Marriage Synastry Research Project

This was published in 2005 by a group called the Astro Investigators. The goal was to find out what was the most common synastry aspects between married people.
The link to study: http://www.astroinvestigators.com/marriageframe.htm

Here are the most aspected chart points:

1. After Pluto, the ASC was the most "OFTEN" aspected point in the Male Natal Chart File.

2. The trine occurred as the most "OFTEN" aspect in our Male Natal Chart File

3. The 3 most aspected "SELDOM" points in our Male Natal Chart File, in order, are: Uranus, North Node and Mercury.

4. The square occurred as the most "SELDOM" aspect in our Male Natal Chart File.

5. The top 4 most "OFTEN" aspected planets in our Female File were: Neptune, Sun, Jupiter and Saturn.

6. Sextile and Trine were the top 2 most "OFTEN" aspects in female natal charts.

7. The infamous "marriage" asteroid, Juno came in as the lowest of the most "SELDOM" aspected points in our Female natal chart file. The Sun came in the highest.

8. The square was the highest of the most "SELDOM" aspects in the female file, followed by the sextile.

Sun — Overall, there are more aspects to the Sun than to any other planet. 1 There are 15 Often aspects and 13 Seldom aspects. Of these, there are 11 Often occurrences to the wife's Sun and 9 Seldom occurrences to the wife's Sun, compared to 4 Often occurrences to the husband??s Sun and only 4 Seldom occurrences to the husband??s Sun. It would appear therefore that the Sun is more significant an indicator for marriage in a woman??s chart than in a man??s. Neptune, Mercury and Juno are involved in the greatest number of aspects to the wife's Sun. Mars, Uranus and Pallas are involved in the fewest number of aspects to her Sun.

Juno — After the Sun, Juno is the next most aspected heavenly body. There are 10 Often occurrences and 5 Seldom occurrences. The occurrence frequencies are divided more evenly than the Sun??s; 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.

Jupiter — The planet receiving the third greatest number of aspects is Jupiter. There are 12 Often occurrences, 9 aspecting the wife's Jupiter. And there are 12 Seldom occurrences, 7 of which are aspects to the husband??s Jupiter.

Moon, Mars and Venus are all significant in the husband??s chart, more so than the wife's, as indicators of marriage: 6 of 8 Often occurrences for the Moon, 7 of 10 Often occurrences for Venus, and 8 of 10 Often occurrences for Mars are aspects to the husband??s natal planet.

1 Neptune-to-Neptune and Pluto-to-Pluto conjunctions are excluded here.

OFTEN — top 10 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

I can't copy it all here, check out the link as it goes into more detail.

What does this really mean—

Posted by luckystar007
What does this really mean—

Well, people ask what to look for in astrological compatibility . This group did a study and posted the results. It is a bit advanced but if you go to the link and read it through, it will help amateurs wanting to learn more about it. I'm not associated with the group and don't know how reliable it is as I have my own ideas just from real life experience and comparing it with charts.

Posted by aquaj
Wow, a lot of asteroids here.

Yeah and the jury is still out on that for me. I like the good old-fashioned positive sun/moon, venus/mars etc... aspects.

Posted by Mistery

Posted by luckystar007
What does this really mean—

Well, people ask what to look for in astrological compatibility . This group did a study and posted the results. It is a bit advanced but if you go to the link and read it through, it will help amateurs wanting to learn more about it. I'm not associated with the group and don't know how reliable it is as I have my own ideas just from real life experience and comparing it with charts.

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I see. Thank you 🙂

It looks like very long list.....I couldn't finish the whole thing before I lost my patient... 😉

"And just in a personal opinion, I think there's a HUUUUUGE difference between long term relationship/marriage aspects and soul/karmic contact aspects."

Yes and neither is an indication of how happy or long lasting the union is. This study also doesn't take that into account. What I did find interesting is what is in the natal charts, lack of squares for men and a preponderance of trines/sextiles in natal charts for men & women. It indicates those who are happy or harmonious within themselves will find or want a strong bond with another and usually find it.
Still, it doesn't indicate how long or how good the relationship is. I've seen synastry charts of long term, happy couples with lots of squares and other hard aspects. That keeps things interesting but in my experience, where that occurs and how it fits with a partner is the key. That's why most astrologers need to look atl natal charts to determine the needs of an individual and see how they match up. It gets pretty specific.