Like other dating apps, the recently launched Struck requires a profile, photos and personal details. But it also asks for your birth date, birth time and birth location to create a birth chart, also called a natal chart. — Dreamstime/TNS
In Netflix’s summer hit Indian Matchmaking, Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia consults an astrologer to assess whether a client is compatible for marriage with a potential partner. For those without an astrologer on speed dial, a new astrology-based dating app can provide an assist from the cosmos.
Like other dating apps, the recently launched Struck requires a profile, photos and personal details. But it also asks for your birth date, birth time and birth location to create a birth chart, also called a natal chart. Users receive matches once a day based on astrological compatibility after adjusting for location and gender preferences. And crucially, the app makes the natal charts of matched users available to each other – a feature that founder Rachel Lo says solves for the awkward moment when astrology buffs have to ask dates for birth times to explore their chart.
