Aspects
Ascendant Square Pomona
Pomona A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. your rising point, so the drive to cultivate and improve yourself rubs against simply living as you are. You may over-prune your own personality, cutting back traits before they flower. The friction eases when you let some part of yourself grow wild and unedited, trusting it to fruit in its own time.
Lean in — Channel the pruning urge into one real project, not your whole self.
Watch for — Do not edit your personality back to a stump.
- over-pruning
- friction
- growth
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Pomona by her myth, Roman goddess of orchards and fruit, as a point of devoted cultivation, ripening care, and the abundance that follows patient tending.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of devoted cultivation and the Ascendant, the self and persona, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the square as dynamic tension that drives growth through friction.