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    Venus and Mercury can be opposite the Sun in a composite midpoint chart

    John Townley in his book Composite Charts states:

    ...if the two natal Suns are nearly opposite, you may find that the near midpoints of Mercury and Venus may wind up in conflict (such as in opposition!).

    Here’s an example composite chart (comprising of ‘two made-up’ natal charts)  :

    Composite chart with Venus position opposite Sun problem

    Composite chart: Position of Venus – opposite Sun, problem

     

    Here’s the same chart with the fix:

     

    Composite chart with Venus position fixed

    Composite chart with Venus position fixed

    The Synastry option:

     

    synastry options with composite midpoint Venus Mercury choice

    Synastry Options with composite midpoint Venus Mercury choice

     

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