Compatibility chart: Nico Hülkenberg/Gabriel Bortoleto
Introduction
For those who are not familiar with astrology: a birth chart shows the position of all the planets at the time of someone's birth and this is understood as a blueprint for that person's life and character. When you compare the birth charts of two people, this is known as a synastry chart or relationship chart and is used to understand compatibility.
A note on the generational planets
The outer planets (Saturn ♄, Uranus ♅, Neptune ♆, Pluto ♇) are known as the 'generational planets' because everyone born within a few years of each other has them in the same sign.
For example, everyone born from 1984 to 1995 has Pluto in Scorpio ♏︎ . These are late millenials, defined by growing up through the rapid transformative effects of the internet. Gen Z, born 1996 to 2008, have Pluto in Sagittarius ♐︎ and are concerned with freedom of expression and group identities.
I'm not going to discuss these planets much more because they are generic. We know Nico and Gabi are born in different generations.
Harmonious aspects
The thing that is immediately striking when you look at Gabriel and Nico's charts is that Gabriel has 5 out of 6 of his personal planets in Libra ♎︎. Nico has 4 out of 6 of his personal planets in Leo ♌︎.
The personal planets, by the way, are Sun ⨀, Moon ☾, Mercury ☿, Venus ♀, Mars ♂ and Jupiter ♃.
Leo and Libra are at a 60° angle from each other on the zodiac wheel, called a sextile ⚹. It's a fundamentally harmonious aspect. Sextiles show where they connect easily and where there is little friction between them.
I mean, look at this!
No wonder they instantly got on like a house on fire.
Almost all of these planets have a sextile or trine relationship with each other. Trines △ means that two signs are 120° from each other and are even more positive than sextiles.
Their Moons ☾ have a trine relationship, indicating a strong emotional bond.
Nico's Mars ♂ (representing sex, passion, physical activity) has the exact same degree (27'49°) as Gabriel's Mercury ☿ (communication, intellect). Gabi understands Nico very well on a physical level; Nico is encouraged to improve himself through competition with Gabi.
Difficult aspects
Oppositions ☍ (180°) and squares □ (90°) indicate where there is tension in the relationship.
The most relevant ones here are to do with Jupiter and Moon.
Nico's Jupiter in Aries ♈︎ represents a detached, individualistic and straightforward way of interacting with the wider world and topics like spirituality. This opposes Gabi's Moon in Libra ♎︎, which is social, sentimental and indulgent.
Personally I think this has to do with the fact that Gabriel is religious and that his religion is deeply connected with his home and family sphere. Nico, I imagine, isn't religious at all.
Similarly, Gabi's Jupiter in Libra ♎︎ has tension with Nico's Moon in Cancer ♋︎. Gabi is more comfortable being on social media, interacting with other drivers/celebrities and connecting with the fanbase. Nico's instinct is to protect his private life and put up walls between his home sphere and the outside world.
The closest/strongest opposition in the chart is between Nico's north node (future experience) and Gabriel's Jupiter in Libra. Seems to me like the age gap problem is showing up here. Gabi's Jupiter (expansion/growth) is sitting on Nico's south node (past life); i.e. he is expanding into an area of life that Nico is finished with. Nico's future is somewhere else.
Closing remarks
I hope this was entertaining and not too complicated. Astrology is for fun, imo, and I'm not claiming to know everything about Nico and Gabi from the stars. Having said that, it's quite cool to find patterns and correlations between these charts and real life.
