Aspects
Cybele Opposition Imum Coeli
Opposite the The lowest point of the chart, opposite the Midheaven, often called the IC. It points to home, roots, family, and your private foundation. and sitting near the The highest point of the chart, also called the MC, marking the top of the sky at your birth. It speaks to career, reputation, and your public direction., Cybele sets the Great Mother in your foundations against your public ambitions. The fierce nurture at your core wants expression in the world, and the two ends of the axis keep tugging. Let your protected inner ground become the launchpad for your outward calling rather than its rival.
Lean in — Let your fiercely held roots fuel the role you carry into the world.
Watch for — Do not let public striving hollow out the home that grounds you.
- root and crown
- home versus world
- grounded ambition
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Cybele by her myth, the Phrygian Great Mother of the mountains, as a point of elemental, commanding maternal power and fierce protection.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of primal maternal power and the Imum Coeli, home and roots, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the opposition as a polarity seeking balance, often met through others.