Aspects
Descendant Sextile Icarus
Icarus A friendly, opportunity-shaped aspect between planets about 60 degrees apart. It offers help you have to reach for rather than receive automatically. your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. offers openings to grow closer through shared boldness, but only if you and a partner actually take the leap together. The chance rewards mutual nerve. Say yes to the adventures relationships put in front of you.
Lean in — Take shared bold chances that deepen a bond.
Watch for — Hang back while partnership openings expire.
- opportunity
- partnership
- courage
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 sextile as an opportunity that rewards being acted on.