Karmic Compatibility: How to Know if Your Partner Was with You in Past Lives

I am Patricia Alegsa, writer, psychologist, astrologer… and witness to thousands of stories of lost and reunited souls stirring coffee and destiny at the same time.

If you’ve ever wondered if that inexplicable connection you feel with your partner is carrying baggage from other lives, today you’re going to clear that doubt. And no, you don’t need a crystal ball, although it does add some glamour.

Karmic Astrology: Mirage or Precise Map of Your Connections?

Have you felt the electrifying sensation of looking at someone and swearing you’ve known them before? Karmic astrology is like the Wikipedia of your past lives and their relational entanglements. Its goal: to read in the natal chart those patterns you had, have, and spoiler alert, will keep repeating if you don’t resolve them. Here we talk about a soul GPS, not just the horoscope that tells you to watch out for colds every fall.

In my practice, I’ve seen people amazed by the amount of information revealed by a good karmic natal analysis. Add a synastry —the comparison of two people’s natal charts— and voilà! The picture is painted with brushstrokes of ancient reunions, pending pacts, and the occasional battle worthy of a soap opera.

Where Do I Start? The Key Points of the Natal Chart

Let’s get to the point: how do we know if there is a karmic connection? I invite you (almost order you) to look at these protagonists in your chart, and your partner’s…

- Lunar Nodes: These invisible points don’t appear in the sky, but they have a strong personality in the zodiac. The North Node shows where your soul is going; the South Node, what you already packed in your bag from past lives. If your partner’s nodes cross with yours, pay special attention: there are lessons you didn’t finish learning together, and the universe wants you to repeat the subject until you pass.

- Retrograde Planets: Many see them as bad luck, but I applaud them! They indicate stuck energies from other lives. I’ve encountered clients in my practice with retrograde Venus who always choose impossible loves. Coincidence? No. Karma, darling.

- House 12: My favorite for tracing reunions from previous lives. If your partner’s Venus, Sun, or Moon fall into your 12th House, there’s a 90% chance you were lovers, rivals… or worse, a toxic mother-in-law and son-in-law before. Here lie the soul’s juiciest mysteries.

- Moon-South Node Conjunctions: If any of your luminaries makes a “combo” with your partner’s South Node, the story paints a past blood tie (siblings, parents and children, etc.). I challenge you to think if you don’t feel that endearing and sometimes incomprehensible affection for that person.

Is your head hurting? Take a deep breath, there’s still more to cover.

Karmic Relationships: Blessing or Chinese Torture?

This topic deserves reflection. As a psychologist, I’ve witnessed couples trapped in a repetitive dance: always repeating the same type of arguments, same outcome, same addictive intensity. Why on earth don’t they leave each other if they “love” each other so much? Often, your soul got hooked to finish pending matters. Read again, pending matters. And the universe is so efficient that if you don’t resolve it, it brings it back, but maybe with another name and different scent.

I always tell them in my talks: “Better learn the lesson now, because if not, you’ll have to retake the course in the next life!” (and without extra time to study).

Inverse Nodes: When Destiny Doesn’t Tire of a Good Drama

Have you met couples with a nine-year age difference? Curious, isn’t it? Because it just so happens that the lunar nodes take exactly that time to make a half turn around the zodiac, so if one’s North Node coincides with the other’s South Node, boom! Pure intensified karma. Those who live it usually say: “I feel we have unfinished business.” And yes, they feel it because it’s real. It’s a second chance to evolve together or, at least, not to leave new scars.

Do you recognize any of this in yourself or your partner? Has someone just appeared in your life and already plays in the first division of your emotions, without sitting on the bench? Don’t ignore the signs. Karmic astrology gives you clues, but the protagonists of the story are always you.

Come on, I challenge you to look at your chart, your partner’s chart, and check if you have these famous links proven by time and karma. Who knows? Maybe the universe is inviting you to do things differently this time. And if not, remember: you can always ask for an extra session with me, I promise to make it less dramatic and much more fun.

Have you experienced these irresistible connections? Would you dare to face them or would you rather run to another reincarnation? You decide. From experience, I always choose to stay and dance the whole dance, even if it means getting my feet stepped on.