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Composite chart

Also called midpoint composite

A relationship chart built from corresponding planetary and angular midpoints of two charts, rather than a real birth instant.

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Word origin · etymology

Latin-derived adjective.

Composite comes from compositus, put together. The name describes a chart assembled from the midpoint positions of two charts.

Merriam-Webster: composite ↗

How we know · epistemology

Constructed relationship model

Corresponding natal positions are combined by midpoint rules. The result can be reproduced without describing a physically possible sky; its relationship narrative is a further interpretive model.

Astrodienst: Composite Chart, Midpoint-method ↗

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  1. Astrodienst: Composite Chart, Midpoint-method ↗
  2. Merriam-Webster: composite ↗