Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson compatibility: Pisces and Gemini
Married from 2008 until 2013
Sky match
68
out of 100
The two charts, in brief
In Lou Reed's chart the Sun is in Pisces; in Laurie Anderson's chart the Sun is in Gemini. Between them the charts make 21 close angles, 8 of them between personal planets, which give a sky match of 68 out of 100.
Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson married in 2008, and the marriage lasted until Lou Reed's death in 2013.
The sky match counts the close angles between two charts, gives most weight to the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars, and adds a little for a shared Sun, Moon or rising sign. Where StarMap has no verified birth time the chart is cast for midday and the Moon's angles are not counted, so the figure is approximate. It says nothing about whether a relationship lasts.
Where their personal planets meet
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars move quickly, so these angles belong to Lou and Laurie and to few other pairs. Angles to the Moon are left out where there is no birth time.
Lou’s Sun sextile Laurie’s Mars
about 0.1° from exact
Lou's Sun and Laurie's Mars work at an easy angle. Laurie's drive is read as backing Lou's aims instead of competing with them, the signature of two people who get things done together.
Lou’s Mercury trine Laurie’s Sun
about 0.6° from exact
Laurie's Sun and Lou's Mercury are at an easy angle: Lou is read as following how Laurie sees themselves and having useful things to say about it. It is the signature of two people who talk easily.
Lou’s Sun square Laurie’s Sun
about 2.7° from exact
Their Suns are at odds by angle, the classic signature of two strong wills that go about life differently. Synastry reads this less as a verdict than as a source of heat: each keeps the other from settling into habit.
Lou’s Mercury square Laurie’s Mars
about 3.2° from exact
Lou's Mercury and Laurie's Mars are at a hard angle, the traditional mark of arguments that begin over very little. Astrologers read it as energy in need of a shared project.
Lou’s Venus square Laurie’s Mars
about 5.0° from exact
Lou's Venus and Laurie's Mars are at a hard angle. The pull is read as strong and a little restless: what draws them together also keeps them on their toes.
Lou’s Mercury square Laurie’s Venus
about 5.3° from exact
Lou's Mercury and Laurie's Venus are at a hard angle. The reading is of tact and candour pulling in different directions: Lou says the accurate thing where Laurie hoped for the kind one.
Lou’s Sun trine Laurie’s Mercury
about 6.3° from exact
Lou's Sun and Laurie's Mercury are at an easy angle: Laurie is read as following how Lou sees themselves and having useful things to say about it. It is the signature of two people who talk easily.
Lou’s Mars conjunction Laurie’s Venus
about 7.2° from exact
Laurie's Venus meets Lou's Mars, the contact astrologers look for first when two people are drawn to each other. Attraction is read as immediate and mutual.
Personal planets and slow ones
One person's quick planet against the other's slow one. The slow planet's place is shared by everyone born around the same time; the meeting is particular to the pair.
Lou’s North Node square Laurie’s Sun
about 0.8° from exact
Lou's North Node is at a hard angle to Laurie's Sun, read as Laurie's sense of self pulling across the path the Node describes for Lou.
Lou’s Venus opposition Laurie’s Saturn
about 1.3° from exact
Laurie's Saturn is at a hard angle to Lou's Venus. The tradition reads Laurie as seeming to judge or slow Lou's way of showing affection, a contact it treats as demanding and durable.
Lou’s Venus trine Laurie’s Neptune
about 1.5° from exact
Laurie's Neptune is at an easy angle to Lou's Venus, read as imagination shared: Laurie is taken to lend Lou's way of showing affection some poetry.
Lou’s Jupiter conjunction Laurie’s Sun
about 1.7° from exact
Lou's Jupiter sits on Laurie's Sun. Jupiter enlarges what it touches, so Lou is read as encouraging Laurie's sense of self and giving it room.
Lou’s North Node trine Laurie’s Mars
about 1.8° from exact
Lou's North Node is at an easy angle to Laurie's Mars, read as Laurie's drive helping Lou along the path the Node describes.
Lou’s Saturn conjunction Laurie’s Venus
about 2.9° from exact
Lou's Saturn sits on Laurie's Venus. Saturn is the planet of commitment and of caution, and here Lou is read as steadying Laurie's way of showing affection, sometimes to the point of weight.
2 more of this kind between the two charts.
5 more angles link slow planets in both charts. Those are shared by whole generations and are not read here.
Relationship data from Wikidata, stated as Wikidata records it. Birth dates and places from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, from Astro-Databank with their Rodden rating. Positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. The readings describe what an angle is traditionally taken to mean and are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the two people’s private lives.
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