Comprehensive Synastry Analysis Instructions
Comprehensive Synastry Analysis Instructions
- Compare both Ascendant signs and chart rulers to establish baseline compatibility.
- Overlay each person's planets onto the other's houses to see which life sectors are stimulated.
- Analyze conjunctions, oppositions, squares, trines, and sextiles between personal planets for attraction and communication patterns.
- Include the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and outer planets for a full relational picture.
- Consider aspects between one person's planets and the other's angles for meeting points of destiny.
- Examine nodal contacts and vertex connections for karmic or fated undertones.
- Check repeating themes across both charts, such as element or modality emphasis, for compatibility clues.
- Note the role of synastry overlays on sensitive points like the 5th, 7th, and 8th houses.
- Summarize areas of natural harmony along with potential friction points needing conscious effort.
- Offer suggestions on how each partner can support the other's growth through the relationship dynamic.
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📐 Arith(m)etic Worksheet
Following the book’s method — “pull three datasets from the catalog” (body, aspect, body) and combine them with sign and house — record each contact as:
| a (body 1) | 1 (sign of a) | house of a | aspect (operator) | b (body 2) | 2 (sign of b) | house of b | orb | applying/separating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
Then read: (a + 1)^house(a) × (b + 2)^house(b) = interpretation — i.e., body-in-sign, coloured by house, joined by the aspect’s quality. In Synastry work the bodies come from two different charts (A and B).
Construction reminder: synastry overlays two natal charts through inter-aspects and house overlays.
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Sources (worksheet)
- Mikah Smith, Astrology Arith(m)etic — The Building Blocks of Astrology (Schizo Studios EPUB, 2025-12-31), vault copy: Astrology Arith(m)etic - Book Text