Astrology and Relationships
Astrology can be used as a tool for understanding ourselves, and is also a great tool for how to understand others'motivations and point of view. This is basically what we are all trying to do when we are in a relationship of any kind, is come together in some kind of harmony with each other and meet each other somewhere in the middle. Understanding the other person and their effect on you (as well as your effect on them) is very helpful in increasing the satisfaction that can be gained in your relationships, and that's exactly what a relationship reading can do.

Synastry is actually the term used to refer to chart comparison of any kind, but it has come to be known as the specific technique of overlying one chart's planets onto another chart, and seeing where those planets fall into the other chart's houses. It also includes comparing how each chart's planets interact, where they touch and spark each other through aspects. This technique is invaluable for understanding how each person triggers the other, what each of you can learn from the other and teach the other, and what areas of life will be lit up by each of you, for better or worse.

The Composite method is done by taking two charts and making one new chart from the joining of the two, to represent the relationship itself. This is done by midpoints. A midpoint is just what it sounds like - the middle point between two planets. This can be done in an individual's chart, but it's especially useful between the same planet in two or more people's charts. For example, if person 1 has Mars in Libra and person 2 has Mars in Pisces, then the composite Mars would probably be somewhere in Sagittarius. The Composite chart represents the relationship as an entity itself and the chart can tell us about the life of that relationship.