Facies
Descendant Conjunct Facies
With your 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. Facies, the star's nature, the archer's unblinking aim with its ruthless focus and danger, falls on partnership and what you draw close. Those you meet can be fiercely single-minded and effective on a shared target, yet the same angle can turn ruthless or carry risk into the bond. A A star in the background sky beyond the planets, holding its place in the constellations. Astrology reads contacts to certain bright stars as carrying their own distinct fortunes. colors this setting point without ruling it, so read Facies beside the rest of your chart and any planet it touches.
- fixed star
- facies
- descendant
- conjunction
Sources
- Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923)Gives Facies's traditional nature of ruthless, unblinking focus with attendant danger, read here on the relational and domestic angles.
- Brady, Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (1998)Reads Facies through the archer's-face nebula of Sagittarius and its meaning by conjunction, applied to partnership and the roots of the chart.
- Ebertin, Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation (1971)Gives the practical, observed effect of Facies on a conjunct point, here the Descendant and Imum Coeli.