Aspects
Descendant Quincunx Icarus
Icarus An awkward aspect between planets about 150 degrees apart, joining signs with nothing in common. It asks for constant small adjustments between things that do not naturally fit. your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. keeps your appetite for risk slightly out of phase with the people you pair with, so one wants to leap while the other holds back. Constant adjustment bridges it. Recalibrate the pace of daring with each partner.
Lean in — Keep tuning the pace of risk with your partner.
Watch for — Insist your appetite for daring sets the tempo.
- adjustment
- partnership
- tuning
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 quincunx as a minor aspect of adjustment and incongruity that must be continually realigned.