emilyolivia33
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5 yr. ago
From Steven Forrest's "Skymates Vol. 1" - This succinctly describes what happens when the sun and the ascendant come into contact in synastry and why. Enjoy. Cheers! Emily
SUN SOLARIZES ASCENDANT
Flowing aspects: This harmonious blending of the Sun and the Ascendant is a particularly merry synastric contact. There is something about the Ascendant partner’s style that brings out confidence in the Sun person, and something about the Sun person’s basic character that encourages and energizes the showmanship of the Ascendant person. Specifically, the Ascendant person wears the mask of the archetype of his or her Ascendant sign— his or her style automatically takes on that spin as it comes out into the world. The Sun person just eats that Ascendant energy for breakfast, since it inspires the deeper and more effective expression of that person’s own core solar archetype. Thus, these two people bring out something close to theater in each other, each one rendering the other one more colorful, effective, and alive. The catch? Well, whenever egos start reinforcing each other, we need to be alert to lies and illusions upon which we unconsciously agree . . . but hopefully some of the more challenging aspects between the charts will flush out those illusions.
Challenging aspects: The inharmonious blending of Sun and Ascendant is a problematic interaspect in synastry. Both Sun and Ascendant are self-centered symbols in general, and there is the possibility of an unseemly ego war here. There is something about the Ascendant partner’s style that rubs the Sun person the wrong way, and something about the Sun person’s more narrow, self-centered side that can trigger volatility and “shutting out” behavior in the Ascendant partner. When it gets bad, the Sun person winds up looking like a sorry archetype of that particular Sun sign, while the Ascendant partner resembles a lower archetype of his or her Ascendant— remember to look at our Table of Archetypes in Chapter Two if you need a refresher on the specifics. How can this messy scenario be avoided? Start with the recognition that pride is the basic problem here. If the couple feels loving and humble towards one another, they can make soft, open eye contact. If they are caught in the nets of this Sun-Ascendant tension, they can’t— their ego-walls are up.
Forrest, Steven; Forrest, Jodie. Skymates (Kindle Locations 3112-3128). Seven Paws Press. Kindle Edition.