Aspects
Arethusa Septile Mercury
An almost compulsive pull runs through your thinking toward inwardness, a destined retreat into the privacy of your own head whenever the world presses. It feels older than reason. Notice when the retreat is wisdom and when it is mere escape, and let your mind choose engagement when it is safe.
Lean in — Watch when withdrawing into thought is flight, not depth.
Watch for — Vanish into your own head every time you are pressed.
- fated
- inwardness
- retreat
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 the protected source and the thinking mind as an inner dynamic of keeping one's own counsel.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the septile as a seventh-harmonic aspect of fated, inspired, almost compulsive pull.