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a s t r o l o g y

Why you should date

someone you’re not astrologically

“compatible” with

Sun signs are for amateurs. B y A L I Z A K E L L Y

3 Embrace

tension
There will be areas of
your charts that
scream compatibility
(any Moon and Venus
correspondences are
especially romantic)
Opposites attract, amirite? (Please don’t eat me.) and others that, uh,

don’t (Mercury and
Mars, for instance,
can be combative).
But! In astrology,
points of conflict are
not necessarily nega-
tive. Tension can
propel momentum and
encourage you to shift
your perspective
(basically, it helps you
sort out your shit).

4
So you swiped
right. The first Calm TF
date was *good*. down
Then you casually Listen, if your overall
hunkered down to 2 compatibility just isn’t
stalk them on Find looking great, it’s
social and figure patterns fine. Try to flex your
Let’s take a look at empathy muscle
out their sign the planets in poten- anyway—after all,
and...you’re, like, 1 tial boo’s chart: The in—and how they even better-than-a-
the opposite of Make them Sun reveals their interact with the background-check
soul mates, text Mom external preferences, planets and signs in birth charts don’t fully

according to the To really figure out the Moon governs your own chart. As decode our complexi-
internet. Time to compatibility, you’re their emotions, a general rule, fire ties. At the end of the
block them for- gonna want to see Mercury rules com- signs (Aries, Leo, day, astrology is
their birth chart. And Sagittarius) and air
ever and avoid munication, Venus is about compassion,
a doomed rela- to get that, you need associated with love signs (Gemini, Libra, ya know?
the exact time and Aquarius) vibe well
tionship? Eh, do and values, and
place they were born. together, while earth
this instead. Mars symbolizes sex
Better than creepily signs (Taurus, Virgo,
soliciting strangers drive. Notice which Capricorn) and water
sign each planet is
(i.e., their parents) for signs (Cancer, Scor-
this info: having them pio, Pisces) have a GET T Y IM AGES.
ask Mama directly. ~special connection~.

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