Aspects
Imum Coeli Opposition Metis
Metis 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. stretches your practical cunning from your private depths toward your public life, so the shrewdness held at home keeps pulling against the strategist you present outside. Each end wants your wisdom. Honor both your need for a quietly resourceful base and your drive to advise in the world, and refuse to let one drain the other.
Lean in — Honor both your quiet inner wisdom and your public strategy.
Watch for — Spend all your cleverness in the world and bring none home.
- cunning
- balance
- roots
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Metis by her myth, Titaness of cunning wisdom and mother of Athena swallowed by Zeus, as a point of practical intelligence and resourceful counsel.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of cunning wisdom 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.