Aspects
Arethusa Sextile Descendant
Arethusa A friendly, opportunity-shaped aspect between planets about 60 degrees apart. It offers help you have to reach for rather than receive automatically. your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship., offering chances to build partnerships that protect each person's pure source instead of demanding possession. The opportunity comes when you choose a connection that honors freedom and privacy. Take the openings for relationships that let you stay clear and uncaught.
Lean in — Pursue bonds that protect each partner's private source.
Watch for — Do not pass on a partner who respects your need for space.
- opportunity
- freeing bond
- purity
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Arethusa by her myth, the nymph turned into an underground spring to escape pursuit, as a point of the pure hidden source and sanctuary found through transformation.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of the hidden wellspring and the Descendant, partnership and the other, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the sextile as an opportunity that rewards being acted on.