How to Identify Karmic Relationships from Your Synastry Chart

A karmic relationship is usually thought to be challenging, but it may not always be the case. How the relationship plays out is completely dependent on the reason for this connection to reappear in your life again. Some of the most common and observed signs that can help you understand if you're in a karmic relationship are:

1. The meeting feels like deja-vu.

2. You feel immediately drawn to or connected to the other person.

3. There's too much stress and drama in the relationship.

4. There's an unhealthy dependence on each other.

5. You don't communicate properly.

6. The relationship is passionate.

7. There are numerous fights and arguments.

8. Even when you know it's not right for you, you're not able to leave the relationship.

9. You often feel suffocated and controlled.

10. It puts focus on your faults.

These signs are based on the behaviours of the people involved and how the relationship feels. But these signs can often appear when you are in a relationship with someone who is not right for you. It may not have anything to do with a karmic connection. So then, how do you confirm if this is indeed a karmic connection?

Your natal chart is a mirror of your life. So, if something is happening in your life, it is bound to be reflected in your chart. This also holds true for karmic relationships. If you feel you are in a karmic relationship, then the best way to confirm this is to study your and the other person's charts.

Astrology will not only help you confirm if it is a karmic relationship but will also tell you the nature of the relationship in the previous lifetime and what you may expect from this relationship in the present.

If the personal planets - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and the Ascendant and the Ascendant lord in your chart conjunct the south node in the other person's chart or vice-versa then the relationship is karmic.

This kind of planetary alignment suggests the two of you were in a significant relationship, and there's still some unfinished work with regard to that relationship. Hence, the present situation has been created to enable you two to meet and complete the purpose of that relationship.The nature of the relationship depends on the personal planet conjunct with the south node.

For example, if Mars or Mercury is the planet, then the relationship could be that of siblings, comrades, friends, peers, competitors, or even adversaries.

If the planet is Venus, then it is very likely the two of you were a couple, lovers, or involved romantically in a previous life.

If the Sun is conjunct with the south node, then the relationship involves a male authority figure—such as a father or a boss.

With the Moon as the conjunction planet, the relationship involved a female authority figure in the family—such as a mother, a senior female relative, or a nurturer.

If it is the Ascendant or Ascendant lord, then the relationship could be with a guide, mentor, decision-maker, or someone in authority who had some level of control over the path your life would take.

This planetary placement occurs when the karmic relationship requires you and the other person to overcome your differences, learn to honour and respect each other, live in harmony, and, in the case of Venus, learn to love each other.

When one or more of the personal planets of one of you is placed in the 12th house of the natal chart of the other person, it indicates a karmic relationship. This kind of placement suggests that there is a karmic debt from a previous life to be cleared. The two of you have been brought together in this life to settle the debt and create a balance in the relationship. Usually, such a debt arises when one of you has done more or given more than the other in the relationship. It can also appear that either one of you has caused immense pain to the other.

This kind of karmic relationship cycle can be closed by learning to release the pain, pardoning the other person, and being open to healing. It also requires you to learn how to apologise unconditionally and rectify your hurtful behaviour if you were/are in the wrong.

When one of your personal planets forms a relationship via a square, conjunction, or opposition with Pluto in the other's chart or vice-versa, then this is an indication of a karmic relationship. In astrology, Pluto is associated with power and how you deal with it.

Do you use it for good or to harm, overpower, manipulate, and harm others? If it is the latter, then it will most likely result in a karmic relationship in another lifetime.

So, if you find this planetary placement in your charts, then most likely you are experiencing a power tussle in your relationship. It can be in the form of abuse, manipulation, or even gaslighting.

If you are the victim of abuse of power, this type of karmic connection teaches you to stand up for yourself, speak up, muster the courage to leave such situations, and fight back. If you are the one abusing power, then this karmic cycle helps you understand the adverse impact such tactics have and gives you an opportunity to improve your behaviour and apologise to those whom you have hurt.

Saturn is the taskmaster, teacher, and lawmaker. So it is natural for this planet to have some connection with karmic relationships. This planetary placement suggests that you and the other person were in a relationship that was not based on love, respect, and understanding