Aspects
Descendant Opposition Metis
Metis opposite your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. places your practical cunning across the partnership axis, so you keep meeting your own strategic gift in the clever partners you attract and often hand your judgment to them. The relationship becomes a mirror of disowned wisdom. Take your counsel back, and meet a partner as an equal advisor rather than a follower.
Lean in — Reclaim the strategic judgment you keep handing to partners.
Watch for — Lean on a clever partner to make every shrewd call for you.
- cunning
- projection
- partnership
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Metis by her myth, Titaness of cunning wisdom and mother of Athena swallowed by Zeus, as a point of practical intelligence and resourceful counsel.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of cunning wisdom 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.