Hidden Synastry: A Deeper Layer of Connection

If you read synastry articles, you’ve probably learned that it’s all about the aspects. In order for there to be a connection between two people, certain planets (or points) in one chart must have a conversation (symbolized by a conjunction, opposition, trine, sextile, square or inconjunct) with planets in the other chart. But did you know there’s another layer that involves no inter-aspects (aspects between two charts)? It’s not obvious, but it can add crucial information about a relationship.

Before I tell you more, let me reiterate that inter-aspects are still necessary for two people to become aware of each other. No aspects, no connection. They are the foundations of synastry. But once you get past the aspects, sometimes there’s more to the story. If Person A’s Venus (for example) is in a similar “condition” to Person B’s Venus, there will be a mutual understanding (even if there is no aspect between them). Sometimes, the shared understanding can be strong enough to create a major theme in the relationship.

Venus-Saturn Connections

Miranda’s Venus is conjunct Saturn. She struggles with low self-esteem; Saturn casts his shadow of doubt over how attractive/desirable she feels (Venus). But she yearns for a long-term relationship, and is capable of hanging in to the bitter end, once she gets involved. She meets Roger, who has a square between his Venus and Saturn. There’s inter-aspects between their charts, but none between her Venus/Saturn and his Venus/Saturn. We might be tempted to ignore the connection.

But Roger’s relationship issues are similar to Miranda’s; fear (Saturn) and love (Venus). As soon as he’s in a situation where he might express affection, he’s sure he’ll be rejected. Therefore, he budgets his expressions of love and looks for someone safe (to minimize the risk of getting hurt). Miranda is ultra dependable, and he likes that. She doesn’t receive a lot of affection from Roger, but that’s ok because this confirms what she feels (that she’s not worth it). They enable each other’s fears.

Not a happy connection, but it’s an important dynamic that might have been completely overlooked. Where they go from here depends on their inter-aspects, and the strength of their composite chart. It also depends on how aware they are of their own Venus/Saturn issues. If Miranda can stop settling for less, and Roger can let down his guard, they can spin this into a solid, mutual commitment. The upside of any natal Venus/Saturn aspect is the ability to take love very seriously.

Neptune Connections

Mike is a Taurus Sun with a Saturn/Neptune opposition. Saturn rules his Seventh House of relationships. Due to Neptune’s illusory energy, his ideal relationship is a hyper-idealized version of the truth. Neptune’s fantasies undermine Saturn’s realities, and he is often “helplessly” led into partnerships that dissolve into disappointment. For Mike, relationships equal sacrifice. He meets Virgo Beth, whose Mars is square Neptune. She is drawn to men whom she thinks she can save, but she also has unrealistic ideals about men in general. The artists, the addicts and the guys with so much potential always let her down in the end. Her Mars and Neptune make no aspects to Mike’s Seventh House cusp, natal Saturn or Neptune. Their Suns form a practical, earthy trine with each other.

Yet they both enter the relationship in a fit of romantic longing, rose-colored glasses firmly in place. Beth is drawn to Mike’s romantic ideals (and his helplessness). Mike sees in Beth someone who finally understands him. He reasons that she won’t hurt him, because she’s been hurt. Whether or not their relationship collapses depends on the strength of their synastry aspects (some grounding Saturn inter-aspects are a must). But if they are each prepared to confront their romantic illusions, they can have a partnership filled with gentle understanding that won’t buckle under the weight of reality.

These “hidden” synastry connections can also involve the Nodes. Ben’s South Node is in Second House Virgo. The Second House is about security, and Virgo excels at finding faults. His South Node habits consist of intense introspection that makes him to cling to ideas about why a relationship won’t work. His North Node in Pisces is in the Eighth House of intimacy, so he needs to move towards opening up and sharing with another on the deepest possible level—having faith (Pisces) that being with someone can work out.

He meets Jess, with her South Node in Second House Aries and North Node in Eighth House Libra. It’s easy for her to rely on her own resources, and be indepdent (Aries). She can be quite selfish. The challenge is to balance (Libra) her needs with another’s. Not just on a superficial level, but in areas that involve sharing her personal power (sexual and emotional). There are no planetary contacts between their Nodes, or their Nodal rulers. There’s even a passionate, flowing trine between her Venus and his Mars (with some uninhibited Uranus contacts mixed in).

But when they get together, one of their sticking points is learning to be intimate with each other. Sex, and any kind of sharing, feels awkward. Through their relationship, they can each develop their North Nodes (which represent unfamiliar territory). But first, they will have to get past the mutual challenge of backsliding into self-protective (Second House) behaviour.

There are many other examples of seemingly unconnected planets or points (between charts) that resonate with each other. Not all of them will create a major theme in the relationship. The strongest usually involve Nodes in the same natal houses, or a similar natal connection between a personal (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars) and outer (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) planet. These connections, which go beyond inter-aspects, can create a richer understanding of the relationship between two people.

by Nadia Gilchrist

Relationship Analysis

The building blocks of relationships
       
Every successful relationship between two individuals requires one or more building blocks.  Top Synergy analyzes their presence and intensity in existing or potential relationships.

The four building blocks are:

Commitment - The desire and capacity of the individuals to keep and maintain the relationship for the long run;

Intimacy - The emotional closeness and openness in the relationship;

Passion - The romantic and physical attraction between the parties to a relationship; and

Synergy: The potential of the relationship to become greater in its constructive and creative powers than the capabilities of the individual participants combined.

Three primary factors determine success of a relationship     

The Individuals Involved: the individual characteristics each person brings into the relationship. This aspect is analyzed from several different angles:
Personal needs and goals;
The capacity to function and grow within a relationship;
The capacity to let others function and grow within a relationship.

Compatibility: how the relationship, as a separate entity, handles setbacks and behavioral modifications. Is the energy level and drive i) consistent with maintaining a dynamic co-existence; ii) respecting the concept of each partner's unlimited growth; and iii) coping with the frequent challenges posed by obstacles to growth (such as incompatibilities, children, or financial hurdles)? Does the relationship focus on a mutual life aim and sets its sights on a long-term commitment?

Feasibility: how the partners interact on a day-to-day basis. In many cases, the interaction could lead to a wonderfully romantic or intimate relationship, yet - at the same time - to a total inability to share personal and private assets, space or emotions.

Synergy: the potential for a relationship between two individuals to become greater in its developmental and creative energies than the sum total of the energies of each individual participant.

Astrology of the individuals

Astrologic Goal: The assessment of personal characteristics and traits that each party possesses and carries into the relationship.

The Analytic Process: The astrologic evaluation process approaches this topic from several different angles:

Personal needs and goals;

Ability to function and develop within a relationship;

Ability to let others function and develop within a relationship;

Perception of sex and intimacy practices.
Starting the process

By determining whether or not a relationship is possible between two individuals, and the way their personal needs and skills in building a relationship support the creation of a new relationship entity.

Opt to find that the planet ruling the house on the cusp of the first sign in one’s chart creates an aspect to the planet that rules the house on the first cusp of the other. The more harmonious this aspectual relationship, the better.

If there is no aspect relationship, apply the following test:

Is Mars and Venus are in aspect or in mutual reception; when using Mars as the first person while the other person’s Ascendant ruler can’t be Uranus, and the other person’s 7th house ruler can’t be the Sun.

Testing potential lack of fulfillment:

By the presence of Inconjuncts in the natal charts.

An instance of Inconjunct usually implies reorganizations where one gets less than he expected. It means that either person may be subject to frequent circumstances of giving up due to failing expectations.

Qualifying the capacity to accept and to change:

By searching for mutual receptions in either chart.

The more mutual receptions there are, the greater tendency there is for the person to increase harmony of the relationship despite inadequacies in compatibility. A mutual reception allows any interaction with a planet in a course of a sideways slide to take the position of the other planet. Partners with mutual receptions tend to be less locked into old habits and concepts. Mutual receptions in those planets that resist change in one way or another can be most beneficial such as Mars, and especially Saturn. But any of them can have their restrictive tendencies.

Observing potential discords in the relationship:

When the Ascendant in either chart is in the other’s 6th, 8th, or 12th house. Yet, this instance can only be considered as a warning or a red flag to a potential discord. There are ample counter-factors that can prevent it from manifesting.

Examine superiority potential:

If one’s Ascendant is on the other’s Mid-Heaven.

When found, one may advance over the other in business, legal or political matters, and may even be inclined to manage the other’s affairs. While a potential challenge, it is a strengthening factor if the other partner doesn’t mind being managed.

Identifying contributing characteristics, in the individual charts, to a good relationship:

Character (honesty, faithfulness, dependability, responsibility)

    Saturn and Mars in good aspect to each other

    Saturn and Mars in 1st quadrant

    Saturn and Mars parallel or in good aspect to the ruler of the Ascendant

    Saturn and Mars well placed by sign

    Jupiter angular or in good aspect to the ruler of the Ascendant

    Planets above the horizon, showing openness

    Look for number of retrograde planets. These specific combinations show a capacity to experience hardship yet to try again. But as every coin holds two sides, it may also show an unwillingness to move on, if the relationship dies. The person may get stuck in familiar circumstances despite the fact that the relationship died a long time ago.

Characteristics of fitness and aptitude for establishing and sustaining a partnership:

    Good aspect between Mercury and the ruler of the Ascendant.

    Strong planets by sign (or which have good power and low friction) and in the houses, which are ruling marriage, children, or harmony.

    Instances of Malefic in the 1st quadrant. Those are great teachers of mistakes early in life.

    Ruler of Ascendant in good aspect (or powerful and of low friction) to the ruler of the house of the specific type of relationship on hand.

    Ruler of Ascendant in good aspect (or powerful and of low friction) to a planet in the house of the relationship or partnership in examination. (The 7th house for a partnership, the 5th for romance, etc.)

    Ruler of the house of the type of relationship in question which is not in bad aspect (or weak and of high friction)

Patterns that show tendency for permanence of relationship:

    Mars-Venus aspectual relationship in a chart, and the power/friction condition of the Moon (in man’s chart) & the Sun (in woman’s chart). This is a three-bit test, consists of:

        Identifying aspects or mutual receptions between the Mars-Venus and the Moon-Sun.

        Finding parallels between the Mars-Venus and the Moon-Sun (a parallel is a declination within 15 minutes in either north or south declination). This increases the tendency to provide permanence in a relationship.

        Examining if Venus or Mars are ruling the Ascendant – an assurance of a positive partnership.

    House placement of Part of Marriage. This position may show where the opposite party is originally met. When it does, the use of the Arabic Parts, and the Part of Marriage and Fortune may be considered and useful in this context.

    Presence of a fixed sign on the 1st or 7th house. It may demonstrate the tendency for permanence in marriage, provided that Uranus or Mars are not in the 7th house. Uranus propagates unusual changes; while Mars perpetuates lack of patience and harsh actions.

    Retrograde ruler of the 7th house or another planet in that house. In such case, that person is more reconcilable and likely to try again.

Assessing individuals’ basic instincts toward partnership:

According to a pre-determined set of Moon-Marriage Orientation patterns. By nature of the Moon, the assessment is focused on the aspects of change and emotional interaction.

Then, combine the Moon in the signs, as determined in the previous step, with the condition of the 7th house ruler and any strong aspects to the Moon.

Evaluating other individual characteristics relevant to involvement in a relationship:

By inspecting which planet is in the natal 1st & 7th House Planet placements, or is the Ruler of the 1st or 2nd house cusp:

If its the Sun, then the individual has a greater tendency to be Like Mars but prouder and less active and jealous, more dependent on others, averse to accepting responsibility, but tending to luck. In a male chart: the native gets support from wife, mother and women; in a female chart: there is an improved position through the partnership.

Moon: The individual has a greater tendency to bend in everyday life, especially when closely aspecting Neptune. This placement can produce inconsistency in a domestic relationship unless other factors intervene (retrogradation, power aspect to Saturn, etc.). Often, the oversensitivity and outraged pride represented here may cause emotional outbursts between the parties.

Mercury: The individual has a greater tendency to be intelligent, active, industrious, yet restless person; He or she may enjoy working together with the spouse; also be a good conversationalist.

If Mercury is in aspect to Saturn or Mars, that individual appears always youthful. In this partnership, one occupies the student’s role while the other is the teacher, perhaps alternating. Sometimes there is more than one marriage, but always there are many journeys and change of addresses over the period or the partnership.

Venus: The individual has a greater tendency to be Kind, indulgent, gentle mannered, willing to follow spouse’s lead and have happy home life.

Mars: The individual has a greater tendency to be active, jealous, independent person who must take the lead. She or he will not accept second place, nor change his ways - unless Mars is in mutual reception with another planet giving him other venting opportunities. If Scorpio is on the cusp, and also conjunct the 19th degree, there is a greater potential for difficult partnership.

Jupiter: The individual has a greater tendency to be Like Venus, but also to spend and give things away, followed by an optimistic, happy and eager-to-please nature.

Saturn: The individual has a greater tendency to be quiet, industrious, patient, but often frustrated mate, unable to share outwardly how s/he feels inwardly, thus becoming a burden to the other person.

Uranus: The individual has a greater tendency to be an eccentric mate who departs from the norm in at least one way, is unpredictable, and may have some kind of personal cross to bear that impacts on the partnership. One of the partners plays 2nd fiddle, or the partners establish areas where they are the dominant one. If Uranus is in or ruling the 7th house, the eccentricity and unpredictability may cause a separation, depending on additional aspects.

Neptune: The individual has a greater tendency to cause difficulties which can be foreboding for the partnership such as keeping secrets. This can be especially difficult if Neptune is in high frictional aspect to Mercury. There may be an attraction to keeping marriage and related issues secret, and to seclude it from everyday life. There may even me a delayed marriage ceremony due to unspecified issues. A great example is “Runaway Bride” with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

Pluto: There is a greater tendency to complicate marriage; The partner may never be there when needed.

Dark Moon Lilith: The individual has a greater tendency to exhibit loneliness with mate by withdrawing and denying companionship.

Astrologic Compatibility     

Astrology gives us a clear definition of the abstract characteristics of a relationship. One may define these characteristics as the natal chart of a newborn entity: the relationship. Many characteristics that are measurable in the natal chart can be used to identify those of the relationship.

In our analytical paradigm, we focus on the houses in the Cosmodyne chart. These measure the areas of life where the relationship shows impact.

In regard to Strength and to Compatibility, the first three houses have the most significant impacts on the relationship.

Comparing goals and view of existence in life pattern:

Sun-Moon Blend Patterns provide a clear indication of the shared pattern of the existence and goal between people, a most significant aspect of compatibility.

Inspecting sign/ascendant/house relationships between the pair’s charts:

Check if one’s sign on the Ascendant is in the other’s 1st, 5th, or 7th house; it represents a strong tendency to relate to each other by harmony and affection.

If the sign on one Ascendant is in the other’s 6th, 8th, or 12th house: the two will disagree often and be disappointed in each other’s behavior.

If the sign on one Ascendant is in the other’s 4th or 10th: tendency of one to assume rulership over the other upsetting relationship stability.

If the sign on one Ascendant is in the other’s 3rd, 9th, or 11th: relationship will tend to be on the friendly and companionable side.

If the sign on one Ascendant is in the other’s 2nd or 8th: possessiveness is significant, which may be good or bad as some people like to be possessed and some don’t.

Check for discord alerts by the presence of Malefics in houses 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th & 12th. This warning signal is being offset when some kind of constraining aspect to Saturn is present.


Relationship Feasibility

Astrologic Goal: To derive at the feasibility of the relationship.

Method: Comparing both charts together and notating what planets are in the other person’s houses, and signs, and doing that from the angle of each person. Each will perceive the other differently. And each will perceive the impact of the planet in the other’s house in a different way.

The first consideration in looking at Synastry is the type or purpose of the particular relationship. For each kind of partnership, there are different planetary emphases.

Teacher /Student relationship: Mercury (basic knowledge), Jupiter (higher education and broader philosophic understandings), and Saturn (teacher role as organizer, disciplinarian, and taskmaster) weigh the most.

Romantic relationships: Sun (affecting romantic attractions), Mars (affecting male principles), and Venus (affecting female principles) are the cardinal planets. Some important comparative aspects are Venus/Mars, Venus/Moon, Venus/Sun, Venus/Uranus, and Venus/Pluto.

Marriage carries the same considerations as a romantic relationship, but Saturn is added to the equation due to its ability to deal with responsibility, patience, and discipline in a relationship that involves everyday little interactions.

Business and Professional partnerships: In addition to all other characteristics of durable and viable long-term relationships, we qualify the relationship by three other criteria:

    Compatibility in finances: represented by aspect relationships between Venus & the Moon, 2nd house Ruler aspects, and Planets in 2nd house of either person.

    Compatibility in professional affairs, ambition for public recognition, and career goals: These are seen in the aspect relationships between Mars and Saturn, the 10th house and ruler of the 10th house, and planets in the 10th house of either person.

    Compatibility in know-How, intelligence in regard to everyday commonsense, and natural aptitude in the business issues at hand: These are seen by looking at Mercury, the 6th house and ruler of the 6th house, the Interactions in the charts between Mercury and the 6th house, and planets in the 6th house of either.

Parent-Child relationships: Where the impact of Saturn is most significant.

One question comes up often regarding the analysis process: “Isn’t it unlikely that a person from the 21st century, and one who functions at an aboriginal level in the Australian outback are going to create a successful partnership?”

Indeed, relationships between real people can best exist between those of similar evolutionary position, no matter how well their charts look together. Measuring evolutionary development is certainly difficult, and we can offer only a partial compensation by evaluating similarity in the following connections between the parties:

    Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: in closer conjunction to angles;

    Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: in exact aspect to other planets especially the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Ruler of Ascendant, and strong Mercury (for similar levels of intelligence and communicative ability);

    Strong Saturn for the capacity for self-discipline;

    Strong Sun, for level of basic power and will.

    

Other influencing aspects on a relationship:

Suns in opposition, trine, sextile, parallel can provide an interaction pattern that is supportive. Suns are in square aspect show a continual butting of head to solve problems. Mutual receptions and parallels can overcome the square.

Both Moons in the same sign, shows a common emotional appreciation of problems.

The Moons in non frictional aspect to each other, in good aspect to other’s Ascendant, in good aspect to other’s Sun, in good aspect to other’s Jupiter, or in good aspect to other’s Mercury, enhance compatibility.

Moons afflicting each other or Moon afflicting the other’s Sun trigger a clash of personalities.

One’s Venus parallel to other’s Mars is beneficial for love and happiness to continue throughout the relationship, especially in fixed signs or angular houses. And so are:

    Venus parallel to other’s Uranus - especially in fixed signs or angular houses;
    Venus parallel to other’s Saturn - especially in fixed signs or angular houses;
    Venus harmonious aspect to other’s Mars - especially in fixed signs or angular houses;

    Venus harmonious aspect to other’s Uranus - especially in fixed signs or angular houses;

    Venus harmonious aspect to other’s Saturn especially in fixed signs or angular houses (which gives modesty, tact & diplomacy).

Jupiter aspecting Mars provides optimism when needed. Jupiter aspecting Venus provides the same only with less intensity.

Jupiter aspecting Venus in the 10th house might show financial gain by the marriage. Jupiter in non-frictional aspect to- or parallel with- Uranus might give unexpected windfalls.

Uranus aspecting Venus or Mars prompts sometimes love at first sight. Permanent relationship is likely to follow if the aspect is angular.

A powerful mark of true synergy is the Nodal Axis - if there is an aspect by square or opposition or inconjunct or conjunct between the special planet, Ascendant or Mid-Heaven.


Here are some examples of how these relations impact the relationship:

Ascendant: A core event connects to the supremacy of each personality by itself, and how they combined look to the world.

Mid-Heaven: Parties are connected to career issues, with a shared sense of personal destiny.

Sun or Moon: A deep mutual recognition, a belonging to one another.

Mercury: Focused in the mind and thinking processes, and communication.

Venus: Romantic perceptions of reality.

Mars: Aggression and defensiveness, along with strong sexuality in follow-up, the fight then wild sexual make-up.

Jupiter: Enthusiasm, understanding, learning.

Saturn: Controlling circumstances, mutual manipulations.

Uranus: Intense and electrifying shared magnetism.

Neptune: Deception or mistrust, or a shared fantasy or aesthetic appreciation.

Pluto: Shared empowerment and resolve.

Source: Top Synergy

Written in the Stars

Written In The Stars: Exploring Astrology infographic

Born On Compatible Days

Ancient and Medieval astrologers assigned planets to the days of the week and the hours of the days. The real origin of this 'planetary calendar' is unknown but this goes way back to Babylonian astrologers.

Today, this method is not so much used any longer, except perhaps, in horary astrology.

There are 7 calendar days and 7 'planets' (not taking into account the invisible generational planets and counting the Lights, the Sun and the Moon as planets).

Each 'planet' thus rules a day.

There is an old poem or rhyme that goes as follows:
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

If you 'translate' this poem into astrological language we get the following rulerships:
The Moon rules Mondays
Mars rules Tuesdays
Mercury rules Wednesdays
Jupiter rules Thursdays
Venus rules Fridays
Saturn rules Saturdays
The Sun rules Sundays

Planets have affinities or friendships, like the zodiac signs. Some zodiac sign combos match better, get on better than others and so do the planets.

The introvert, sensitive and domestic Moon seldom gets on well with extravert, flamboyant and outdoorsy Jupiter, for example.

In compatibility analysis between two people, the day of birth of the persons therefore matters.

If you are born on a compatible day, according to the planetary rulers, you are better off than when your days don't match at all.

The importance of this method should not be overrated though but it may add some weight to an already difficult relationship.

Also, the days that don't match at all (the extremes or worst days) often work out more prominently and powerfully. Some days (and rulers) are just more neutral, indifferent and work out less powerfully towards each other.

What are the most (in)compatible days?

If you are looking for the most compatible day, go for a partner who is born on the very same day as yours!

The next best day and the worst day are as follows:

Sunday:
next best day: Monday
worst day: Saturday

Monday:
next best day: Tuesday
worst day: Friday

Tuesday:
next best day: Sunday
worst day: Wednesday

Wednesday:
next best day: Friday
worst day: Thursday

Thursday:
next best day: Friday
worst day: Monday

Friday:
next best day: Thursday
worst day: Tuesday

Saturday:
next best day: Friday
worst day: Sunday

by Luc De Jaeger
Cosmic Technologies (CosmiTec)

Juno in signs

Juno defines where you seek commitment, harmony and balance. It helps understand where you balance the need for commitment and intimacy with personal freedom and can help you identify the kind of marriage partner you attract or how you perceive their qualities. In many ways it explains your own behaviour within committed relationships and the path you walk to bring physical expression towards spiritual understanding within the union.

Juno in Aries: You need to express your strength and your independence within a commitment and you are likely to experience a form of competition with mates and partners. You see your partners as viable opponents, comrades and fellow pioneers and need to feel their enthusiasm for your quests and adventures. You tend to be the dominant one within relationships and work on expressing your creative power and imagination through role-playing and the balance of harmony. You work through your intimate expressions with a dedication to surmounting new plateaus of understanding, physical experience and vibrancy. You often grapple with the concepts of commitment-independence wanting one and then the other until you are comfortable both in pursuing your own needs and experiences and allowing your partner to venture their own path.

Juno in Taurus: Your ideal of commitment is steady, dedicated, grounded and loyal. You want a solid and harmonious union that can stand the test of time. You are not particularly adventurous as a partner but enjoy sensual pleasures that are created by true bonds and shared goals. You see your partners as supplying the strength and the support to your life. You are dedicated and faithful when you invest your heart and expect the same of your lover. You can be possessive and controlling and/or attract those qualities in a mate. The thought of independence can often scare you as it applies to both commitment and freedom and is an area that you will tend to focus on as you share your life with a partner. You hold a very solid and unmoveable ideals around commitments and are willing to stand for them.

Juno in Gemini: Your ideal commitment is versatile, active and involves a heavy exchange of ideals, thoughts and camaraderie. You are likely to use a platform of friendship to cement bonds and see your partner as an independent spirit capable of pursuing their own needs and ideas likewise you have a need to be able to follow your thoughts and dreams and pursue them through various activities and friendships. You can suddenly grow nervous and high strung when aspects of partnerships seem unclear or lose their 'fit'. Communication on both sides is an important component to work at and allows misunderstandings to be cleared before they can cause trouble.

Juno in Cancer: Your ideal partnership is one of safety, traditions and nurturing. You like to care for and be cared for. You tend to attach emotionally and/or attract the same from partners. You commit with body, heart and soul to unions and very much take on the wounds and needs of your partner often to their dismay. You can need a lot of attention and are prone to feeling invalid or unfulfilled if you are not supplying your own emotional needs and independence. Personal independence (either your own or your partners) can leave you feeling insecure and is an area that needs to be fortified. Your love is unending and protective and usually eternal.

Juno in Leo: You need an emotional, dramatic and fulfilling partner who can express himself with style and genuine feeling. You create a regal setting for commitments and are generous, generally devoted and loving. You enjoy feeling special and being treated with care and dignity and return the efforts without second thought. Your attachment to a partnership is secure as long as you feel appreciated and not taken for granted. You like being seen and letting others know your commitments and your partners. You see your mate as the 'king'....strong and protective with high ideals and vision. If he falls short you can feel abandoned or disillusioned. You seldom turn back once you have made an emotional decision regarding a partnership.

Juno in Virgo: You need a commitment that is structured, steady and supportive. You expect a mate to help you heal both personal wounds and their own wounds through the interactions and through the union itself. You have high ideals of virtue and loyalty and hold them for yourself as well as for your partner. You need to feel appreciated in your efforts to keep the bond vibrant and you are not afraid to invest the work that makes a commitment long lasting and viable. You are supportive and expect to be supportive. You balance intimacy with freedom by focusing on your job, work or career goals and do not tolerate being pulled from your sense of duty and obligation. You expect your partner to hold his own responsibilities up first and foremost.

Juno in Libra: Your ideal partnership is refined, romantic and physically and verbally expressive. You need a mate who is balanced, artistic and even-tempered. You tend to see your partner as being the centring factor of your world and learn to balance your own needs, desires and thoughts with your love of outer harmony and peace. You learn to honour your strong spirit without repressing your style while embracing and enjoying the differences you share and the spark of life that creates both friction and ease between you and your partner. You want and will seek out a certain equality within your relationships and you cannot tolerate injustice or unfairness. Your mate will also tend to be poetic and noble, with intelligence and gentleness.

Juno in Scorpio: You require a mate who is passionate, loyal, attentive and strong. Your greatest work is done in the area of independence and possessiveness learning that personal freedom does not weaken the bond nor the level of trust that grows through time and faith. Your long-term partners will tend to be both penetrating and controlling, sensual and magnetic and will usually be quiet and secretive rather than overtly mysterious or powerful. Partners can tend to be demanding and high maintenance and loyalty and trustworthiness are ongoing issues and growing fields. Sexuality is an important playing field for relationship growth and understanding and must never be used as a tool of battle but rather as a committed way to explore the unions of hearts and bodies.

Juno in Sagittarius: Your mate will tend to be liberal and outspoken, philosophical and competitive. You see your relationships as joyful Mecca's to explore the delights of the world and both demand and give personal freedom and independence. You balance a need to experience life on your own terms with sharing your ideals and visions with your life partner. Spiritual horizons are areas to explore together and provide a sense of competition and shared camaraderie that can strengthen your commitment to one another. Your mate is likely to have an avid interest in sports, competitions, law, philosophy, spirituality or the outdoors. This is shared ground that can help you build towards the future and keeps the relationship lively and renewed.

Juno in Capricorn: Your ideal partner will be somewhat conservative, with an ability to uphold responsibilities and obligations. You have strong beliefs and principals attached to unions and committed relationships and will believe in loyalty, trust and security. Your partner may be somewhat reserved and find it hard to express emotions or you may play that role yourself in your partnerships. You tend to wait before committing but generally have long lasting unions that grow stronger as time passes. You are likely to experience 'young love' later in life and may marry relatively late. You have an earthy and grounded sexuality that is exciting and captivating to your mate.

Juno in Aquarius: Your mate will tend to be freedom oriented, progressive, friendly rather than passionate, insecure in personal and romantic expressions and concerned with ideals and progress. Likewise you tend to react with spontaneity and impulsiveness within your committed relationships and are distressed at the thought of losing personal independence and freedom. You need a friend, a comrade and someone who can at least understand your need for constant new ideas, mental challenges and altruistic goals. Equality is an important word to you and is an area that will capture your focus and your attention as you learn to adjust to working together towards shared causes. Your relationships will tend to be trendsetters and unique in some obvious way setting them apart from the traditional forms of commitments.

Juno in Pisces: Your partners will tend to be imaginative and poetic dreamers. They are feeling and emotional beings who are likely to have difficulties adjusting to what feel like the harsh realities of the world. In the same manner you can be emotional and attached to your partners and use your commitments as safe haven that shelters you from the environment. You need to balance your ability to love unconditionally with self-love and self-faith. Commitments are spiritual fields that allow you to tap into both your inner resources of visions, feelings and intuitions. You seek security and inner peace through your intimate interactions.

Juno in synastry

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In Astrology, Juno represents the “good wife”. According to the myth, Juno was Jupiter’s wife. He cheated on her, yet she still stayed with him, and fulfilled her traditional duties. Think of Juno as the “Eve” of Astrology. Consider Juno as the antithesis of Lilith; Juno is seen as the ‘wife’, while Lilith is seen as the ‘mistress.’ Juno remains loyal and faithful to Jupiter regardless of his indiscretions, while Lilith disallows any man to cross her.

In the natal chart, the house and sign placement of our natal Juno reveals the kind of person we are meant to marry. While Venus and Mars represent our ideal mate, Juno represents loyalty and attachment. Juno represents what we need in a mate, rather than simply who we are attracted to. Many astrologers have gone as far as to say Juno represents our true love or marriage partner.
Juno in Aries: Your partner will be fiery, direct, aggressive, and active.
Juno in Taurus: Your partner will be stubborn, stable, and physically attractive. This aspect can also indicate material prosperity after marriage.
Juno in Gemini: Your partner will be talkative, curious, and intelligent. This aspect sometimes indicates multiple marriages.
Juno in Cancer: Your partner will be sensitive, dependent, and emotional.
Juno in Leo: Your partner will be creative, egotistical, energetic, and full of life.
Juno in Virgo: Your partner will be hard-working, health-conscious, and critical. He might work in the health field.
Juno in Libra: Your partner will be attractive, loving, sociable, and well-mannered.
Juno in Scorpio: Your partner will be sexual, mysterious, and perhaps jealous.
Juno in Sagittarius: Your partner may come from a different locality or cultural background. You may meet your partner abroad. He will be philosophical, honest, and may be interested in higher learning.
Juno in Capricorn: Your spouse will be a corporate type. He might be older, and you may meet him later in your life (after your Saturn Return).
Juno in Aquarius: The partner will be original, independent, logical. You may meet through friends.
Juno in Pisces: Your partner will be dreamy, artsy, and imaginative. Make sure you don’t marry someone simply because you think he needs “help”!
When one person’s Juno is contacted by another person’s planet or point in synastry, a strong attachment is indicated. The planet person represents what the Juno person is looking for in a relationship. Indeed, Juno often figures strongly in the synastry charts of marriage couples. The conjunction and opposition are the strongest connections, while the trine and sextile are less potent, yet still effective.
 Juno-Ascendant: The Juno person sees the Ascendant person as their ideal mate. The Ascendant person looks and projects herself how the Juno person envisions their marriage partner. Juno was likely instantly attracted to the Ascendant person.
Juno-Sun:  The Sun person’s basic nature expresses the qualities the Juno person is looking for in a partner. The Juno person sees the Sun person as their ideal mate. It is easy for the two of them to commit to each other on a fundamental level.
Juno-Moon: The Juno person feels attracted to and comfortable with the way the Moon person expresses their emotions. It is easy for the two of them to commit to one another on an emotional level.
Juno-Venus: The Juno person’s feelings of commitment are activated by the Venus person, and the Venus person finds an ideal partner in the Juno person. The Juno person feels the Venus person is their ideal mate, and it is easy for them to commit to each other on a romantic level.
Juno-Mars: The Juno person is attracted to the sexual charisma and assertiveness of the Mars person. It is easy for these two to commit to each other sexually. This aspect increases the chances of continuing to have great sex after marriage.
Juno-Jupiter: Juno and Jupiter are natural partners for one another. The Jupiter person expands Juno’s desire for commitment and marriage, and feels she has met her match in the Jupiter person. On the downside, the Jupiter person may make the Juno person suspicious of infidelity.
Juno-Saturn: The Asteroid of marital commitment meets the planet of commitment! Juno feels safe and secure with Saturn. Saturn stimulates Juno’s desire to settle down. As such, it is very easy for them to commit to each other.

According to a study, certain Juno aspects were commonly found in the synastry charts of married couples, including: Juno conjunct North Node, Juno conjunct Juno, Juno trine Venus, and Juno trine Mars.

Sun/Moon Midpoint

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When one of your inner planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars) or important points (North/South Node, Vertex, Sun/Moon midpoint, Ascendant/Descendant, IC/MC axis) makes a hard aspect (conjunction, square, opposition) to another person’s Sun/Moon midpoint, a significant bond is indicated.

The Sun/Moon midpoint is a very sensitive point, which represents the synthesis of one’s ego expression and emotional energy. This point has been said to represent a point of “inner marriage” and represents our closest relationships, as it represents the synthesis of our masculine (Sun) and feminine (Moon) energies.

You’ll often find synastry aspects involving the Sun/Moon midpoint in the synastry charts of significant relationships. In this case, the planet person brings the Midpoint person’s feminine and masculine energies together, making them feel complete. The person whose Sun/Moon midpoint is activated is likely to feel more balanced around the planet person. You feel like you belong together, and the attraction is irresistible. The Midpoint person is generally the one who feels more attracted, based on this aspect.

Sun to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The Sun person’s inner being and overall personality make the midpoint owner feel content and complete. The midpoint owner is likely to feel they have met the “one” in the Sun person.

Moon to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The way the Moon person expresses her feelings makes the midpoint owner feel understood and loved. The midpoint owner is likely to feel comforted in the presence of the Moon person.

Mercury to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The way the Mercury person communicates makes the midpoint owner feels comfortable and understood. The midpoint owner is likely to feel accepted in the presence of the Mercury person.

Venus to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The way the Venus person shows affection, as well as Venus’ social graces and personal style, is very attractive to the midpoint person. The midpoint owner is likely to feel accepted and in love in the presence of the Venus person.

Mars to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The Mars person’s sexual charisma and assertiveness energizes the midpoint person. The midpoint person is likely to feel more proactive and assertive in the presence of the Mars person.

Ascendant to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The physical appearance of the Ascendant person is likely to make the midpoint person feel attracted, as well as secure in their own self-expression.

IC/MC axis to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: The career or status of the MC person is likely to help the midpoint owner succeed in their own career. In addition, since the IC is involved, the midpoint owner is likely to feel “at home” with the IC person.

North/South Node to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: This is a karmic connection. The Nodes represents one’s destiny. When this aspect is present in synastry, the union is fated, and the couple has a past-life connection.

Vertex to Sun/Moon midpoint aspects: This aspect indicates a fated, karmic connection. The two of you feel as though you are meant to be with each other. This is likely to be a life-changing relationship.