh house is the field of relationships and
therefore it is the area of primary focus in a study of synastry. This house,
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you enter close association. Indeed, the sign on the cusp of the 7th house is
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the personality type with whom you are most comfortable and best suited. This
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Astrologers are frequently asked "Which Sun sign is best for me?" The short
answer is, there is no short answer. There are too many other variables to
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reports. this sign or that. Sun sign compatibility ranks low on my list of factors to focus
on when seriously studying synastry. The Sun is about ego and individuality. It
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This said, the oft given advise about Sun signs will be repeated here. The Sun
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Singles are the fire signs; Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are the earth signs; Gemini,
Libra and Aquarius are the air signs; and, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are the
water signs. There is tendency toward affinity within the elements. Each sign
gets on somewhat better with other signs in its element. Further, the air and
fire groups share more compatibility with one another, as do the earth and

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water Suns.

The predominate element matches

The elements are indeed important when evaluating a potential relationship.
But the Sun sign is only one indicator of which element will be strongest in an
individual. Each of the planets is in one or another of the signs, and often the
planets out weigh the Sun in importance. By this I mean if the Sun is in a
water sign, but most of the other planets are in fire signs, you may actually be
more of a fire sign person. If you haven't read about elements yet, you may
wish to visit that page now to get up to speed. Note that information is
provided at the Four Elements page for determining an individual's primary
element. The Sun is an important indicator of the element that will be
strongest in an individual, but it is not the absolute indicator. You will find
significant compatibility with persons having a predominance in the same
element as yourself. If your partner is not of the same element as yourself,
you must become familiar and tolerant of the differences that should be
expected.

The Moon's important role

The Moon has a lot to do with relationships because this luminary denotes the
state of emotions and conditioned responses. If the Moon in one chart is
square or opposed to the Moon in the partner's chart, chances are there have
been some conflicting ideas existing based on backgrounds and previous
experiences. A Moon in conjunction with the Sun of the partner is a very good
sign in that the Moon person has a wonderful emotional connection with the
ego of partner. A favorable Sun/Moon aspect, that is a conjunction, sextile, or
trine, can largely smooth out a relationship. Indeed, the relationship between
the Sun in the male's chart and the Moon in the female's chart may be even
more important than the Sun to Sun relationship.

Mars and Venus

Mars and Venus play major roles in romance and in the mating process. Mars
relates to your romantic desires; lust, if you will. It determines how sexually
aggressive you are, and the raw passion, or lack of it, in your nature. Thus,
Mars takes on the role of pursuit. This is why the symbol of Mars is also the
symbol for the male. Venus, on the other hand, relates to the way in which
you attract a mate. It represents the softer side of love; romance and
emotional response to love. This role of attracting a mate links the sign of
Venus with the female. The interaction of the two say a great deal about the
chemistry between two people. They are often responsible for the sense of
"love at first sight" and what would be called a very strong sexual attraction.
Regretably, love at first sight and a very strong sexual attraction doesn't
necessarily make a long and durable relationship. Other factors will be more
instrumental in determining this. Nonetheless, a good fit between Mars and
Venus adds a wonderful dimension to your relationship. The most auspicious fit
here between the partners would be for Mars and Venus to be in the same sign
or in the same element. The attachment is much stronger if the planets form a
conjunction or trine aspect.

The aspects
The aspects formed between the Sun, the Moon, and the planets in one chart
and the Sun, the Moon, and the planets in the partner's (or potential partner's)
chart show the detail of how smoothly this relationship will work. Note that
virtually every comparison will present some harmonious and some not so
harmonious aspects. Don't expect anything else. Very seldom does the
"perfect" match occur. By the same token, if nothing but negative aspects
appear, the relationship is apt to be a major struggle. Visit synastry aspects for
delineations of the major synastry aspects.

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Synastry Planets in Houses

Your partner's planets in your houses. Your planets placed in your partner's
houses. How does this influence your relationship? Visit synastry planets in
houses.

Composite Horoscopes
Learn about composite relationship charts. Rapidly becoming a favorite method
for analysing relationships, the composite chart is the horoscope, not of the
individuals, but of the relationship between the individuals.

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