Aspects
Hygiea Opposition Neptune
The porous, dissolving side of well-being tends to come at you through your environment and the people around you. You may absorb others' states or stress into your own body, find your health muddled by an unclear or draining setting, or be pulled toward idealized or escapist approaches that do not hold. It can be hard to tell what is yours. The work is boundary and discernment: notice what you are taking on that is not yours, get clear, grounded information rather than drifting in vagueness, and protect your sensitive system from environments and people that deplete it.
Lean in — Protect your porous system from depleting people and places.
Watch for — Carry others' stress and symptoms in your own body.
- absorption
- draining-environment
- boundaries
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Hygiea by her namesake goddess of health as the principle of well-being, prevention, and the maintenance of wholeness.
- Greene, The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption (1996)Reads Neptune as porousness, sensitivity, and the dissolving of the body's boundaries.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the blend of health and sensitivity as a dynamic of the subtle, mind-body link.