Aspects
Descendant Opposition Makemake
With Makemake opposite your Descendant, rising on the self-pole, you bring your own wildness into your bonds rather than meeting it across from you. The untamed, nature-rooted force lives in you, and it faces the partnership axis from the other side: you are the elemental one in the room, and you look for what your own wildness means in the space between you and another. The gift is bringing real raw aliveness to a bond. The shadow is being too untamed for closeness, or needing a partner mostly to witness your wildness. The lifelong work is to let your wild nature and the bond meet as equals, sharing the elemental rather than performing it at someone.
Lean in — Share the elemental rather than perform it at someone.
Watch for — Be too untamed for closeness.
- makemake
- descendant
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Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads natal Makemake opposition the Descendant as the dwarf planet of the wild, untamed nature, and raw creation, expressed through the partnership axis, the bonds you form and the people you draw close.
- Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche (2006)Tarnas frames Makemake as an archetype of the wild natural order and the materializing of creative vision; here it works through the Descendant, the partnership axis, the bonds you form and the people you draw close.
- Greene, Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet (1977)Greene reads the Descendant as the partnership axis, the bonds you form and the people you draw close, where Makemake opposition sets the theme of the wild, the natural world, and bringing raw creation into form.