Icarus Edge
WEEKEND Astro-LOA Flash
Asteroid 1566 Icarus, orbiting between Mercury and Earth, is conjunct Pluto in Capricorn for the first time since Dec 2015 (see ephemeris below. Icarus is also ‘out of bounds‘). Taking 409 days to journey through the zodiac, this conjunction can manifest as a desire to take a leaps – right off the edge!
Whatever feels like it’s holding you back is your launchpad. Your springboard. From that discontent, you move forward in one, huge, blind leap.
But wait! Isn’t Mercury there too, turning retrograde for the next three weeks?
Yes, and even though you may find a creative ‘way out’ of a perceived limitation or obstacle, you’ll be rethinking the moves as we roll into 2017.
But that’s okay!
You might conclude it was the perfect step to take, or there could be some course correction. Either way, the impulse is to ‘fly free’ will allow your spirit to soar and your life to change for the better.
The Mythos
Image by Pamela Coleman-SmithIcarus was Daedalus’s son who, ignoring his father’s warning not to fly too close to the sun, lost his feathered wings, fell to the sea and drowned. Not a very successful outcome, though he did escape the prison tower they’d been in for way too long. Some people associate Icarus with a kind of crash and burn mentality. He’s like The Fool in the Tarot, not looking where he is going, foolhardy and reckless.
Not me.
I see this energy as freedom. Expansion. Liberation!
True, 1566 Icarus on Pluto can represent some extreme measures, feelings and insights but mainly it represents an attempt to escape intolerable situations. It is the impulse to get out of unfair circumstances, or go for liberating goals that others might say are impossible. Note: It doesn’t have to always end ‘badly’.
What can Icarus conjunct Pluto do for you?
Icarus energy set free can be vivid, creative inspiration. Trapped and he is like a wild bird caged. Ever had that feeling?
It’s like an crazy urge to run like hell when all they’ve said is, sign here, or pick you up at 7, or maybe even I do . . .
Icarus with Pluto is a chance to gain a deeper insight on the ‘flight’ side or our fight or flight response. Where do you feel like flying the coop? Is it fear or instinct or healthy self-awareness?
Take a moment to think about it over the next few days and eliminate a toleration or too. Why? Because tolerating something is not always a virtue. It can be a heavy energy drain. (Read more about Granting Freedom from Tolerations.)
Here’s what Jeannette Maw has to say about it:
Toleration: To tolerate something means to “allow the existence of, to permit or endure or put up with something.” This implies that the something (or someone) is less than ideal and tends to drain a person’s energy. Thus, a toleration is often a hindering influence to the vibration.
Leverage the Icarus/Pluto energy and Toss out Tolerations now!
If any of you know where Icarus is in your natal chart, feel free to mention it here. Mine’s exact on my descendant – the cusp of the house of relationship. A freedom lover if there ever was one.
Have a great weekend!
xxKim
I must say, I really “hear” the included definition of “tolerating”. Holding onto people you’ve known for decades out of habit vs. authentic connection has been a long-standing issue for me. I was thinking maybe I was being intolerant but “faking the funk” just induces anger within me. I don’t have to stay connected to people out of habit. I def do NOT have to entertain frenemies. It makes the current social landscape pretty empty, but I also think of it as creating a fertile new garden. I’ve started over in my life in every way the last how many years (career etc). I mean, I knew letting go of the old was necessary but I had no idea I would have to burn every.damn.thing to the ground. And I’ve been very polite about it. I am being honest replying to insistent texts that I am “just not feeling anyone I know” rather than trying to shame people. I don’t need to point out why I don’t feel connected, being polite about it gives me the result I need without inducing negativity for either one of us. I have zero qualms about being confrontational, so I am learning to be honest without being so…hurtfully raw, lol.
I must also say, the last month my dreams have been very interesting but not in the way you expect. Literally, I dream SPECIFICALLY about a person or object I encountered that day but what happens subsequently in the dream is my subconscious creates a scenario from the worst possible place to “work me through” deep level feelings and stuff. I have never experienced anything like it, it is like my subconscious has enforced this forced therapy onto my brain. I was in the shower yesterday and I quietly said aloud “I love him but he doesn’t love me” and I stopped myself immediately, asking myself who are you talking about? I realized that sentence has literally been operating in my brain for over 20 years and in those 20 years I have been in one-way relationships with men mourning over unrequited love with other women at my expense. I said right than and there “I don’t need this script in my life” and poof – it was like it was deleted. I see now I have been reinforcing all this shit subconsciously within myself without me knowing and now I am super aware of it. It is like these very subtle revolutions have been happening in my life the last 4 years but it’s worked outside (change of vocation) and now we getting into the core of it (subconscious). Makes you wonder if/when it ever ends but it must be nigh if we’re in THAT deep now and I am like “no more”.
Interesting times to say the least…
My Icarus is in Aries at 13″ right on the Cusp of the 10th house, threatening to fly my 11th, lol. No major aspects.
FYI the ‘Nude’ exhibit at the Art Gallery of New South Wales currently has two depictions of Icarus – one painted, one sculptured. The painting is incredible in person, no photos can do it justice <3
The exhibit sounds amazing! The Lament of Icarus by Herbert Draperd is exquisite.
My Icarus is conjunct Kaali and Hermes, all at 29 Cap — lots of wings and arms!
That’s some conjunction, and in the first house (and on Jeannette’s Ascendant and my Chrion). I love it!
I know that 29 degrees is significant … And glad it connects to you and Jeannette … My job is to help you fly!
My Icarus 22 Sag… snuggled with Jupiter at 20 ~ in my 7th; which squares my Sun. And current/transiting Icarus on my 8th house Moon… keeping dear Pluto company. Yes, yes… I know that flight response. But there comes a time when you just need to be brave (I think 🙂 )… thanks Kim ❤
Brave, and adventurous. And trusting. <3
and… Pluto is just completing his shamanic healing over my 8th house Moon… these last few years, all leading to now. I Luv this cosmic world ❤
Thanks Kim <3
Ahhhh…. sigh. After a big day yesterday of psycho-analytical delving in shadow selves, passions and erotic needs…. Mr Psyche ~ sitting ‘too’ close to my Eros (early Virgo). I sighed out loud ~ ‘I need a holiday’, ‘is there an interval?’. Jeez… ‘nothing is simple’ I muttered to myself… ‘you just can’t hold on to those fantasies’. The ‘work’ continues.
My ‘flight’ response 🙂
This is happening conjunct your moon, yes? Emotional risks are not sweet spots for Cappy. What can you do to nourish yourself more?
Out to the garden… bare feet on grass… playing in dirt, sighing and releasing… such a Big time; Mr Psyche ~ and releasing Mahalia. A gentle day today.. no chatting to man… thanks Kimbo. I know it’s all cool… but jeez, into the furnace. ❤
I love gardening and bare feet on the grass. Soul nurturing in a time of so much going on!