Aspects
Astraea Square Descendant
Astraea 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 The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. rubs your standards against the actual partners in your life, who keep falling short of the ideal. You feel forced to choose between your principles and the relationship. The friction can teach you to love real people instead of paragons. Hold your standards and your partner without making them enemies.
Lean in — Love the real partner without dropping your standards.
Watch for — Do not force a choice between principles and people.
- friction
- partnership
- 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 square as dynamic tension that drives growth through friction.