Aspects
Descendant Square Flora
Flora A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. the partnership axis, so what draws you and what sustains you can pull in different directions. You may be hooked by beauty and pleasure, then frustrated when the deeper bond does not follow. Or you neglect the lovely, sensual side of a steady relationship until it wilts. Work the friction by asking each attraction whether it can also nourish you.
Lean in — Ask whether each attraction can also feed a lasting bond.
Watch for — Don't let a steady partnership lose its bloom from neglect.
- friction
- attraction
- depth
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Flora by her myth, Roman goddess of flowers and spring, as a point of blossoming, sensual beauty, and the flourishing of life, shadowed by surface-prettiness and the fear of fading.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of blossoming beauty and the Descendant, partnership and the other, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the square as dynamic tension that drives growth through friction.