Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Astrological Compatibility - The Astrology Of Relationship, Component II - Items

By Gilbert Karlis


In my article, Astrological Compatibility: The Astrology of Relationship, I laid out a foundation of understanding of how astrology can bring awareness to our relationships. In this article I would like to expand on that foundation and show how the person elemental and planetary makeup of our own astrological chart interacts with that of others. In astrology we call this interaction "synastry", a beautiful word that is employed to describe the relationship among the energy fields of 2 people.



If we think about "synastry" as a dynamic process, a constant flow of energy between two people, it's much easier to understand how the elemental and planetary energies affect our relationships. Like electricity, our relationships flow smoothly when resistance is low. After there is resistance or obstruction of the flow of energy between us then we experience breakdowns or "burn-outs". Astrology provides us with an particular "schematic" or map of how our energy may well flow once we're in relationship with another. It also provides us with awareness of where we may possibly "burn" each other out.

In "Astrological Compatibility: The Astrology of Relationship," I showed how the a variety of signs interact or aspect each other. Essentially I was speaking of the way Sun signs interact so this may mean that another person of the Sun during the sign Leo would discover it more hard relating to Scorpio, Taurus and Aquarius (the Sun signs that are in challenging aspect to their own). So that you can get a broader picture of how a single would relate of any of these other signs, however, we would must compare not merely Sun signs but also the signs from the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

For the sake of simplicity, let's just take into account the so-called "personal" planets, the Sun via Jupiter. These six planets (actually the Sun is really a star) are referred to as individual mainly because they are faster moving during the sky and affect us additional on an individual level, whereas Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto move slower and tend to have additional of a collective influence on our lives. Also, in comparing astrological charts of those who are close in age, it's far more almost certainly how the outer planets are going to be inside same sign, thus minimizing the differences among charts.

Since any from the planets can also be in any a single in the four things (fire, air, water, or earth), a single begins to determine how several various combinations of elemental and planetary expression are possible. For example, out from the ten planets in my chart I have four during the fire element, three in earth, 2 in water, and a single in air. This is my "elemental make-up" and tells much about how I express my very own energy and how I will relate to others.

As it is possible to see, 70% of my planets are in fire and earth. I have a tendency being most content after I am generating things, now! In relationship my finest challenge has been to preserve my patience with those who I perceive are moving slower than me! I am usually at house and relatively comfortable from the emotional realm as I have a couple of planets and my rising sign or ascendant (the constellation rising on the horizon at birth) in Cancer, a water sign. Of course the hardest element for me to operate in is air, as I only have one planet there.

For instance, if I need to read a manual for some kind of mechanical contraption I will likely in no way get around to it. I am a lot happier if I can just rip open the box and start tweaking buttons and twisting dials! A single drawback of not with a whole lot of air in my chart is that I rely much more on intuition and emotion to generate judgments and decisions and as a result have less objectivity than individuals who "specialize" inside the air element.

Understanding your personal elemental makeup is extremely essential should you wish to get probably the most out of the relationships. By obtaining to know your personal strengths and challenges you will start to draw partners to you inside a additional conscious manner. You'd not think how popular it's to discover couples or partnerships exactly where one person is all fire and air (intuition and intellect) as well as the other is water and earth (emotional and physical). The couple or partnership are literally drawn together like magnets so that they can benefit from every other's "elemental specialization". That is a good learning experience if it is done consciously but a extremely co-dependent relationship if not.

In an astrological chart the issues represent uncomplicated forms of energy within us while the individual planets symbolize our basic expression of that energy or life force in all areas of life - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Each planet represents certain fundamental requirements or urges that we all express to 1 degree or another. The way we express these fundamental energies characterizes what we typically call personality.

In other words, each of us has a wish to express our individuality and sense of self (Sun), to be nurtured and to nurture (Moon), to communicate fully with others (Mercury), to express adore in relationship (Venus), to assert ourselves (Mars), and to expand our sense of who we are (Jupiter). Naturally we all differ in our capability to fully express our needs in these areas and which is exactly why astrology can teach us so significantly about how our uncomplicated needs can be met or thwarted in a relationship.




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