Aspects
Ascendant Quincunx Icarus
Icarus quincunx your Ascendant 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.