Aspects
Icarus Quincunx Imum Coeli
Icarus An awkward aspect between planets about 150 degrees apart, joining signs with nothing in common. It asks for constant small adjustments between things that do not naturally fit. your The lowest point of the chart, opposite the Midheaven, often called the IC. It points to home, roots, family, and your private foundation. keeps your appetite for flight slightly at odds with your need for home, so you feel pulled to leave and pulled to stay at once. Ongoing adjustment eases it. Keep rebalancing freedom and belonging.
Lean in — Rebalance the urge to fly with the need to belong.
Watch for — Force a choice between roots and freedom too soon.
- adjustment
- roots
- tuning
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 quincunx as a minor aspect of adjustment and incongruity that must be continually realigned.