Name: Too Close to the Flame: Decoding Planets Combust the Sun
Start: 2025-11-30T13:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-11-30T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Tribes Cofeehouse

Intense and misunderstood, the Sun combust another planet in our natal chart (or in transits) can be confusing and dynamic when a planet is simply **too close to the Sun's immense light and heat.**

### ☀️ What is "Combust"?

A planet is considered **Combust** when it is within a certain distance (typically **8 degrees 30 seconds** of the Sun.

* **The Sun's Effect:** Imagine standing too close to a powerful furnace. The planet's energy doesn't just combine with the Sun's; it is **overwhelmed, neutralized, or burned up** by the Sun's brilliance.
* **The Experience:** This placement doesn't eliminate the planet's function, but it makes that energy **unconscious, driven, and difficult to express outwardly** in a balanced way. The actions ruled by that planet become deeply intertwined with the **ego and the core identity** (the Sun).

### 🔍 What We Will Explore:

* **The Interior Life:** How a combust planet creates a **highly internalized** version of that planet's function. For example, a combust Mercury may result in thinking that is brilliant but happens entirely "inside your head."
* **The Ego Drive:** We will discuss how the Combust planet's function often becomes a **hyper-focused, non-negotiable drive** that the native must express through the ego.
* **Case Studies:** We will look at examples like **Combust Venus** (where affection/values are intensely tied to self-esteem) and **Combust Mars** (where action/anger is personally driven and difficult to see clearly).

You are welcome to join us regardless of your level of astrological expertise.

Please support Tribes financially by purchasing food and beverages!

Gaia Richards

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