AP: Synastry and the Changing Sky

Originally titled "And They Lived Complicatedly Ever After". Synastry is tricky technically because you have so many balls to juggle - two birthcharts, plus their interactions, plus the composite chart, plus the way the individual charts interact with the composite. So, how can we possibly add thinking about transits, progressions and solar arcs to the mix? We quickly arrive at that paralytic state in which the creative, integrative parts of our consciousness are just choking on all the data. We know that it is time to retreat when that overwhelm arises, time to cooperate more gently with our intuitive functions. Fine - but the problem is, once people are in a relationship, they usually keep on growing and changing. So what if I go through a big Saturn time and I need a lot of time alone while your Moon is progressing through the 7th house and you need to feel really connected with me? That is intimate reality and astrology mirrors it beautifully and clearly - if we can look at the sym