Aspects
Descendant Quincunx Metis
Metis 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 practical cunning slightly out of register with how you relate one-to-one, so your clever input lands awkwardly in close bonds and rarely matches what the relationship needs. Continual adjustment is the task. Keep retuning how you offer counsel to a partner until it arrives as help, not unwanted strategy.
Lean in — Keep adjusting how you offer counsel so a partner can receive it.
Watch for — Push the same clever advice on every partner regardless of fit.
- cunning
- adjustment
- 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 quincunx as a minor aspect of adjustment and incongruity that must be continually realigned.