Aspects
Arethusa Semi-Sextile Venus
Beside your way of loving runs a quiet capacity to stay inviolate inside affection, a freedom-in-bond you can lean on. It lets closeness happen without losing yourself. Treat that protected self as a resource within love, and let it help you give without disappearing into another person.
Lean in — Stay rooted in your own source while you love someone.
Watch for — Let the need to stay free keep you forever at arm's length.
- sanctuary
- love
- freedom
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Arethusa by her myth, the nymph turned into a pure underground spring to escape the river-god's pursuit, as a point of the protected source, flight to preserve one's freedom, and transformation under pressure.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of flight-to-freedom and the love nature as an inner dynamic of staying inviolate inside a bond.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the semi-sextile as a minor growth aspect, a subtle nudge toward integrating two neighboring principles.