Understanding

Astrologically, your partnership is represented by the Seventh House, the house of marriage. The type of people you are likely to attract and the lessons they can teach you are revealed here.

Let's look at how an example of Seventh House attraction plays out. If your chart has Mars in the Seventh House, you tend to draw aggressive, passionate people to you. That can mean violent or self-absorbed types or people with goals and the drive to achieve them.

Because such partners tend to be somewhat selfish, your sense of independence is the key to a good relationship with them. You may attract the negative Mars energy over and over again until you learn this life lesson. Once you become self-reliant, you can begin to attract the positive energy of that configuration.

If your Saturn is in the Seventh House, your partnership is likely to be long-lasting, but the responsibility for the relationship may not be shared equally between the two of you. The younger partner may need to learn to be more active in keeping the relationship going rather than relying on the older partner take care of everything.

If you're looking back at a string of relationships that ended prematurely or badly, take a look at yourself. You may need to spend some time on your own before you can become part of a shared life. If a new partner has just come out of a long-term relationship, be aware that he or she may not have worked through enough of the changes yet to be able to engage in a healthy, give-and-take relationship.

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