Algol
Descendant Conjunct Algol
With the The point directly opposite the Ascendant, on the western horizon. It describes partnership, others, and what you seek in relationship. When two planets sit at the same point in the zodiac, blending their meanings into one. The most powerful and direct of the aspects. A famously intense fixed star in Perseus, linked to raw passion and losing one's head, both literally and figuratively. It is one of the most talked-about stars in astrology., the most intense of the stars, the star's character marks partnership, marriage, and the people you attract: raw, concentrated power and the danger of losing your head over another. The Descendant is the angle of one-to-one relating and open enemies, where a setting star is Describes the four most prominent houses, the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th, which sit on the chart's main angles. Planets here are powerful and quick to show their effects. and strong, shaping who you meet across from you. The pull is toward intense, all-or-nothing bonds that must be governed rather than obeyed. Read it together with Algol's full nature and the rest of the chart, since a single star colors but does not dictate.
- fixed star
- algol
- descendant
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Reads the Descendant or nadir conjunct Algol as the star's nature carried to the relating and foundation angles.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads the Algol contact on the setting and lower angles in constellational and predictive context.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Supplies the cosmobiological reading of Algol on the Descendant and Imum Coeli.