posted August 01, 2002 11:10 AM              

One of the classic marks of a strong relationship is a close conjunction between one person's Sun and the other person's Moon. Squares and oppositions are also strong, but the soft angles of trines and sextiles are not strong indicators in and of themselves. However, if there are other indicators, then the trines and sextiles certainly add to the strength of the relationship.

Close contacts between one person's Sun and another person's Ascendant are also strong indicators of Soulmate possibilities. Conjunctions are strongest with squares and oppositions also strong.

Contacts between one person's Mars and another person's Venus are also very important in romantic and/or sexual relationships. (These would not be as significant in non-romantic or non-sexual soulmates, often called soul brothers or soul sisters.)

Sun/Mars and Sun/Venus contacts, and Venus/Venus contacts and Moon/Moon contacts and Sun/Sun contacts can also be important, although possibly not as strong as the previously mentioned contacts. Again, the hard aspects of conjunction, square, and opposition seem to carry more weight than trines and sextiles.

Sometimes Sun/Neptune contacts are indicators of soulmate relationships although many astrologers don't seem to say much about this one when discussing soulmates. At the very least, Sun/Neptune contacts indicate a feeling of merging into each other, which can be quite exhilarating. Often it is hard to tell where one person ends and the other person begins. The two people frequently have a strong psychic connection as well as a other types of connections.

Moving beyond planets and the Ascendant, there are some additional astrological clues for possible soulmate relationships. First, if one person's nodes are prominent in another person's chart, this is significant. Examples would be if the nodes of one person were square the nodes of the other person, if the nodes of one person were along the other person's Ascendant/Descendant, if the nodes of one person were conjunct/opposite/square the Sun or Moon of the other person.

Secondly, the Vertex is often used with synastry (chart comparison). If one person's Vertex makes a hard aspect to a planet or angle of the other person, this is a strong indicator of a karmic relationship, although not necessarily a soulmate one.

Thirdly, if the two persons have their angles square one another, this is a strong point of synastry. For instance, if one person's Ascendant/Descant is square the other person's Ascendant/Descendant, or if one person's Ascendant/Descendant is conjunct the other person's Midheaven/IC, then this is a strong karmic indicator, usually a Soulmate one of some kind.

Another indicator, one not commonly discussed, would be a similarity of pattern. In astrology, we talk about patterns that the planets make in a chart. Such patterns are called bowls, buckets, kites, yods, and so forth. If two persons have similar patterns and if those patterns have similar distinguishing marks, that could be a good indication of soulmate probability. For instance, for one soulmate couple that I know, both persons had a kite in their charts. Kites consist of a Grand Trine (three trines), and then an opposition to one corner of the trine which sextiles to the other two corners. The end result is a pattern that looks like a kite. Kites are not very common, and for two people to both have kites in a relationship made me sit up a bit straighter. Then I kept looking. Both of the Grand Trines were in Air signs, although the planets were not the same nor were the houses. Finally, both Kites had the same planet as the opposing planet. Thus, not only did the two people have the same pattern, but both patterns shared two strong distinguishing features.

Yet one more indicator might be that the Part of Marriage for one person falls upon a significant placement of another person's chart. The Part of Marriage is calculated by adding the Ascendant to the Descendant and then subtracting Venus. Some astrologers also use the Parts of Fascination and Karma when looking for Soulmate connections. The Part of Fascination is calculated by adding the Ascendant and Venus and then subtracting Uranus. The Part of Karma is calculated by Adding the Ascendant to Saturn and subtracting the Sun. (It helps to convert the signs to 360 degree equivalents when doing this sort of work or having your computer program calculate these parts for you.)

I'm writing all of this off the top of my head, not from prepared notes or a text, so I'm sure that I'm leaving out some significant soulmate indicators. However, this is enough for even an astrological novice to see that there is no one definitive marker of soulmates in astrological charts. If you and another person share several of these features between your charts, chances are that you are soulmates. However, remember that not even soulmate relationships exist happily ever after without a great deal of work and effort. Good luck, best wishes, and happy hunting.

copyright 1999, Nina Lee Braden

posted August 05, 2002 11:09 PM            

My cousin
asc- aquarius
sun-Gemini
moon- Pices
mercury- gemini
venus- Taurus
Mars- Libra
Jupiter- Scorpio
Saturn- libra
uranius-sagittarius
neptune- sagittarius
pluto- libra
mean node-cancer
true node-cancer
chiron- taurus

Her and I have been very close for the past 4 years and I guess you could say discovered astrology together. We live very far apart though. I do believe we are soul mates, Im just not sure of the node and vertex aspects you were talking about and what not. Other then that it really seems through reading our charts that we must be! Only if you have the time though.
Thanks alot.
Rue.

posted April 28, 2005 10:18 PM              

Thanks Mia

posted August 29, 2005 09:59 PM              

but it's not working out.

my bday is july 25, 1971 7:01 PM Columbus Oh

his is Feb 20, 1973 10:00pm tel aviv

posted August 30, 2005 02:53 AM            

The same topic is started by Lalalinda in Free Astrology Course (Recognising Karmic Relationships), I think it would be interesting for you to read it and try and combine with what you found! Very interesting!

posted September 01, 2005 11:37 AM              

We have the following aspects:

Sun Sextile Moon
Sun Conjunct His Ascendant
Sun Conjunct Mars
Sun Trine Venus
Sun Square Sun
Moon conjunct My Ascendant
North Node Trine North Node
Moon Trine Venus
North Node Conjunct his Vertex
Neptune conjunct my Vertex
Ascendants are Sextile
My Part of Marriage is conjunct his Sun
My Part of Fascination is conjunct his Mars
My Juno Conjunct Sun
I have a grand Earth Trine with Venus, Mars and Saturn and his Mercury is Trine to my Saturn.
His Eros is conjunct my Descendant and Trine my Pluto.
His Psyche is Trine my Jupiter/Mercury conjunction.
His Saturn is conjunct my Ascendant.
His Pluto is conjunct my Jupiter/Mercury conjunction.
My Eros is Trine his Jupiter.
My Eros Trine his Chiron.
His Eros Trine Pluto.
Chiron Trine Neptune
His Chiron Trine my Venus and Mars.
His Chiron 150 from my Pluto.

I say wow but I'm afriad to get my hopes up, I am afraid of getting hurt, I have taken a year off from dating, just to give myself a break from it all and get my thoughts together. I met him on a Business Trip and hour away from my house and didn't expect it! Got his number and spent the whole next day with him and his Dad at the Beach, had a great day and felt like it went extremely well! Very Attracted to eachother and liked the Dad a lot! I was on cloud nine now I'm coming down to Reality a bit and I hate knowing all the stuff I know with Astrology and being Intuitive cause I can't express it, people think your NUTS and for me to keep my mouth Shut is almost Impossible with Jupiter conjunct Mercury Exact 12 degrees Libra conjunct Uranus 4 degrees Libra!

posted September 01, 2005 12:00 PM              

I'm not sure since I got these aspects from websites so.....not sure if they gave me all the details like eros and stuff.

These are all aspects.

Synastry

Moon Conjunction Uranus 1.29 136
Mercury Trine Sun 0.18 231
Mercury Conjunction Jupiter 2.21 136
Mercury Conjunction Pluto 3.60 74
Venus Trine Sun 0.02 191
Venus Conjunction Jupiter 2.41 117
Venus Conjunction Pluto 3.39 72
Mars Opposition Venus 3.56 -54
Mars Conjunction Uranus 4.43 65
Jupiter Square Jupiter 0.10 -129
Jupiter Sextile Uranus 0.52 54
Saturn Trine Venus 1.48 68
Saturn Square Pluto 0.32 -86
Uranus Sextile Jupiter 0.19 63
Uranus Square Uranus 1.21 -77
Pluto Square Mercury 2.03 -81

Composite

Venus Square Mars
Moon Sextile Mars
Sun Sextile Mars
Moon Square Neptune
Moon Square Saturn
Moon Sextile Mars
Mercury Sextile Uranus
Venus Trine Neptune
Venus Trine Saturn
Venus Trine Jupiter
Pluto Sextile Ascendant

Jupiter in the Fifth House
Saturn in the Fifth House
Neptune in the Fifth House

Sun Square Neptune
Sun Square Saturn
Sun Square Jupiter
Moon Sextile Mars
Mercury Sextile Uranus
Venus Sextile Uranus
Pluto Sextile Ascendant

Mercury Trine Jupiter
Venus Trine Jupiter

Sun in the Second House
Pluto in the Second House

Venus in the First House
Mercury Conjunct Venus
Venus Conjunct Ascendant
Venus Square Mars
Venus Trine Neptune
Venus Trine Saturn
Venus Trine Jupiter
Venus Sextile Uranus

Sun Conjunct Moon
Sun Square Neptune
Sun Square Saturn
Sun Square Jupiter
Sun Sextile Mars

More Crap

Jennifer's Sun in R's 11 house
R's Sun in Jennifer's 4 house
Jennifer's Moon in R's 10 house
R's Moon in Jennifer's 5 house
Jennifer's Mercury in R's 10 house
R's Mercury in Jennifer's 4 house
Jennifer's Venus in R's 10 house
R's Venus in Jennifer's 4 house
Jennifer's Mars in R's 2 house
R's Mars in Jennifer's 5 house
Jennifer's Jupiter in R's 3 house
R's Jupiter in Jennifer's 7 house
Jennifer's Saturn in R's 2 house
R's Saturn in Jennifer's 6 house
Jennifer's Uranus in R's 4 house
R's Uranus in Jennifer's 2 house
Jennifer's Neptune in R's 5 house
R's Neptune in Jennifer's 4 house
Jennifer's Pluto in R's 3 house
R's Pluto in Jennifer's 2 house

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Jennifer's Sun sextile R's Uranus orb 2° 20'
Jennifer's Moon opposition R's Moon orb 3° 52'
Jennifer's Moon trine R's Saturn orb 4° 50'
Jennifer's Venus opposition R's Mars orb 3° 42'
Jennifer's Jupiter conjunct R's Venus orb 3° 7'
Jennifer's Uranus conjunct R's Mars orb 4° 57'
Jennifer's Neptune sextile R's Mercury orb 2° 11'
Jennifer's Neptune trine R's Uranus orb 4° 36'
Jennifer's Pluto conjunct R's Mercury orb 3° 36'
Jennifer's Pluto conjunct R's Venus orb 3° 14'
Jennifer's Ascendant opposition R's Jupiter

Composite Virgo on the second house cusp
Composite Libra on the third house cusp
Composite Scorpio on the fourth house cusp
Composite Sagittarius on the fifth house cusp
Composite Capricorn on the sixth house cusp
Composite Aquarius on the seventh house cusp
Composite Pisces on the 8th house cusp
Composite Aries on the 9th house cusp
Composite Gemini on the 11th house cusp
Composite Cancer on the 12th house cusp

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Gemini sun, Cancer rising, mercury in Gemini, moon in Taurus *29, venus in Taurus, mars in Libra

"You must live in the infinite blackness that exists when I close my eyes. I see you when I fall asleep, I see you when I dream."

posted September 19, 2005 10:03 AM            

* the Sun seems to be more significant an indicator for marriage in a woman’s chart than in a man’s

* the asteroid Juno is a significant indicator of marriage for both men and women.

The wife’s Sun and Mars often oppose the husband’s Juno; the husband’s Venus, Mars and Mercury often trine the wife’s Juno.

* the husband's Vertex conjunct the wife's North Node

* the husband's Ascendant square the wife's Ceres

* the wife's Vesta sextile the husband's North Node

* the wife's Vertex opposite the husband's North Node

* the wife's Venus conjunct the husband's Pallas

* the husband's Venus sextile the wife's Mars

* the wife's Vertex conjunct the husband's Sun

* the husband's Pallas conjunct the wife's Sun

* the wife's Ascendant opposite the husband's Pallas

* the husband's North Node square the wife's North Node

* the husband's North Node opposite the wife's North Node

So far these initial astrology marriage results.

Second, we would like to share our own findings. In the Solar Returns, we, at CosmiTec, have found the following important astrology marriage configurations:

* Sun + Mercury = Jupiter (8th Harmonic)

* Venus in a mutable sign (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces)

* Jupiter culminates (is the highest planet in the Solar Return)

* Neptune is in the 2nd Quadrant (houses 4, 5 or 6)

* Pluto parallel or anti-parallel the Ascendant or the MC

* Venus in the Midpoint of MC/Vertex (8th Harmonic)

* Venus in a mutable sign and the Moon in any aspect to Uranus

* Ruler of the 9th house stationary

posted September 19, 2005 10:20 AM              

OFTEN

Top 10 aspects from husband’s chart to wife’s chart

his Vertex conjunct her North Node 41 23 (15 .. 28) 14.1 100.0

his Asc square her Ceres 68 45 (29 .. 59) 11.8 99.9

his Juno conjunct her Juno 61 41 (31 .. 52) 9.8 99.8

his Pluto trine her Ceres 81 58 (50 .. 69) 9.1 99.7

his Pallas conjunct her Pallas 56 38 (28 .. 52) 8.5 99.6

his East Point sextile her Neptune 63 44 (30 .. 52) 8.2 99.6

his Saturn sextile her Ceres 75 55 (45 .. 69) 8.0 99.5

his Pallas sextile her Jupiter 77 56 (42 .. 65) 7.9 99.5

his Sun conjunct her Sun 45 30 (20 .. 37) 7.5 99.4

his Pallas conjunct her Sun 41 27 (20 .. 38) 7.3 99.3

OFTEN – top 10 from wife’s chart to husband’s chart

her Vesta sextile his North Node 87 62 (53 .. 71) 10.1 99.8

her Pluto opposite his Chiron 66 45 (37 .. 55) 9.8 99.8

her Vertex opposite his North Node 39 24 (17 .. 36) 9.4 99.8

her Ceres conjunct his Ceres 50 33 (17 .. 41) 8.8 99.7

her Part of Fortune conjunct his Pluto 41 26 (18 .. 37) 8.7 99.7

her Vesta opposite his Pluto 51 34 (29 .. 43) 8.5 99.6

her Venus conjunct his Pallas 47 31 (24 .. 47) 8.3 99.6

her Saturn trine his Vesta 83 61 (50 .. 74) 7.9 99.5

her Saturn square his Pallas 85 63 (54 .. 73) 7.7 99.4

her Moon sextile his Sun 87 65 (52 .. 83) 7.4 99.4

posted September 19, 2005 10:25 AM            

Chiron by conjunction in relationship synastry can bring great attraction and common interests, then sudden, inexplicable and bizarre reversals - the potential for mutual growth is enormous if the parties don't destroy each other and themselves in the process.

Ceres conjunctions and midpoints in synastry enhance the quality of any kind of relationship due to the desire of the Ceres person to provide comfort, patience, and unconditional love to another.

Juno conjunctions and midpoints in synastry provide points of attraction and greater likelihood of long-term collaboration.

Pallas may also deal with sexual intimacy among women, as seen by aspect and synastry.

In synastry, Vesta is a comfortable hearth of gentle warmth and good feelings.