Aspects
Descendant Conjunction Icarus
Icarus When two planets sit at the same point in the zodiac, blending their meanings into one. The most powerful and direct of the aspects. your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. binds the urge to soar to your closest partnerships, so you seek bold, adventurous others and bring daring into the way you relate. The shadow is partners who push too far. Fly together, but watch the shared altitude.
Lean in — Choose partners who match your daring with care.
Watch for — Let a relationship dare you into reckless leaps.
- partnership
- daring
- flight
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Icarus by its namesake, the youth who flew too close to the sun, as a point of daring flight, liberation, and the recklessness that risks the fall.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of daring flight 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.