Aspects
Astraea Conjunction Descendant
Astraea conjunct your Descendant pulls you toward partners who embody fairness and high principle, the honorable other you long for. You relate best with people who share your moral seriousness. The shadow is disqualifying anyone who proves merely human, holding partners to an ideal no one can meet. Seek integrity in others without demanding perfection.
Lean in — Look for partners with real integrity, not flawless ones.
Watch for — Do not disqualify someone the moment they prove human.
- partnership
- integrity
- ideal
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 Descendant, partnership and the other, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the conjunction as a fusion of two principles acting as one.