Serious romance seekers have several options available for meeting compatible

partners. Some singles let attached colleagues know they are available for blind
dates and wangle invitations to parties or dinners. Others may place personal ads,
surf the dating sites on the Web, or join a dating club to assess prospects. Once
takers appear, romantics must be able to describe their ideal social life or the
qualities they desire in partners.

What about you? How much do you know about your soul mate type? Would you
know whether the person you have just met meets the potential criteria for a long-
term relationship? You owe it to yourself to look before you leap, especially if you
desire a fulfilling relationship. Consider what astrology has to say about partnerships.
Did you know that astrology functions as a matchmaking tool? If you need help in
filling in those blanks, find a good relationship astrologer.

Houses Of Intimacy

The circle of life known as your astrology chart has specific departments that
highlight your social and love life. Houses Five through Eight comprise the zone of
relationships or intimacy. These houses and the planets that fall in them describe the
people you meet and the nature and type of activity that occurs. When you learn the
birth date of potential partners and discover that their intimate planets fall (are
placed in the same sign or degree) on some of your own planets in these key
houses, you determine the level of compatibility you’ll share.

Social Life: The Fifth House

The Fifth House indicates how you carry out your social life and whom you date. Your
preferred recreation or vacation choices may attract individuals who share them. You
are likely to meet partners who have similar interests or hobbies and attend the
same parties. Since the Fifth House describes your dating style, a social event could
trigger a long-term love affair when the personalities click. A woman with Venus in
the Fifth House met a man with the Moon in the same sign. Both were musicians and
they met at band practice. The romance clicked, and they made beautiful music
together on the concert circuit.

Co-workers: The Sixth House

Since you spend considerable time with co-workers, you’ll find kindred spirits there
who share an interest in work. The place of employment is a fertile dating ground,
and you may be attracted to clients as well. If you have inner planets in the Sixth
House (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, or Jupiter) you have a good chance of
meeting someone through your work who becomes a dating partner at some time in
your work cycle. An optometrist with Moon, Venus and Jupiter in Aries in his Sixth
House met his future spouse through his work. She was a near-sighted Aries. When
she looked at him, she had stars in her eyes and 20-20 vision.

When Romance Blossoms: The Seventh House

The Seventh House gives information about your marriage partner or soul mate. It
refers to any significant other with whom you have an intimate, live-in relationship.
The sign ruling your Seventh House cusp often describes the kind of partners you
attract. If you have planets in that house, a deeper description of the partner’s traits
emerges. When there are no planets in that house, the ruling planet (sign on the
cusp) is particularly important in understanding the depth and type of relationship. If
the ruler has mostly favorable aspects  to other planets, the chances of a successful
marriage increase. Dominant stressful aspects might suggest difficult partnerships,
karmic unions, or multiple marriages.

A woman with the Sun and Mars in this house almost always marries at least once.
The same is true of a man who has the Moon and Venus in the Seventh House. A
stellium of planets (several planets in the same sign) in this house may describe
characteristics of multiple partners.

Sex and Intimacy: The Eighth House

Look to the Eighth House for a view of sex and intimacy in relationships. Planets here
describe receptivity and compatibility of a romantic and sensual nature. If a couple
has planets that connect in this house, the level of involvement increases. Weak links
to Mars (passion) and Venus (love) may put intimacy on the back burner. Harsh
aspects between these planets and Pluto may mean jealousy or obsession on the
part of one or both partners. True soul mates connect on all levels. Absence of
activity in this house often means the relationship flames out, one or both partners
feel uneasy in the relationship or they have more of a business partnership than an
intimate one.

Attraction: The First House

The Ascendant or First House is also important, since any potential mate who has
planets falling there establishes an important connection. An individual with planets
that compliment your Ascendant finds you attractive and usually understands your
personality. You will feel in sync. Clients with their Moon on their partner’s Ascendant
say they think about the other person day and night. If your partner’s Ascendant is
the same sign as your partnership house, a strong bond forms, especially if you have
intimate planets in each other’s Seventh Houses. Your spirits seem to merge and you
may become partners for life.

Although a search for the right partner is worthy of a much deeper look than I can
provide in this article, I hope it inspires you to appreciate the qualities you share in
relationships and use them to attract your cherished mate.