Aspects
Bacchus Novile Descendant
With Bacchus novile your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship., the way you share pleasure with others grows in slow, private stages. Relationship by relationship, you are learning how to enjoy a partner without losing yourself in the enjoyment. Trust this gradual ripening and resist rushing intimacy into performance. Tend the inner work and a richer, freer sharing will surface in your bonds.
Lean in — Let your way of sharing joy mature slowly
Watch for — Do not force relational ripening before its time
- gestation
- slow ripening
- shared joy
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Bacchus through the Dionysian theme, wine, ecstasy, release, and the loosening of the ordinary self, as a point of ecstatic abandon and the urge to let go.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of ecstatic release and the Descendant, partnership and the other, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the novile as a ninth-harmonic aspect of inner gestation and spiritual ripening.