Aspects
Astraea Opposition Descendant
With Astraea opposite 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. and on your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship., your sense of fairness keeps arriving through the people you partner with. They embody the conscience you are working out in yourself. You may be drawn to those who challenge you to live up to your own standards. Let the relationship sharpen your fairness rather than score points.
Lean in — Let partners draw out the fairness you are developing.
Watch for — Do not turn relating into a contest over who is right.
- mirror
- fairness
- partnership
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 opposition as a polarity seeking balance, often met through others.