Question 1:
Many astrology programs and services offer compatibility readings with ratings based on the birth info of two people. Can you work backward using one person's birth info find when and where someone compatible might have been born?

Question 2: How helpful are all those compatibility readings that include ratings?

Answer to Question 1:
Great minds (or is that maniacal minds) must think alike, my friend. Years ago, I briefly experimented with this very same idea... I don't know about you, but at the time I was in the midst of a "relationship valley." And so I decided, being a cracker jack expert astrologer, that I was going to create myself the “perfect chart.”

Since this was before the advent of the internet, I'm clueless as to what I thought I was going to do with this perfect chart.

The Recipe

Being a practical sort of fellow, I’d begin with a pinch of Saturn in order to give the relationship a sense of obligation and longevity; and then I'd throw in plenty of Venus and Jupiter for oodles of good, positive feelings. Then I'd mix in double whammy cross aspects between Mars and Venus to ensure hot passionate sex; and then I'd give it just the right dose of Neptunian rose colored glasses guaranteed to reduce the harsh glare of day to day reality. Finally, I would add just the slightest hint of Uranian excitement and electricity and top it off with a dash of Plutonian intensity...

Stark Conclusion?

Not long after starting out on my valiant quest for the "perfect chart," I came to the stark conclusion that it might be necessary to reappraise and lower my standards just a wee bit. I realized I was hip deep in the process of creating something akin to the Bride of Frankenstein.
 

And I further discovered that I was playing the roles of both Dr. Frankenstein and his lonely monster who needed a special someone to keep him company... And finally, the sheer audacity of thinking I could create a “perfect chart” hit me over the head like a ton of bricks.

I then resolved that perhaps I could find a couple of “good enough charts.”

Not too much later, I lowered the bar one final time, thinking that maybe I could find a few “ain’t half bad charts.”

Eventually my sense of enthusiasm and curiosity waned...

I met and fell in love with a woman whose birth chart I would never have been bright or clever enough to have picked out in advance... and I abandoned my already diminished quest of finding a few “that ain’t half bad charts.”

Summing It Up

Maybe I'm crazy, but I still prefer making all my choices of the heart in the old-fashioned way... and I shudder to think of all the wonderful, memorable moments (as well as moments of sheer torture) I might have missed out on by only considering those women who fit my "that ain't half bad" chart category.

Besides... if you happen to remember how the movie, Bride of Frankenstein, turned out - the monster's short romance with his lovely bride ended up being a total fiasco...

No... I afraid that my days of playing Dr. Frankenstein and his lonely monster are long over...

Answer to Question 2 - Those Pesky Popular Chart Comparison Ratings?

And as for those compatibility software programs that provide compatibility ratings? They're typically based on a technique called "synastry" (cross aspect) chart comparison. And the numbers, percentages and/or ratings are subsequently based on the subjective opinions and theories of the particular astrologer who provided the raw data for the software program.

And frankly, I've got more than a few concerns about the average compatibility software program that gives ratings and/or scores:

First Concern:
First of all, many (or most) of these software chart comparisons are based and designed on the traditional principles that everybody (truly) wants nice, comfortable, easy relationships (which are in turn based on nice, comfortable, easy cross aspects like trines and sextiles). The fact is (despite huge protestations to the contrary) a lot of folks unconsciously choose to have more friction and/or tension in their intimate relationships - these folks get easily bored with too much nice, comfortable and easy. So one problem with reversing the process is there's not truly a "one size fits all" formula that everyone can be plugged into.

Next Concern:
Except for a few of the most expensive professional software programs available, most compatibility software programs are not very sophisticated and are quite limited in their capability to perform a complete, well rounded "synastry" comparison. They're generally good as far as they go... (And they're definitely much better than doing a simple Sun Sign comparison...) But most don't go far enough... and so you end up missing out on several significant factors that really ought to be considered when doing "synastry" compatibility comparison...

Final Concern
And finally, "synastry" chart comparison is only one of several tools that can be (and are) used by astrologers when evaluating astrological compatibility between two people.

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