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Copyright Astrodienst AG 2000. All rights are reserved.
02-Jul-2002
I. Introduction
"... Yet everything that touches us, you and me,
takes us together as a bow's stroke does,
that out of two strings draws a single voice.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what player has us in his hand? ... "
Rainer Maria Rilke, Love-Song
The wisdom of the soul reveals itself most explicitly when we enter
into a union of souls with another person. This person is waiting with a
message, a lesson for us, which we urgently need for our further development.
It is solely for this purpose that we fall in love, it is only for this
reason that we bind our being to this individual and allow ourselves to
become emotionally or existentially dependent on this person. The encounter
with a person who exerts a great influence on the rest of our lives, however,
only comes about when we are ready for it in our deepest being. In respect
to experience, our conscious will and our most pressing desires have little
effect on what "happens to us" in a general sense. Whether it is a matter
of encountering our own child for the first time, or whether it concerns
our partner for life or a business partner, this is of lesser significance
at the level of the soul. Experiences with our siblings, with long-standing
friendships, with our roommates or with business rivals offer us opportunities
- pleasant or unpleasant - to grow spiritually and to mature internally.
Each of these persons brings us in touch with a different aspect of our
own nature. In the one case, it can be our independent and freedom-loving
side which gains expression, in the other case, our steady and conscientious
side. With the one individual we become involved in a turbulent power struggle,
with the other we learn to cope with the demands of daily life. Many themes
in our soul's curriculum are easier to deal with in the form of intensive
teamwork among colleagues as opposed to an intimate relationship. Other
persons, on the contrary, require the deep union of souls typical between
parents and their children.
But what are we internally ready for at the moment of our first encounter?
Which experiences are possible with this individual? What role should
they play in our life and what role should we play in theirs? What kind
of conflicts can we expect and where does our potential lie?
All of these are questions which we attempt to approach with the help
of astrology. This horoscope analysis can not only help find answers to
such questions, it can also help us to view our relationships from a different
perspective for the first time.
II. Role Casting
Like any two-person piece performed on stage, it is not only the
roles of the two actors which are set beforehand. The theme preoccupying
the two protagonists, as well, is at least sketched out in advance, allowing
them to bestow a conscious orientation, a character to their figures.
When the soul proves to be the director of our private two-person dramas
in interpersonal relationships, it utilizes the symbolic power of archetypal
images and themes. The dramas within ourselves revolving around passion,
self-assertion, responsibility or the ability to gain insight are as ancient
as humanity itself. Every new partnership awakens such an ancient myth
within us and thus gives us the strength and wisdom of its heroes and
heroines for our further journey.
Your need to belong somewhere, for protection and emotional
security demand special attention in this relationship. On a subconscious
level, both of you are searching for a family, a home, carried by the
hope of finally arriving one day. Nothing is more essential than
time so that the two of you can grow and ripen internally. Time will allow
the past, the present and the future to meld into a whole, and then it
will be insignificant whether you adopt the role of the child both eager
to learn and to be protected, or the role of the steady and supportive
adult. Each of you possesses the potential to nourish your partner emotionally
and to guarantee her a hold and long-term support. It will be primarily
Hillary's task, however, to create structures in your relationship which
serve your common orientation. Without her ability to draw limits, establish
order, set schedules and demonstrate both steadfastness and perseverance,
your relationship would hardly be a stabile one in the long run. This
is so because Bill often moves in an unpredictable world of emotions and
instincts where moods, emotional atmospheres and fears of being hurt are
at home.
In the course of her relationship with Bill, Hillary
will come into contact with her active and sometimes aggressive sides.
It is important for her to show initiative and to put her plans into effect
as well. In this partnership, Hillary would like to learn self-assertiveness
and achievement in life. This will function best if Bill allows himself
to be enthused by and involved in Hillary's constantly new plans, instead
of feeling left out and ignored.
When Hillary is brought down to earth again and again
by Bill, and he helps her to concentrate on the essential things in life,
a certain strict sobriety and seriousness cannot be avoided. In the role
of the advisor and reliable companion, Bill will often seem to be the
veritable cliff against the waves, but there will also be times when he
feels blocked, inhibited and hindered in his activities.
In this partnership, however, he can become conscious
of his deep-seated anxieties about not receiving true recognition and
attention from other people, and thus, not being truly respected by them.
For this reason, Bill probably takes on more duties and responsibilities
than he can actually handle, in the secret hope of being loved and admired
for doing so. By learning first and foremost to value himself and to pay
attention to his own needs, Bill can develop true sovereignty and a mature
sense of self.
III. Main Theme
The deep desire for mutual complementation unites both of you - including
the hope it brings of harmonious togetherness. Each partner represents personality
aspects which the other is lacking. The tension generated by your contrasts
aims to be and must be discharged - it produces the amount of energy both
of you need to deal with essentials within your relationship, with all its
pitfalls and challenges.
Every relationship between individuals who feel bound to each another
by a union of souls and who, as a result, become implicated in emotional
and material dependencies, is characterized by a life theme extremely
important for both partners. The main theme of a relationship runs through
the partnership like a gold thread. It shows what has brought two people
together at an unconscious level and what they would like to learn together
and further develop in the course of their partnership.
During your first encounter both of you had the deep, subconscious wish
to take on responsibility for another person or for an important task.
Together, you will find it easier to develop the discipline and necessary
sense of duty for this purpose. You have found each other in order to
master difficult times and not everyday challenges, however. "Bear the
burden of your fellow man" is not only a biblical phrase for each of you,
but an expression of loyalty and allegiance.
As difficult as it might be to accept, at a subconscious level neither
of you is actually concerned with experiencing the light and joyful sides
of life. For this reason, you will be repeatedly confronted with difficult,
perhaps even severe states of affairs. However, your will to succeed,
your competence and your perseverance will allow you to master these obstacles.
Your ability to stick together through thick and thin and not to overemphasize
personal problems grants you the necessary emotional detachment from those
areas which - seen superficially - present difficulties, but which also
await you with a treasure of experiences and opportunities. As
a pair you possess the ability to present yourselves in a positive light
with charm. You enjoy the respect of your fellows and even under difficult
circumstances you can count on the sympathies of your social environment.
The fact that you value each other highly is hardly a secret to anybody.
Nonetheless, you repeatedly enter situations which ignite your fighting
spirit as well as the desire to conquer each other anew.
The Most Important Sphere of Life
Even though the main theme of a relationship touches all spheres
of life for both partners, one very particular area acquires special significance
through this union. This area determines the life stage upon which the
partners act, it determines the backdrop for the plot and, finally, it
shows where the most intensive and formative experiences are possible
for both individuals.
In your common activities contact with other individuals
- privately and professionally - has a special significance. As a result,
both of you have a strong orientation towards social life, and it could
be the case that you spend more time with other people than alone with
each other. In your thoughts and conversations you will also be concerned
with the behavior and problems of other persons to a great extent, which
can have the effect of distracting from the actual situation which exists
between the two of you. As long as this creates no problems for either
of you and as long as you understand each other well, you undoubtedly
make a great team capable of giving advice to others and supporting them.
However, the danger cannot be ignored that your colleagues might repeatedly
attempt to disrupt your relationship and to "disturb the peace". In such
cases, it is essential that you discuss matters with one another and address
the source of disturbance directly and together. Otherwise, a wedge could
be placed between the two of you capable of seriously damaging your sense
of togetherness. In the end, the most important thing is not what others
think and say about you, but rather that you deal with one another openly
and honestly.
IV. The Fundamental Nature of Your Relationship
Just as in the case of any solitary natural being, the energy generated
by the union of two individuals possesses its own unmistakable character.
It determines whether the two partners attempt to pursue their common
interests dynamically and single-mindedly, or rather, cautiously and reservedly.
Correspondingly, the fundamental nature of their relationship will become
especially evident in one sphere of life, granting both individuals the
opportunity to cope with the demands - together with chances and challenges
- awaiting them there.
In only a very small number of partnerships does money
play no role whatsoever. If merely scant financial means exist, the partners
must learn to budget and gauge their resources to survive on a monthly
basis. Individuals with means and possessions, on the other hand, usually
expend much energy in administering their ownings or investing their finances
profitably.
In your relationship, values and conceptions of value, income as well
as material or immaterial goods are of significance. Your joint energies
can best be cultivated in areas concerned with establishing a mode of
existence or means of livelihood, or with utilizing your abilities in
an advantageous manner. Each of you is in possession of a potential which
would make it possible to lead an individual and independent life. Often,
however, a partnership, intensive interaction with another person or even
a shared struggle for existence can be necessary conditions for uncovering
latent talents which can then be cultivated.
Whereas Bill will concentrate more on the practical and concrete aspects
of consolidating his means of subsistence, it can be helpful for Hillary
to turn to the inner treasures within herself. A good many abilities may
not be known to her, in which case a prior phase of abandoning outdated
conceptions or circumstances may be required in order to develop these.
The character of your relationship is exceptionally
dynamic, and for this reason you will seldom avoid confrontations. In
striving to fill your lives with energy and vigor, it will be especially
helpful to direct your respective abilities towards a common aim. This
aim should not, however, lie in the too distant future. Both of you are
good sprinters, but over longer distances you can easily lose your stamina.
Since both of you are constantly open to new challenges, it will often
be the case that each of you can be blamed for neglecting and occasionally
forgetting your partner. Each of you falls all to easily into the role
of the maverick who is intent on personal interests, to the detriment
of your shared solidarity. Marching into battle and asserting yourselves
"out there" in life are much more promising than wasting your energies
in fights and disagreements.
Both of you possess the ability to master the highs
and lows of a partnership without letting its stability suffer as a result.
The bonds between the two of you are extremely resistant and have no danger
of breaking should one of you go your own way. It is possible that you
are bound together by other persons or by a common project, so that more
than your own personal interest are involved in the relationship. A clear
distribution of tasks and responsibilities will not be difficult for you,
especially since each of you values order and manageable circumstances
in your common activities.
V. The Emotional Sphere
Every relationship needs an atmosphere suitable to its own unique
character in order to allow feelings to express themselves. The ability
to communicate with the other partner on an emotional level, to surrender
oneself to the other partner with trust, to accept intimacy and to enter
into a caring relationship with one other is influenced by the respective
childhood experiences. Nevertheless, the interaction between the two partners
creates new possibilities which allow them to begin a dialogue between
their deepest levels of being.
Spontaneous activities which awaken your initiative
and assertiveness give both of you an enormous emotional charge. Now and
then you might lack real enthusiasm and consistency when routine and monotony
creep in, but you will always be in a position to find new challenges
which manage to satisfy your instinctive compulsion to act and to conquer
new territories.
The emotional needs in your environment are a deeply
felt concern for both of you. For this reason, you probably attract people
who desire your care and attention in some manner or other. Here, it is
much less a question of providing material help than of granting others
emotional fulfillment through your knowledge and experiences. A deep sense
of friendship develops between the two of you - and gives you emotional
satisfaction - when you are able to spend even a brief time alone in complete
relaxation. You are capable of coping with hectic circumstances, domestic
unrest, constantly ringing telephones and surprise visitors better than
most couples. What you may consider disturbing also keeps you mentally
and emotionally alert, and grants you the opportunity to derive knowledge
and new perspectives from the interactive dynamics involving other people.
In this relationship, Bill can develop the sensory capabilities of perceiving
and observing things in his environment in a highly subtle manner. Even
if he does not articulate these impressions immediately, they will express
themselves in his behavior or mode of action. Hillary is able to place
Bill's perceptions in a greater context and to find a deeper meaning in
even everyday occurrences. Emotional depth is the gate to new insights
for Hillary and will help her develop an instinctive confidence in the
meaningfulness of existence.
You most definitely felt very much attracted to one
another during your first encounter. The affection you feel for one another
helps you remain fair and maintain mutual respect in even difficult times.
You have no difficulties empathizing with your partner, and thus being
able to recognize his true needs and motivations, and learning to accept
them. In this way, you are able to establish a harmonious balance between
care and attention for your partner on the one hand, and representing
your own interests on the other. This keeps your partnership in a state
of equilibrium which helps each of you feel well and emotionally nourished
on a long-term basis.
VI. The Mental Sphere
For mutual understanding, it is necessary that the two partners can
make themselves understood to each other. The ability to communicate,
to maintain contact and an intensive, thinking interaction with the other
partner determines the extent to which the one partner can respond to
the needs of the other. Even when two individuals do not speak the same
language in an intellectual sense, common interests, flexibility and openness
can always build a bridge between them.
Each of you possesses the ability to intuitively sense
what your partner thinks or wants to say in advance. In conversations,
you are able to empathize with your partner to such an extent that it
sometimes becomes difficult to distinguish your opinions from one another.
This can cause one partner to absorb the fears and insecurities of the
other, which can obscure your perception of concrete events from time
to time. Your talent to capture the hidden essence of a situation and
to read between the lines also gives you the capability of recognizing
wide-reaching, meaningful connections between things. Your mode of communication
includes fantasies, images and sensations, and for this very reason you
have the skill of interpreting each other's dreams and, in this way, drawing
conclusions about still latent subconscious potentialities. Interaction
with the realm of the psyche can give you the ability to become your partner's
helper, and both of you can help each other bring deep-seated existential
anxieties fully into consciousness.
Your thoughts and conversations probably center on
financial matters quite often. Establishing and maintaining a material
foundation for your lives demands a great amount of ingenuity and flexibility.
A common source of subsistence will offer the best chances for success
when it involves writing, language, media and information, or instructive
skills. You sense of self-worth can also be strengthened in this way.
You probably find it difficult to integrate your thoughts
and conceptions into concrete action all too often. As a result, you might
make agreements or plans which you are not in a position to follow up
or actually carry out. This is certainly not intentional, however. On
the contrary, each of you has the definite intention of not only formulating
ideas and conceptions within this relationship, but acting on them as
well. If this is entirely impossible or only in another form, it could
be the case that you were not concerned enough with the concrete circumstances
beforehand.
VII. Hillary's Role in the Relationship
In a close and binding relationship where the partners either live
together or spend a great deal of time together on a daily basis, the
concerns which they contribute to the partnership will certainly become
very evident. The less binding a relationship is, on the other hand, the
less evident these themes will be in daily life. The following description
will more precisely characterize the role which Hillary plays in this
relationship, and above all, center on those themes which she will be
concerned with in a deeper sense.
In the relationship with Bill, Hillary would like to
express her caring nature, protective instinct and personal commitment.
Therefore, she will especially concerned with her empathetic, sensitive
and cautious sides. The "family" receiving Hillary's attentions could
be rather large, then it is not limited to actual relatives in the traditional
sense. People with similar ways of thinking, close colleagues at work
or others who mean a great deal to Hillary emotionally can also be counted
among her family members. Hillary would like to be there for all of these
individuals, offering them support and giving them the feeling that she
can be relied upon. It is also important for Hillary to know where she
belongs. For this reason, she has a significant need for a safe and secure
place as a base of operations where her position is not in question.
In the relationship with Bill, Hillary's knowledge
and the steadily growing insightfulness connected with it have significance.
Freedom of thought - but also personal freedom and independence - are
very important to Hillary in this relationship. She will reject any and
all curtailments in her freedom of movement as well as her desire for
growth and expansion. Involvement with philosophical, religious or cultural
themes could widen her world view tremendously, and also serve her search
for meaning in general. Bill can learn a great deal from Hillary, and
Hillary will feel highly inspired by his inquisitiveness, hunger for knowledge
and readiness to approach new areas of knowledge without prejudices. In
the end, both will motivate each other to continually learn new things
and to pass this knowledge on to other people.
In the relationship with Bill, Hillary's charming and
lovable sides will be expressed to a significant degree. She desires harmony
and emotional security, especially in the intimate and domestic spheres.
If arbitration and negotiation become necessary in this connection, her
reliable intuitions of other people's needs and her sense of fairness
will acquire special significance. With her caring nature, Hillary is
able to accord every side involved the appropriate attention and estimation.
In this way, Hillary can learn a great deal about herself, and in the
end this partnership will also serve the function of increasing Hillary's
awareness of what she needs herself in order to feel loved and accepted
in relationships with other people.
Hillary does not take this partnership at all lightly.
Her readiness to assume responsibility is tremendous, but she must be
careful that she does not overextend herself. Otherwise, she could be
surrounded by obstacles and antagonists one day, and forget to enjoy the
pleasant and cheerful things in life.
If Hillary parts with old dependencies and sometimes
withstands violent crises as a result, this will not leave Bill unaffected.
In the end, Hillary will have showed him how satisfying letting go can
be, and how little spontaneity and liveliness remain when one is trapped
in life circumstances no longer corresponding to one's own inner truth.
VIII. Bill's Role in the Relationship
A description now follows of the role which Bill plays in your relationship.
Here, too, those themes will be emphasized which he will be concerned
with during the course of the relationship.
In the relationship with Hillary, Bill would like to
demonstrate his sense of responsibility, conscientiousness and steadfastness.
It is obvious that Bill will not choose easy tasks and will only be satisfied
when he does justice to them despite sundry hindrances and obstacles.
The reasons for the difficulties often confronting Bill do not necessarily
lie in his external environment - he probably feels physically and internally
inhibited and burnt out from time to time, and as a result his vitality
and joy in living can only be expressed to a greatly reduced degree. Bill
places great demands on himself. If he is not yet certain his achievements
will be above average, he will most probably prefer to do nothing at all
in certain situations. His apparent inactivity is usually a sign that
important learning and developmental processes are taking place internally,
however. What he sets out to do might well take longer than planned to
be completed. But "good things take time", and as long as Bill possesses
the necessary perseverance, he has good chances of achieving his goals.
The relationship with Hillary will prove to be an extraordinarily
important experience for Bill. Bill's team spirit and the readiness to
cooperate are important qualities in a partnership with Hillary, which
inevitably leads to his taking a closer look at his own desires and conceptions
regarding relationships at a deeper level. Hillary is a fitting companion
in this connection, then she most probably corresponds to Bill's conception
of an equal-ranking ally through the ups and downs of life. However, it
is Bill who openly or secretly claims the role of the actual authority
in this partnership. this may well be true one day, but Bill should recognize
the fact that Hillary - in some capacity or other - has accompanied him
along his way. Without Hillary's belief in Bill, his abilities and orientational
help, the danger would exist that Bill would only see hindrances and obstacles
before himself, and lack the initiative to overcome them.
In this relationship Bill will not find it difficult
to confront the realities of life openly and with acceptance, while nevertheless
pursuing the realization of his goals in a lively and sovereign manner.
He will also be able to count on the competent support of other people.
The good will and the ability they place at his disposal without competitive
behavior will serve to promote Bill's interests in a significant way.
Provided Bill retains a sense of his own attractivity
and provided his sense of self-value does not stand or fall with Hillary's
acceptance or rejectance, Bill's winning charisma will always triumph.
The sympathies and good will of other people are very important to him
- they prompt him to show himself from his best side.
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Appendix
Astrological Techniques
There are a number of astrological methods which enable us to view a
partnership more effectively. The oldest method is that of horoscope comparison,
called synastry. Here, two birth horoscopes are investigated and interpreted
on the basis of shared aspects. Composite and Combined Horoscopes, on
the other hand, are relatively new. Robert Hand is considered to be one
of the pioneers of composite horoscope research. His comprehensive interpretative
work, Planets in Composite, appeared in 1975. We owe the Combined Horoscope
to the work of the Viennese astrologer Philip Schiffmann, and independently
of him, the Englishman Ronald Davison - the "Horoscope for Two" is based
on their research. In the English speaking world the Combined Horoscope
is often called the 'Davison Relationship Chart'. Whereas the composite
horoscope does not reflect an actual astronomical constellation, the Combined
Horoscope unites the birth horoscopes of the partners in space and time,
in a new and real constellation. That point in time is determined which
lies exactly between the birth dates of the persons involved, while the
geographical longitude and latitude are established in the same way. Mona
Riegger has been investigating both interpretative possibilities since
1980 and published her findings for the first time in her book, Handbook
of Combined and Composite Horoscope Interpretation. With the help of the
Combined Horoscope, she is able to identify which role each partner occupies
within the relationship and which opportunities for development present
themselves during its further course.
For the interpretation of the "Horoscope for Two", however, Mona Riegger
presupposes a high degree of commitment between the partners in question.
The more casual the character of the partnership is, the more the interactive
aspects and personality features described here recede in the background
- the more intensive the relationship is, the more the partners will have
to come to terms with the themes reflected in their common horoscope.
The type of relationship is not the decisive factor. Even when a "Horoscope
for Two" involving close friends, co-workers or even business rivals reveals
a strong emphasis on emotional or domestic themes, or when professional
themes are especially emphasized in an intimate relationship, it is worthwhile
to come to an understanding of the matter at this deeper level. A professional
rival can confront us with feelings of being threatened quite effectively,
causing us to react emotionally in an extremely injured manner. Excessive
rivalry and faulty decision-making are all too often a result of this
process. In the interpretative passages, however, the author assumes a
relationship which is positively affirmed ; for this reason, competitive
relationships often "get away with too much".
Recurring Themes in Different Horoscopes
It becomes obvious when reading various "Horoscopes for Two" that certain
themes recur and are interpreted in text blocks with a similar content.
This is a necessary consequence of the computer text method utilized for
casting the horoscope. The same factors (ascendant, house positions for
planets ruling a sign, etc.) occur repeatedly in different horoscopes.
First the synthesis of these various factors - in respect to the entire
horoscope - allows every relationship to reveal its individuality and
uniqueness.
Related Literature
The "Horoscope for Two" is an independent partnership horoscope which
is cast on the basis of each partner's date of birth, but which makes
no reference to individual themes in their respective birth horoscopes.
Perhaps after reading this horoscope analysis you will be interested in
a more comprehensive analysis of your own personality, not only from the
perspective of "relationships". In such a case, we recommend the Psychological
Horoscope Analysis by Liz Greens (available from the same place where
this report was ordered).
Literature recommended for partnership themes :
Mona Riegger, Handbook of Combined and Composite Horoscope Interpretation.
A comprehensive guide for casting and interpreting partnership horoscopes
with clear and accessible interpretative statements, plus a multitude
of fascinating case studies (currently available only in German).
Liz Greene, Astrology for Lovers. An amusing but insightful look at zodiac
signs and their role in personal relationships.
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