Horoscope Compatibility: How to Make It Work

It’s a tough dating world out there; it can be hard to meet new people, hard to know if any of those potential suitors are right for you, hard to separate the good intentions from the one-night-stands, and really hard to find Mr. (or Mrs.) Right, and not just Mr. Right Now. What if your horoscope compatibility could help you identify not just who you are and what you need out of a relationship, but also help you find your perfect match based on their astrological profile?

It sounds a little crazy, especially for people who don’t typically buy in to the whole concept of horoscopes, but zodiac compatibility charts are a useful tool in assessing your best potential romantic matches. So how does it work? How much information can you actually gather about another person based on their zodiac sign? A lot, if you know how to read the signs.

Dating sign

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Astrologer Kelli Fox of TheAstrologer.com, told Marie Claire that each zodiac sign has specific dating styles and key words to describe the way they date and the kind of partner they are looking for. For example, “Aries is hot blooded and loves the thrill of the chase…they don’t deal well with overly clingy or emotional behavior.”

On the flip side, “Virgo has a reputation for reliability, practicality, and flexibility…this is a sign who seeks perfection and steady progress toward commitment and love.” For every sign there is a specific dating style that is based off of their personality traits, their goals and their needs. And based on those unique traits for each sun sign, there are charts that can pair signs with their best matches (and their worst).

Sign compatibility table

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It’s called birth chart compatibility, and it’s a thing. According to Astromatcha.com , birth chart compatibility works to “examine the full birth charts of a person or a couple and pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in that partnership, or in that person’s likely future relationships. Birth chart compatibility, done properly, is a painstaking process and involves the skilled analysis of hundreds of different variables–all of the planets, all of the signs, all of the houses, all of the aspects and various other points besides in each chart, and then the comparison and synthesis of these two sets of data into one cohesive whole that is the relationship in question.”

If it sounds like a lot of work and a lot of analytical thinking just to find a boyfriend, that’s because it is. But it makes a lot of sense if you think about it. If your sign impacts who you are based on the position of the sun in the sky on the day you were born, and this sign says a lot about you, then someone else’s sign, in partnership with yours, will weigh heavily on whether or not you two make a good couple.

Complement each other

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Your personalities need to mesh and compliment one another; that doesn’t mean you need to have the same exact traits and quirks, but as long as the qualities that make you unique are balanced by your partners qualities, and as long as your values are aligned, that’s where the magic happens.

So how can you find out more about your horoscope compatibility? In this day and age, there are tons of online tools to get the information you seek. This website allows you to select your own sign and then the sign of your partner to read about your romantic compatibility. For example, when you pair a Pisces with a Libra , you get “a congenial and even-tempered romance. These two Signs are very compatible, making for a truly smooth-sailing love affair.” The astrology experts then go on to give specific personality traits that work well together, and things that don’t.

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There are also sites that focus more on the sexual chemistry between signs, and less on the romance side of things. The experts at POPSUGAR break down the various sexual styles of each zodiac sign and then offer up the ideal partners for that sign. Aggressive Aries have the most chemistry with Leo, Libra, Gemini and Scorpio; sensual Taurus pair well with Scorpio, Cancer, Virgo and Capricorn, etc. And one of the beautiful things about these compatibility charts is that every sign has a match.

As far as accuracy goes, it’s hard to say how much truth there is to your zodiac compatibility. Practicing astrologers truly believe in their craft and believe in the truth behind the signs. But there is very little scientific information to back up these claims. So, as with most information about your zodiac sign and horoscope, take the insights with a grain of salt, and use it to make open your mind and make wise choices, rather than allowing those predictions to completely dictate your behavior. We all want to find the perfect partner in life, and using your zodiac sign to search for the most compatible other half can’t hurt, especially when there are so many bad apples to sift through before you can get to a worth match. But it’s also not a guaranteed way to find you your future husband, so you should still date with caution, trust your gut, and above all, stick with the people who make you happy.