Compatibility in REAL astrology is not determined by Signs, but by distances between your Ascendant and 10 planets, and the other person's Ascendant and 10 planets.
Only certain distances set up an interaction, and we call these distances "synastry aspects".
And all chart comparison have some harmonious aspects but also some discordant aspects.
And it is so in real life ... no one is perfect, so once the "high" of the honeymoon phase has died out, no relationship will be perfect either.
In this way, no couple is compatible. What makes the relationship work is that both parties are emotionally mature-enough that each can work with their own emotional reactions and just accept each other as they are ... instead of fighting to try to make the other person change. Of course, not all behaviors are acceptable .. some are just too toxic, in which case you just need to leave the person and not try to make it work. But generally, we have to live with someone for a couple years before we start to see the truth of how we get along (or don't) with them.
As far as astrology goes, the most important "synastry aspects" are when one person's Ascendant or Descendant "conjuncts" the other person's Sun or Moon or Venus or Mars. That means a distance of no more than 8 degrees apart ... even if they are in neighbouring signs (for instance 28 Aries is only 4 degrees away from 2 Taurus).
Without this kind of synastry aspect between them, either a relationship is not likely to start, or if it does it is not likely to last more than a year or two (if even that long).
However having this kind of interaction between two chart is not guarantee . it all depends on emotional maturity for both people, and if they are not sufficiently mature, they may break up after 5 or 10 years, even with this synastry conjunction mentioned here.
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Compatibility in REAL astrology is not determined by Signs, but by distances between your Ascendant and 10 planets, and the other person's Ascendant and 10 planets.
Only certain distances set up an interaction, and we call these distances "synastry aspects".
And all chart comparison have some harmonious aspects but also some discordant aspects.
And it is so in real life ... no one is perfect, so once the "high" of the honeymoon phase has died out, no relationship will be perfect either.
In this way, no couple is compatible. What makes the relationship work is that both parties are emotionally mature-enough that each can work with their own emotional reactions and just accept each other as they are ... instead of fighting to try to make the other person change. Of course, not all behaviors are acceptable .. some are just too toxic, in which case you just need to leave the person and not try to make it work. But generally, we have to live with someone for a couple years before we start to see the truth of how we get along (or don't) with them.
As far as astrology goes, the most important "synastry aspects" are when one person's Ascendant or Descendant "conjuncts" the other person's Sun or Moon or Venus or Mars. That means a distance of no more than 8 degrees apart ... even if they are in neighbouring signs (for instance 28 Aries is only 4 degrees away from 2 Taurus).
Without this kind of synastry aspect between them, either a relationship is not likely to start, or if it does it is not likely to last more than a year or two (if even that long).
However having this kind of interaction between two chart is not guarantee . it all depends on emotional maturity for both people, and if they are not sufficiently mature, they may break up after 5 or 10 years, even with this synastry conjunction mentioned here.