How to Strengthen a Relationship — Compatibility Matrix Analysis (16)

How to Strengthen a Relationship — Compatibility Matrix Analysis. The Compatibility Matrix is a unique tool that allows you to analyse your relationship with another person and strengthen it—regardless of the type of bond (friendship, romantic relationship, or professional partnership).

In this article, we’ll provide a clear guide on which points in the Destiny Matrix you should focus on and work through in order to improve your relationship and gain a deeper understanding of one another.

And at the end, you’ll find a real example of how we analysed the compatibility matrix of two brothers who also happen to be the founders of Puma and Adidas. We’ll also offer a forecast on the challenges in their partnership and what may have led to their eventual business split.

Key points in the matrix to focus on for strengthening your relationship

By calculating the Compatibility Matrix, you can discover how to build a more successful partnership with someone. Below are the main areas to examine for relationship improvement:

• Comfort Zone – describes your interaction and how you perceive this union together.
• Couple’s Character – how your relationship appears in the eyes of others.
• Higher Purpose – the reason you met, as well as the strengths of your connection.
• Karma Zone of Money and Health – highlights key challenges in the relationship and what needs to be addressed.
• Karmic Tail – reveals the main lessons and goals of your partnership.
• Arcana in the Relationship Channel – shows the path to mutual understanding.
• Arcana in the Money Channel – what needs to be done to create significant wealth together.

Case study: Analysing the matrix of two business partners

The Compatibility Matrix can help strengthen not only romantic relationships, but also your connections with colleagues, friends, and family. To demonstrate this in action, let’s analyse the matrix of two business partners — the brothers who founded Puma and Adidas.

Let’s analyse it step by step using our method:

• Comfort Zone (16): this is not an easy union — frequent disagreements and conflicts are likely. The main goal of this connection is to work through karmic lessons.
• Couple’s Character (12–22–10): to the outside world, they appear as brothers (12) who support each other in new ventures or creative endeavours (22), and are often seen as lucky or destined for success and fame (10).
• Higher Purpose (3–17–14): they are meant to help one another become successful and well-known (17), achieve material wealth (3), and balance each other emotionally (14).
• Karma Zone: Money and Health (18–7–7): core challenges include secrecy or deception (18), and a tendency to act ruthlessly to reach their goals (7).
• Karmic Tail (8–14–6): they are meant to run their business legally and transparently (8), achieve mutual understanding (14), and share a common vision for their work (6).
• Relationship Channel (6–19–13): their path to harmony lies in resolving conflicts peacefully (6), communicating with ease and honesty (19), and being open to change (13).
• Money Channel (13–20–7): to succeed financially, they must set a clear shared goal and stick to it (13), consider one another’s needs and broader social impact (20), and show perseverance (7).

Final thoughts

The matrix analysis reveals that the main problems in the partnership between the founders of Puma and Adidas stemmed from a lack of understanding and unwillingness to consider each other’s perspectives, even though they shared a common goal. Another issue was that their business activities were initially not legally formalised. Most likely, they parted ways because they had fundamentally different approaches to business and product development.

Try using our free compatibility calculator to analyse your relationship with a colleague or business partner—and find out how to succeed together.