Freedomlover, I LOVE this:
"History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time."
This happens to be a favorite theme for me. And I have found that ever generation needs to find out for themselves the sad truths about, well, EVERYTHING.
And not only generations. Individuals too. No matter how many personal stories, for instance, of unhappy or tragic endings to relationships between one married and one single person are told, each single person involved in a relationship with a married person feels, really believes, that THIS time will be different. The man (or woman) will leave his spouse for them!! Multiply this to involve the really BIG issues of life and you see how true your statement is. OUR story will be different. MY situations is "special"...LOL
And Kandy:
You will like other Leos only if you truly like the Leonine qualities in YOURSELF. If you have squares to your Leo planets, those squares will probably also be in any synastry chart to other Leos.
If you are threatened by the joie de vivre (don't know if I spelled that right) from the other Leo, or if they outshine you and you can't be "proud" of their brilliance, but are threatened by it, then you need to find a friend/lover/mate who is represented by a planet in your chart that you can be proud of. Maybe your Moon is in Cancer, and it's well aspected....well, then maybe you need a Cancer mate.
Or maybe Venus in your chart is in Gemini or Virgo....perhaps that type would suit your better.
Or even, lets' say that your Sun in Leo trines something in Sagittarius..perhaps a Sagittarian mate would be better for you.
LIN