Mercury sextile Venus
Mercury sextile Venus: the widest aspect these two can form, where speech and affection cooperate once the link is put to use.
Meaning
Sixty degrees is near the outer edge of their range, since Mercury and Venus never stand more than about 74° apart. To reach it they must flank the Sun: one is a morning star, the other an evening star.
How thinking meets affection: tact, charm in speech, taste, and the ability to make ideas pleasant and relationships easier to talk about.
Seen from Earth, Mercury and Venus are never more than about 74° apart, so the sextile is the only flowing major aspect they can form. With it, you communicate gracefully: you can negotiate, compliment sincerely or write in a way that makes people feel considered.
In practice
A sextile rewards initiative. The link is there, but it tends to stay dormant unless you use it — take the class, make the call, try the combination. People often discover their sextiles once they start acting on small openings.
Correspondences
Related
- MercuryThe planet of thinking, speech, learning and exchange, the messenger between what is perceived and what is said.
- VenusThe planet of love, pleasure, beauty and what someone values, the lesser benefic of tradition.
- SextileTwo bodies 60° apart, a sixth of the circle, in signs whose elements suit each other: an opening that rewards initiative.
- Mercury conjunct VenusMercury conjunct Venus: thought and affection fused, a mind with an ear for harmony and words chosen with care for the listener.
- Mercury square VenusMercury square Venus cannot occur in a birth chart: the two never stand more than about 74° apart, so their friction takes milder forms.