Aspects
Ascendant Trine Metis
Metis A flowing, supportive aspect between planets about 120 degrees apart, usually in the same element. Things come easily here, sometimes too easily to notice. 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. lets practical cunning flow smoothly into your bearing, so quick, sensible counsel feels like a natural part of how you move through the day. People come to you for the clever, workable answer. Enjoy that ease, and keep sharpening your judgment so a gift this fluent does not coast into glibness.
Lean in — Offer your easy, workable counsel freely to those around you.
Watch for — Let fluent cleverness slide into glib, unconsidered advice.
- cunning
- ease
- 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 trine as an easy, harmonious flow between two principles.