Mercury Sextile Venus: What the Aspect Means

Mercury sextile Venus is a harmonious aspect of medium strength (about 60°) between Mercury and Venus. The aspect links two natures: Mercury — intellect, curiosity, sociability, eloquence, resourcefulness; Venus — a sense of beauty, love of harmony, tenderness, sociability, a striving for fairness.

Key points:

• • The sextile is a harmonious aspect of medium strength (about 60°).
• • Mercury in Vronsky: intellect, curiosity, sociability, eloquence, resourcefulness.
• • Venus in Vronsky: a sense of beauty, love of harmony, tenderness, sociability, a striving for fairness.
• • How the aspect plays out depends on the house Mercury occupies.

What does a sextile between Mercury and Venus mean?

A sextile is a harmonious aspect of medium strength: an angle of about 60° between two planets. According to Vronsky, it opens favourable opportunities for ideas and plans but asks for one's own effort, will and activity; in strength and duration it is weaker than the trine.

In a tense chart a sextile softens, in a harmonious one it adds to what is already favourable. In modern Western astrology the keyword of the sextile is “opportunity” — one that has to be taken up.

In a particular chart much depends on the house Mercury occupies, and on the signs and the other aspects.

FAQ

What decides how the Mercury–Venus sextile plays out? First of all the house Mercury occupies, and also the signs and the other aspects of the chart.

What is a sextile in astrology? A sextile is a harmonious aspect of medium strength: an angle of about 60° between two planets.

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