Venus sextile Mars
Venus sextile Mars: affection and desire in cooperation, an opening for warmth, flirtation and creative energy when it is acted on.
Meaning
Desire and tact meet on easy terms here, a sixth of the circle apart. They work together, though the spark tends to light only when someone takes the first step.
How desire and affection fit together: pursuing versus attracting, and the balance between wanting someone and caring for them.
Wanting and caring work easily together for you. You can pursue what attracts you without losing tact, and you balance give and take in relationships fairly naturally. Artistic or physical skills — dance, design, a sport played with grace — may come easily.
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
- VenusThe planet of love, pleasure, beauty and what someone values, the lesser benefic of tradition.
- MarsThe planet of drive, desire, courage and conflict, the force that acts, competes and defends.
- SextileTwo bodies 60° apart, a sixth of the circle, in signs whose elements suit each other: an opening that rewards initiative.
- Venus conjunct MarsVenus conjunct Mars: affection and desire fused, a vivid, magnetic nature where attraction comes fast and love is shown in action.
- Venus square MarsVenus square Mars: desire and affection in friction, a charged nature that learns over time to join passion and tenderness.