Aspects
Ascendant Quincunx Astraea
With Astraea An awkward aspect between planets about 150 degrees apart, joining signs with nothing in common. It asks for constant small adjustments between things that do not naturally fit. 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., your inner sense of justice and your outward self rarely sit comfortably together and need ongoing tuning. You may overcorrect, swinging from rigid to apologetic about your standards. The work is small and continual, fitting your principles to the actual person you are. Adjust the bar to your life rather than waiting for your life to reach the bar.
Lean in — Keep tuning your principles to the self you actually live.
Watch for — Do not swing between rigid purity and self-erasure.
- adjustment
- ideals
- tuning
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Astraea by her myth, the star-maiden of justice who withdrew from the fallen world, as a point of fairness, idealism, and uncompromising integrity.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of idealism and integrity and the Ascendant, the self and persona, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the quincunx as a minor aspect of adjustment and incongruity that must be continually realigned.