Synastry

by Steven Forrest

The Forrests have published a radically revised and expanded edition of  their synastry classic, Skymates. Please visit our Skymates page for more information.

When is the following declaration the saddest, bitterest thing you've ever heard? "I will always be your friend."

Sweet words, most of the time. Real friendship is precious. But most of us have felt that terrible sting--the word "friend" when it comes out of the mouth of someone with whom we are in love in a romantic, mating way. Being downgraded to "friend" means rejection. Something upon which we have staked a big piece of our lives is taken away. We know it and our lover knows it too.