Semi-sextile Mercury – Mars

(Transit Mercury → Natal Mars)

Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects

Semi-sextile of Mercury: When cosmic visitors wish to establish contact with humans, they will announce it through the press. On a low level, this aspect brings a light mental interest in abstract cosmic themes and twists of thought that do not fit into the standard social framework, which a person often overlooks. When strongly activated, the aspect distorts the mental picture of the world in the areas governed by the planet, and the individual may reject or even fear their own thoughts. This happens because public subconsciousness imposes a particularly strong censorship on rational thinking; cosmic ethics are largely unacceptable to it, primarily for anthropocentric reasons: after all, “man is the master of all, he decides everything,” and the ultimate spiritual goal of evolution is not reflected in these barely comprehensible words. At a higher level of development, a person begins to sense their unique way of thinking and mental control in the areas governed by the planet as fresh, creative, and potentially very promising, though they may struggle to find common ground with others or even explain to themselves the hidden meaning of their thoughts and words. Deep processing of the aspect leads to a rational understanding of earthly and, to some extent, cosmic karma in the relevant spheres, and then earthly and cosmic rational visions align to a significant degree (at a low level, this is impossible, and with a debilitated semi-sextile, mental disorders may occur).

Semi-sextile of Mars: Which planet symbolizes aggression in Martian astrology? This aspect requires a partial shift to cosmic vibrations in a person’s personal energy, which primarily means the subtlety of active actions—something that visibly contradicts the crudeness of earthly reality and causes a person, at a low level of processing, a great deal of trouble not only of a metaphysical nature: resistance to evil is unethical according to cosmic standards. However, in the areas governed by the planet, a person will realistically encounter not so much external evil as internal evil, and moreover, one that is socially induced, since the individual is initially attuned to cosmic energy that is incomprehensible and often unacceptable to collective subconsciousness. Processing occurs through mastering, comprehending, and internally accepting the cosmic vibrations and cosmic ethics of active actions available to the person, which gradually proves to be a more effective protection against the aggression of the external world than initially expected. However, here, especially with Mars afflicted, it is harder to rid oneself of internal aggression toward the world and oneself—both overt and repressed—since the semi-sextile demands sterling purity in this regard; initially, it is present, but gradually disappears, creating a sense of inner disharmony and rigidity that the person does not quite understand, which is linked to the fact that in this case, they are judged not by humanity but by the Cosmos.