We decided to move the date from sept 2020 to Oct 2020, due to my photographer not being available in sept. I was told this is a terrible chart by someone on reddit but they gave no elaboration or reason behind their view.
I have used guidelines I found on a leah whitehorse website (by searching how to choose a good wedding date) and to me, this date checks out pretty decent.
We havent locked the date in yet but were planning on it in the next couple of days.
Here's the chart:
Thank you so much for any input.
Electing a wedding date is very difficult. I used to do it quite often when I was practicing Astrology and it was one of the hardest things to do because of the narrow windows of opportunity.
You are usually restricted to weekends and narrow time frames given by the venues availability, etc etc.
So one of the things that we often did was have 'two weddings.'
We would choose a very beneficial wedding time, the best one for the Sun/Moon, Venus /Mars aspects and beneficial Jupiter contacts with as few difficult aspects to Saturn and Pluto as possible.
And the bride and groom would get married at that time, just themselves and a witness, for the actual legal marriage.
They they would have a wedding on a weekend with all of their friends, as if it was the actual one, because it doesn't really matter if the entire family on both sides gets the astrological implications.
So that is something to consider.
As for this chart above, it has a few nice things, like the Grand Trine with Venus in the 7th and the Sun in Libra.
But there are several problematic things as well. I am not a big fan of the chart.
Jupiter, the co-ruler of the Asc, hence chart ruler, is in it's fall and applying to a conjunction with Pluto.
And the chart ruler is the apex of a t-square with the Sun/Mars opposition in the 2nd and 8th house---struggles with sexual issues and financial issues.
The Moon, which is very important in the marriage chart, is in Leo in the 6th.
The Moon is square Mercury in Scorpio and square Uranus in Taurus. That opposition is also in the 2nd and 8th.
I don't like that configuration much either. It looks like bickering and uncertainty and emotional conflict surrounding each other's loyalty and honesty.
The Earth Grand Trine involving Venus/Uranus/Jupiter can elevate things to a higher spiritual plane. But is it strong enough to overcome financial strain and uncertainty/jealousy from the 2 oppositions in the 2nd and 8th?
If your relationship is super strong and none of these issues are lurking below the surface , then just having your ceremony on this day shouldn't be too big an issue. But if there are 2nd/8th house concerns, and Sun/Mars opposition issues, or Moon square Mercury arguing/bickering concerns, than it might be better to have your actual vows on another day. Maybe the one in September?