Aspects
Imum Coeli Quincunx Metis
Metis 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 practical intelligence slightly out of register with your home and inner life, so shrewdness shows up awkwardly in your private world and rarely fits the ease you crave. Ongoing adjustment is the task. Keep retuning how cleverness lives in your home until your resourcefulness and your foundation finally settle together.
Lean in — Keep adjusting how your cleverness shows up in your home.
Watch for — Force constant strategizing onto a home that needs simple ease.
- cunning
- adjustment
- home
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 quincunx as a minor aspect of adjustment and incongruity that must be continually realigned.