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Synastry, composites and the questions about other people that no chart can answer.
11 articles.
Why your chart says you're avoidant
Attachment styles come from a questionnaire, not a Saturn placement.
2 min read
Davison charts vs composite charts
One is a real sky at a real moment. The other is an average of two skies nobody saw.
2 min read
Draconic synastry: the 'soul level' reading
One subtraction, a new set of signs, and a 'soul level' label doing all the work.
2 min read
8th house synastry and intensity
Read as the most intense overlay in synastry. Intensity is not compatibility.
2 min read
The astrology of friendship breakups
The endings nobody gives you words for, and a chart is a poor substitute for the words.
2 min read
Group chat dynamics by sign
For fun, obviously. Though there is one real observation buried in it, and it is about groups, not signs.
2 min read
Zodiac signs and love languages cross-referenced
Two frameworks, neither validated, and one thing to say about stacking them.
2 min read
Long-distance relationships and the 9th house
The house of distance, and what the research says counts instead.
2 min read
Situationship astrology: reading the in-between
No chart tells you whether someone will text back.
2 min read
Karmic astrology: south node connections
The most emotionally powerful claim in relationship astrology, and the one to handle with the most care.
2 min read
Synastry explained: how two birth charts are compared
The technique is more interesting than the compatibility score it usually gets reduced to, and a good deal less conclusive.
6 min read
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