Aspects
Descendant Opposition Icarus
Icarus opposite your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. places your appetite for flight squarely in the people you pair with, so partners embody the boldness and risk you find magnetic. They mirror your own unowned nerve. Meet them as equals rather than spectators.
Lean in — Engage a bold partner as your equal in nerve.
Watch for — Live out your daring only through your partner.
- mirror
- partner
- boldness
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 opposition as a polarity seeking balance, often met through others.