What It Means
A sextile (60°) is a friendly aspect that offers opportunities. It brings talent and cooperation between two planets, but you have to act on it.
In our calculator, a sextile counts within an orb of about 4° (a little wider when the Sun or Moon is involved).
How to Read It
Start with the two planets: what does each represent? Then apply the sextile's nature — flowing. Tighter orbs are stronger. The signs and houses involved show where it plays out.
Examples
Sun sextile Moon
This aspect creates easy opportunities between your core identity, vitality and purpose and your emotions, instincts and need for security. This is a natural strength you can lean on.
Venus sextile Mars
This aspect creates easy opportunities between your love, attraction, values and taste and your drive, desire, courage and anger. This is a natural strength you can lean on.
Mercury sextile Saturn
This aspect creates easy opportunities between your mind, communication and learning style and your discipline, responsibility and life lessons. This is a natural strength you can lean on.
Moon sextile Pluto
This aspect creates easy opportunities between your emotions, instincts and need for security and your power, transformation and rebirth. This is a natural strength you can lean on.
Jupiter sextile Sun
This aspect creates easy opportunities between your growth, luck, optimism and beliefs and your core identity, vitality and purpose. This is a natural strength you can lean on.
See Your Aspects
Your full list of aspects appears in your report from our natal chart calculator.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a sextile good or bad?
It's considered harmonious, a natural strength.
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