Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake Composite Chart

The relationship between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake was serious, intense and endearing. However, it ended painfully in 2002, when Justin discovered that his long-term romantic partner had cheated. The couple first met when they starred in the Mickey Mouse Club. It wasn’t until 1999, that the couple began dating and formed a serious relationship. I made a composite chart of the relationship which is based on the midpoints between two charts. We take the degree and minute of the Sun of one person and the degree and minute of the Sun  of the other, and we find the midpoint them; that gives us the composite Sun. We do the same for the rest of the planets and the Ascendant. Composite charts may contain configurations that don't appear in either nativities.  Although the composite chart won't tell us if someone will cheat on us, it will describe some of the challenging dynamics of a relationship. In this composite chart we see that the Sun is in Capricorn in the 4th house. In my article, Composite Sun in the Houses, I discussed how the Sun in the 4th house of a composite chart may signify a couple that share a similar background and have strong connections with family members. The couple met in early childhood (4th) and there are similarities between both families. After the break-up, Justin’s mother was devastated and said that she still had warm feelings towards Britney Spears:

Early in 1999, Timberlake began what eventually became a high-profile celebrity relationship with fellow pop singer Britney Spears, with whom he had worked on the New Mickey Mouse Club. This ended abruptly in March 2002, amidst tabloid press speculation on Spears' infidelity with choreographer Wade Robson, a mutual friend of Spears and Timberlake. Lynn Harless says as a mother she too was devastated regarding the break-up, but to this day speaks warmly of Spears, "Britney grew up on my living room floor. I still love her to death. They (Justin and Britney) were together 10 or 11 years and had, from day one, instant chemistry between them. She's a sweet girl. I just hate what she's going through now." The break-up influenced the lyrics and theme of Timberlake's hit "Cry Me A River", one of the most popular singles from Justified

When the couple first met in childhood, transiting Uranus was conjunct composite Venus in Capricorn in the 5th house, (entertainment) and sowed the seeds of their ‘potential’ relationship. The couple both have natal Venus square Pluto, therefore in the composite chart, Venus is square Pluto (exact). The composite chart is marked by powerful transformations and new depths (Pluto) to the relationship's inner values, pleasure and security (Venus). The couple may be prone to drama, crisis and compulsive patterns. Plutonian relationships always start off quite innocent and light, but usually some fate, trauma and life changing event, takes the relationship underground. The relationship is coloured by Capricorn, which is heavy, ambitious, and serious.

When the couple formed permanently, transiting Saturn trined the composite Sun (exact) and Ascendant in the earthy signs. Transiting Pluto formed an exact conjunction with natal Mars on the I.C. Powerful transits were activated showing both seriousness and commitment in the relationship and of irrevocable change (Mars-Pluto) that represented a new transformative cycle, driving the will and direction of the partnership in a new direction. A relationship based on friendship was now sexual (Mars). 

When it was revealed that Britney Spears had cheated with their mutual friend/dancer in March 2002, the relationship ended. Transiting Saturn was conjunct the composite M.C and opposed natal Mars at the I.C, showing frustration and limitations in the sexual drive of the couple, that affected the very foundations (I.C) of security in the relationship. Transiting Saturn formed a square to the mutable angles in the composite chart and is a powerful component in the chart because it disposits their stellium of planets in Capricorn and seemed to signify their separation. Britney had transiting Saturn opposite her natal Sun at the time of the separation. Transiting Uranus was conjunct Justin’s’ natal Mars in Aquarius on the cusp of his 7th house of relationships, describing the abrupt separation in his life and the shocking sexual (Mars) revelations (Uranus) that rocked the relationship (7th). Transiting Neptune was three degrees away from his Aquarian Sun. There are significant hits in the natal charts and composite chart at the beginning and end of this relationship.