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Antipathy

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In the field of astrology antipathy is the conflict in the natal horoscopes of two people who feel an aversion to each other. This relates to the concept of synastry, which means that two person's horoscopes can be compared to see how compatible or incompatible they are likely to be towards each other.

It is interesting to note that when two people come into contact with each other there may be an initial attraction, which will bring them together to complete some karmic scenario that the both of them have endeavoured to resolve in this life. Because they must work through those karmic issues that have brought them together in the first place, those conflicting astrological placements may be seen first as attraction, and then ultimately revulsion.

The karmic implications of antipathy can explain why people fall in love, marry, fall out of love, and then divorce. Because they have agreed to meet up in this life to resolve a karmic or dharmic issue, they must initially be attracted to one another, so there will inevitably be correlations in the horoscope that will cause them to be attracted to one another. For those individuals who fall in love and want to marry, there must be strong stabilising influences in the comparison of the chart to indicate they would like to have a stable relationship with some permanence in it. As the relationship progresses, other facets of their personality will manifest though aspects, and it is these aspects will determine the success or failure of the relationship.

It is important to remember that we all possess free will and we can make a relationship work even other inharmonious aspects, and likely a relationship can fail even when beneficial aspects are in the horoscopes of the natives. The horoscope should therefore be used as a tool to help people progress though life and it should not be used fatalistically.