Aspects
Orcus Conjunction Sun
Your sense of self and the Orcus principle of oaths and integrity are fused, so being true to your word and your deepest commitments is woven into who you are. You take vows seriously, hold yourself to a private code even when no one is watching, and feel the weight of a promise kept or broken in your very identity. The gift is a profound, incorruptible integrity, a self you can stand behind. The shadow is a rigidity about your own rules, harsh self-judgment over any lapse, or a lonely, austere relationship to your principles. Let your integrity define you without becoming a cage, true to your word and forgiving of your own humanity.
Lean in — Stay true to your word while forgiving your own humanity.
Watch for — Turn your private code into a rigid, self-punishing cage.
- incorruptible-integrity
- oath-keeping
- private-code
Sources
- Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche (2006)Gives the archetypal field of Orcus, oaths and the long consequence of the vow, as it meets the Sun.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Frames the Orcus-Sun aspect as an inner dynamic of the chart.
- Forrest, The Inner Sky (1984)Reads the Orcus-Sun contact in evolutionary, growth-oriented terms.