Using astrology to understand your relationships
Relationship astrology draws on a method known as synastry to provide insights into the potential happiness as well as challenges between two individuals . When doing a synastry reading, an astrologer compares the natal charts of two individuals, reading the relationship between them in the interactions of the planets and angles of the charts.
Astrology can provide an unbiased language for the dynamics of a relationship. Rather than react to a someone using old scripting based on past hurts, astrology permits us to look at why two people have come together and how they can use the energies between them in the most positive way.
7th house of partnerships
The first area we look to in a synastry reading is each person’s natal seventh house. This sector of the chart reveals the person’s attitude toward relationships. The sign on the cusp of this house points to the complementary role the individual wants their partner to play. The planets within the seventh house provide further information about the qualities the person seeks in a partner. For example, someone with Saturn in the seventh house may be attracted to someone who is older or wiser or simply able to provide stability. With the Moon in your seventh house, you may seek a partner who is emotionally nurturing.
Since the 7th house is opposite the 1st house, the qualities we seek in a partner may be very different from those we are conscious of in ourselves. For some people this creates a conflict as their conscious mind seeks someone more like themselves. A synastry astrology reading can help you look at the ways someone who is different than you can provide balance.
Two charts interacting with each other
In addition examining the seventh houses of both charts, a synastry reading matches the two charts up, sign to sign, to see how the planets in the two charts interact with each other. Very often a successful relationship will reveal the ways that two people complement each others’ strengths. It also shows the ways two people can offer each other healing for areas in the chart revealing psychic wounding or insecurities. It can also help couples better navigate emotional minefields, by being aware of potential areas of conflict or difficulty between them.
Although it is frequently used by romantic partners seeking to better understand their relationship, synastry readings can be used for any two people: business partners, friends or family members. Astrology gives us the gift of being better able to understand ourselves and other people, by giving us a map of the energies each of us contain within us. Synastry focuses the light of this wisdom specifically on your interactions with one individual, allowing you to view the relationship with enhanced understanding and deepened perspective.