#derived ask

Hey there! 💕Oof what an interesting question??💕💕 Personally I don’t really know much about familial signs and how it’s passed down ancestrally. I think there’s a few studies going on about it, but as far as I know most seems to point to several similarities a person may have to their parents/ancestors. 

In your chart -- there’s indications of your parents, children, neighbors, teachers, boss, friends, acquaintances, siblings, grandparents, in-laws, spouse. Besides the basic ones in the natal chart you can also use ‘derived’ houses to focus in on other people in your life (like clicking an ‘expand’ on a shortened post) -- but rulers of the houses will be important to see ‘what’ is happening there 💕Technically, you can use it to see others. 💕

There’s also the idea of -- your chart essentially being an ‘event chart’ of your parent’s relationship around the time you are conceived at ‘casted’ when you are born (your manifestation). You essentially become an accumulation and ‘internal look’ at what they are going through, what’s transpiring during the phrase you are conceived. And if you have siblings, checking their chart to see what transpired before/after can also help piece things together as well? 💕

On another note -- since the ask is about compatibility between family members -- you can also check aspects between Sun, ASC, Moon, Saturn, Uranus, DSC, IC-MC to see where you all ‘fit’ together and where tension/certain circumstances might lie. 💕

If you Mum/Dad is a certain sign, you can also check which house they rule in your chart and if anything is placed there (or where their rulers are). Aspects to that (i.e. your mum is a Capricorn and you are a Capricorn rising) and also indicate relationship from their side as well perhaps? 💕

Dispositions are important when checking chart rulers cause it can give more details on what’s happening, how, etc. But-- yeah, there’s a lot going on skjdsksk 💕💕

 Another thing to note is that the people you grow up with (social conditioning) also tells you what you take on/adapt and prefer in other people as well. I don’t have any strong Leo/Libras in my chart, but my best friend is dominated by those signs because I have Libra in the 11th (friends)

I also have Leo IC in my Draconic Chart -- so the way I would LIKE to be nurtured in my childhood-- I mostly got it from him. I also have Leo Ceres in my Natal -- the way I was conditioned and learnt, knew how to nurture is in a very Leo way.

Growing up with him, I find myself understanding and relating to other Libra/Leos in my life as well. 

Looking at your Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta might help. I usually look to them for guidance when it comes to familial matter and also the IC/DC. 4th house and Moon signs, family stuff is included and expand on in astrology so profoundly (as far as I know, but there’s so much I probably can’t include them all in detail in this post). 

Synastry between two siblings is just as equally important as synastry between lovers or friends. Because it shows compatibility there and what still has to be worked through in relationships/dynamic between two people (especially with Chiron in 3rd or aspecting Mercury, or Saturn/Pluto somewhere)

Another thing to keep in mind is how limited astrology might be as well when you think about it (like, once you stray past the concrete side of thing). 

From our sun signs, our mercury is +/-1 signs away from what our sun is, and our venus is +/-2 signs away from our sun (mars is +/- 4).  If you think about 12 months in a year, and having a family unit of possibly 4 people (you, your mum, dad, one sibling) that generally covers a range of +/-4 signs that can tend to intersect each other just because your sun might share a similarity/difference to someone else already. So it’s personal, but also relatable to others as well.