Aspects
Mars Semi-Square Metis
A low-grade friction runs between your drive and the Metis theme, so your shrewd, strategic gift can make you the power behind another's throne, achieving their aims while your own go unrealized. The irritation asks you to wield your cunning for yourself. Be the strategist of your own life, not only another's.
Lean in — Be the strategist of your own life, not only another's.
Watch for — Spend your cunning powering another's rise, never your own.
- wisdom
- drive
- friction
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Metis by her myth, Titaness of cunning wisdom, mother of Athena, swallowed by Zeus, as a point of practical intelligence, resourceful counsel, and wisdom that risks being absorbed or unseen.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of cunning and drive as an inner dynamic of shrewd, strategic action.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the semi-square as low-grade hard tension that seeks release through small adjustments.