Aspects
Descendant Semi-Sextile Icarus
Icarus semi-sextile your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. adds a faint, steady prompt to bring a little more daring into your one-to-one bonds, a near resource to draw on. Small shared risks activate it. Be slightly bolder with the people close to you.
Lean in — Bring small acts of daring into close bonds.
Watch for — Ignore the quiet pull to relate more boldly.
- subtle
- partnership
- nudge
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 semi-sextile as a minor growth aspect, a subtle nudge toward integrating neighboring principles.