Part of Courage
Part of Courage Square Jupiter
The Part of Courage A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. Jupiter presses your boldness against overconfidence, exaggeration, and the urge to gamble bigger than is wise, so daring must be reined back from reckless excess. The friction teaches the difference between brave and foolhardy. Keep your nerve bold but grounded and let restraint sharpen rather than smother it.
- courage
- faith
- friction
Sources
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017)Brennan reads the Part of Courage, the lot of Mars, as the point marking boldness, daring, audacity, and the capacity for forceful, valorous action.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of expansion and faith with the lot's significations of courage as a specific working relationship.
- Valens, Anthologies (160)Valens reads the square to a lot as obstruction and hard pressure bearing on the lot's affairs.