{"id":32329,"date":"2012-01-11T06:11:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T06:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sasstrology.com\/?p=33886"},"modified":"2012-01-11T06:11:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T06:11:51","slug":"synastry-basics-who-is-really-%e2%80%9cright%e2%80%9d-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=32329","title":{"rendered":"Synastry Basics: Who Is Really \u201cRight\u201d For You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I remember back in High School (and later), when I first had an interest in astrology, turning straight to the appropriate section in Dolly\/ Cleo\/ Cosmo to find out whether my latest crush was compatible with my Pisces<\/a> self. If only it were that easy! Back in those days I didn\u2019t know that there was more to me than just being a Pisces. But then again, that is the case with most of us.<\/p>\n

Sun Sign Compatibility<\/h2>\n

Sure there is some pretty obvious sun sign compatibility—I know so many Scorpio-Pisces matches, for example (I believe that Pisces is possibly the only sign that can lighten the Scorpio<\/a> load and Scorpio is the only sign that can truly understand the emotional currents of the fish). But that isn\u2019t to say that many other not so obvious matches won\u2019t be successful.<\/p>\n

We bring our Sun signs to every relationship we are in, but there is so much more to compatibility than that. We also bring our emotional needs (Moon), relating patterns (Venus), the way we think and communicate (Mercury), and our sex drives (Mars). Saturn helps us with commitment and responsibility whilst Jupiter can show our risk adversity.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Paper\u201d Matches Versus Real-Life Examples<\/h2>\n

As an example, my parents are an Aquarius-Scorpio marriage that has (so far) lasted 47 years, but on paper should have lasted 47 minutes—Aquarius being the most emotionally detached of the signs and Scorpio requiring complete emotional merging at a soul level. Yet it has worked for them.<\/p>\n

Two of our closest friends are a Cancer-Sagittarius match—a match that, on paper, shouldn\u2019t work. But it has<\/em> worked … for 25 years. And not in a \u201cwe\u2019ll stay together forever for the kids\u2019 sake” way, but in a \u201cwe really belong together” way!<\/p>\n

Relationship Astrology<\/h2>\n

We bring our charts to each relationship. None of these elements is more important than the other, but they all work together to form who we are and what we need from a relationship—whether it be with a significant other, a friend, a business colleague or … whatever.<\/p>\n

In relationship astrology we look at:<\/p>\n