Aspects
Ascendant Quincunx Icarus
Icarus 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. keeps your appetite for risk slightly out of sync with the self you show, so you swing between holding back and overshooting. The fix is constant fine-tuning. Adjust the dose of boldness to each new situation.
Lean in — Recalibrate your nerve to fit each moment.
Watch for — Force a one-size boldness onto everything.
- adjustment
- mismatch
- tuning
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Icarus by its namesake, the youth who flew too close to the sun, as a point of daring flight, liberation, and the recklessness that risks the fall.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of daring flight 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.