r/traditionalastrology • u/shanestpierre • 7d ago
Would anyone want an astrology app with 12 bond mode type synastry?
I mean, would people be interested in using classical deterministic astrology to compare natal charts?
For example, instead of just a marriage compatbility mode, what if we could go much deeper?
Most Astrology apps reduce synastry to one question:
Are these two people compatible?
That never made sense to me.
Two people can be excellent creative partners, loyal friends, difficult business partners, intense rivals, or all four at the same time. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are probably one of the clearest examples.
Their relationship produced one of the greatest songwriting partnerships in modern history, but it also contained competition, dependency, admiration, resentment, business conflict and eventual estrangement. A single score such as “82% compatible” cannot describe that.
So the synastry mode in my app evaluates the same pair through 12 different bond modes, including:
- Friendship
- Colleague
- Business
- Mentor and apprentice
- Sibling or co-heir
- Patron and client
- Family
- Adversary
- Stranger or foreigner
- Marriage
- Parent and child
- Servant and employer
Each mode changes what matters.
For example, the same planetary contact that strengthens cooperation in a colleague or business relationship may create rivalry in adversary mode. A difficult contact is not automatically “bad” either—it may generate pressure, ambition, creative friction or durability depending on the kind of bond being examined.
When I ran John Lennon and Paul McCartney through the engine, the interesting part was not whether the chart called them simply “good” or “bad” together.
It was that the relationship changed shape depending on the question being asked.
Their creative and colleague bonds showed substantial capacity for shared work, exchange and mutual activation. The same comparison also exposed tension, imbalance and competitive pressure that became more important when the relationship was viewed through business and adversarial modes.
That is much closer to the actual shape of their history:
extraordinary creative compatibility without uncomplicated personal harmony.
The engine is deterministic rather than AI-generated. It evaluates classical planetary condition, sect, dignity, reception, whole-sign aspects, applying and separating motion, cross-chart contacts and house relationships. The resulting interpretation is then organized around the selected bond rather than forcing every relationship into a romantic compatibility template.
What do you guys think?
Good idea? Terrible idea?
