Aspects
Descendant Square Icarus
Icarus 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. your The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. sets your relating against your urge to soar, so partnerships keep colliding over how much risk to take together. The friction is instructive. Let each disagreement clarify a shared, sane appetite for daring.
Lean in — Negotiate how bold you and a partner will be.
Watch for — Drag a partner into leaps they never agreed to.
- friction
- partnership
- risk
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 square as dynamic tension that drives growth through friction.