About this episode
Episode 243 is a recording of a workshop led by astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim about interpreting relationship indicators in the birth chart. This is a recording of a local meeting of the Denver Astrology Group, and it was meant to be an introductory overview to some of the techniques that astrologers employ when looking at relationships through the lens of natal astrology. There are three primary areas that we focus on for relationships in the birth chart: Planets in the 7th house The ruler of the 7th house The condition of Venus During the course of the meeting we demonstrate the techniques by sharing some celebrity and client example charts from our private files, and several members of the audience also shared their personal birth charts so that we could hear how certain placements have worked out in the lives of individuals directly. This episode of the podcast acts as sort of a companion to other episodes we've done on relationships in the past, such as: 🪐 The Outer Planets and Relationships with Kay Taylor 🪐 Synastry: The Astrology of Relationships with John Green 🪐 Composite Charts, with Originator John Townley 🪐 Sexual Orientation and Astrology with Christopher Renstrom 🪐 Lynn Bell on the Astrology of Family Dynamics 🪐 Relationship Astrology for Modern Times, with Jessica Lanyadoo There are some concepts that we only mention in passing in this episode, since they have been touched on in other episodes, and also since this was just meant to be a more basic technical introduction. We would also recommend checking out some of the previous workshops we've done recently, such as the one on the annual profections timing technique, or the workshop on interpreting where transiting eclipses fall in your birth chart. To learn more about the approach to astrology demonstrated in this workshop, check out Chris' online course on ancient astrology, or Leisa's lectures on annual profections and sect. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:00 Relationships and the 7th House 00:12:35 Chart examples of positive 7th House placements 00:16:15 Carl Sagan - ascendant ruler in 7th 00:20:29 Joe Biden - Saturn in 7th, Ruler of 7th in 12th 00:25:18 Richard Nixon - Venus in 7th 00:27:11 Audience chart example - death of partner 00:33:56 Audience chart example - end of relationship 00:36:41 Saturn in 2nd ruling the 7th 00:40:50 Annual Profections 00:44:23 Ruler of 7th in 9th 00:47:53 Emmanuel Macron - Ruler of 7th in 5th 00:50:50 Venus as relationship significator 00:52:15 Venus Saturn 00:53:44 Venus Uranus 00:57:04 Venus Neptune 01:00:35 Venus Pluto 01:02:40 Lot of Eros 01:04:36 Audience chart example - Jupiter Mars in 7th 01:16:25 Audience chart example - Venus Saturn Pluto 01:21:28 Synastry 01:22:22 Audience chart example - 7th house profection 01:28:47 Meghan Markle - Ruler of 7th in 4th 01:31:15 Prince Harry - Profection example 01:33:41 Monica Lewinsky - Mars in 7th 01:34:22 Bill Gates - Ruler of 7th Saturn mitigations 01:36:58 Amanda Knox - Saturn in 7th ruling 8th and 9th 01:38:39 Prince William - Ruler of 7th in 7th 01:40:00 The Macrons' synastry 01:40:57 Audience example - Venus Neptune 01:45:12 Hitler - Ruler of 7th in 8th 01:46:08 Eva Braun - Saturn in 7th 01:47:25 Aretha Franklin - Saturn in 7th 01:49:06 Common relationship questions 01:51:20 Signs and relationships 01:52:20 Ruler of 7th in 1st 01:53:30 Placements aren't static 01:56:00 Closing remarks Watch the Video Version of This Episode Here is the video version of our discussion about relationships in the birth chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQMvTmMHyg - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 243 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can either play the audio version of this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your device by using the buttons below: