Opposition

The opposition sets two planets directly across from each other, a hundred and eighty degrees apart, facing like figures at opposite ends of an axis. It is a hard aspect, the tension of a tug-of-war, yet its pull is one of polarity rather than collision — each body holding what the other lacks. The relationship demands awareness, since neither can be ignored, and resolution comes only through balance: the integration of two opposing energies into a single, conscious whole.