Aspects
Icarus Opposition Imum Coeli
Icarus opposite your The lowest point of the chart, opposite the Midheaven, often called the IC. It points to home, roots, family, and your private foundation. sets the daring at your core against your visible life, so a private hunger to fly keeps pulling you out toward exposure and ambition. The world may pull harder than home. Honor both the launch and the place you return to.
Lean in — Honor both your bold reach and your private base.
Watch for — Let public flight uproot your inner ground.
- balance
- roots
- ambition
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 Imum Coeli, home and roots, as a specific working relationship.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the opposition as a polarity seeking balance, often met through others.