Relationships and How to Survive Them

Liz Greene
Part One: The Composite Chart. There is little current astrological literature available on the composite
chart. This seminar explores the profound concept of relationship as an independent entity with its own
nature and destiny, and focuses in depth on the meaning of various composite placements. The
composite is then examined in relation to the charts of the two individuals in a relationship, revealing
the impact the relationship has on each of them as well as the effect they in turn have on the
relationship. A study of the progressed composite, and the meaning of planets transiting the composite,
is developed through case material as well as examples from the seminar group. No relationship can be
understood fully through synastry alone, and this seminar offers many new insights and techniques
through which to enhance our understanding of the mystery of human interaction.
Part Two: The Eternal Triangle. The painful experience of a love triangle is one which occurs in
virtually all lives, although the "third point" of the triangle is not always a human one. This seminar
explores the triangle from several different perspectives: the early family triangle which, if unconscious
and unresolved, produces profound repercussions in adult relationship life; power and defensive
triangles, meant to avoid rather than experience deep relationship; triangles in pursuit of the
unobtainable, often masking creative or spiritual needs; and triangles which embody the unlived life of
the participants. This seminar deals with a difficult subject in compassionate but honest terms,
presenting the triangle as a means of personal growth and transformation, and offering us greater
understanding of the compulsive patterns which so often occur in our own lives.
Review by Chris Lorenz - Horoscope 2002
Your local bookstore probably carries plenty of astrology books designed to show you how to find true
love or perhaps better manage your existing relationships. Maybe you can find a Sun-Sign guide that
explains potential mates, or more sophisticated cookbook-style methods of comparing your planets to
your partner's planets. In truth, these popular methods only scratch the surface, a good astrologer can
grasp and explain your psychological dynamics with the goal of bringing more rewarding and fulfilling
relationships. In the transcribed seminars 'Relationships and How to Survive Them' author Liz Greene
presents two uniquely profound perspectives of relationship dynamics. The hardback book available
from the UK's Centre for Psychological Astrology Press, is really two seminars packaged under one
cover. Part One discusses the composite chart, not as a one-by-one explanation of what composite
planets mean but rather actual interpretive methods using real horoscopes. Part Two delves into the
most painful of relationship patterns, the triangle, where one partner betrays the first lover for a second.
Overall, these two seminars represent breakthrough psychological analysis of relationships using
fundamental astrological tools. Any astrologer desiring to understand relationships beyond the
traditional cookbook studies will enjoy and benefit from Greene's transcribed talks.
According to the author, composite charts won't tell you about the chemistry you have with another
individual; this is what synastry charts do. Composites have their own patterns of destiny, their own
meanings and energies which come alive once you've entered into the relationship. The purpose of the
relationship can be defined by the composite Sun, and the personality of the relationship can be seen in
the composite Ascendant. If you want to know how the relationship will make you feel, then you
compare the composite to your own chart. The relationship itself unfolds according to the transits and
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progressed composite to the composite chart. These techniques are explained and clarified by
examples.
In Part One, Greene explores various planetary combinations that are particularly telling in the
composite. You'll find keen explanations of what happens when transiting Pluto goes over the the
composite Sun for example, or what a relationship is like that is characterized by a Sun-Uranus
combination in the composite. If one or both partners have a strong Saturn in their natal chart, the
composite Sun-Uranus would become problematic, especially in the feeling of being threatened by the
relationship's more unconventional tendencies. The author has fully embraced Chiron in these
descriptions, giving this recently discovered planetoid equal footing with Saturn in terms of the damage
or pain in can inflict.
Chiron's meaning and other interpretive insights become clear in the lengthy discussion of Princess
Diana's and prince Charles' composite horoscope. Greene doesn't mention the controversy over Diana's
birth time but when using 7:45 PM. (one of the leading acceptable times), and comparing the composite
with Charles to their marriage or her death, this birth time seems very accurate. The interested student
might want to run the composites for a 2:15 PM. birth time and check these against the same events.
Part Two is called 'The Eternal Triangle' and for those on the road to self discovery, this section may be
the most difficult, and the most rewarding. The three members of the triangle are termed the Betrayer,
the Betrayed and the Instrument of Betrayal. Greene affirms early and frequently that none of these
players are more or less guilty than any