Aspects
Ascendant Conjunction Metis
Metis When two planets sit at the same point in the zodiac, blending their meanings into one. The most powerful and direct of the aspects. your The zodiac degree rising on the eastern horizon at your birth, also called the rising sign. It sets the whole house framework of the chart and colors how you meet the world. fuses resourceful intelligence with your persona, so people sense the shrewd, ready-counsel quality in you the moment you appear. You read a room fast and find the angle others miss. Wear that cleverness openly, and make sure your wisdom is credited to you rather than quietly absorbed by whoever stands beside you.
Lean in — Let your shrewd read of a situation show in how you carry yourself.
Watch for — Hide your cleverness so others can claim the good idea as theirs.
- cunning
- identity
- counsel
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Metis by her myth, Titaness of cunning wisdom and mother of Athena swallowed by Zeus, as a point of practical intelligence and resourceful counsel.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of cunning wisdom and the Ascendant, the self and persona, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the conjunction as a fusion of two principles acting as one.