Sextile Mercury – Pluto
(Transit Mercury → Natal Pluto)
Various sources for the child’s horoscope
Your child may express their thoughts in a very mysterious way, making them seem enigmatic and hard to understand. They have a sharp, inventive mind and enjoy digging to the core of what interests them, uncovering information. However, honest and open communication with parents or friends may be difficult—the child simply does not want to share their thoughts. They may be relentless in their intellectual pursuits but easily offended if their ideas or opinions are criticized. For such children, it is essential to learn to listen and accept the thoughts and ideas of others.
Het Monster. Aspects
A sharp mind that allows seeing the true motives behind human actions and the driving forces of events beneath their external manifestations. Strong willpower and the ability to focus intensely on a single task. Creative abilities.
Catherine Aubier. Astrological Dictionary
Trine, sextile: a desire to leave nothing unexplained; an inquisitive mind constantly occupied with complex problems. The person strives to analyze and thoroughly investigate them with complete composure. Symbols, parables, and paradoxes appeal to them. This is a researcher who loses interest in a question as soon as the solution is found. They constantly pose psychological questions and excel at drawing conclusions.
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Mercury sextile: The work of the mind is effective between what a person does not understand and what they cannot influence in principle. The Mercury sextile gives the planet the ability to constructively interact with the principle of thought. The statement “the mind rules all” is both a simplification of reality and its falsification; however, in the sphere of the planet’s influence, the sextile provides the person with various opportunities for rational understanding and tactical mental control. The Mercury sextile does not offer instant and easy superficial rational comprehension of the planet’s principle, as a trine would, but it makes the efforts aimed at grasping it constructive. With some effort, the person reaches a level where their understanding does not profane the planet’s principle but instead gives it new directions for development. When interpreting this aspect, it is important to consider which planet in the sextile is stronger. If Mercury is stronger, the person may be tempted to consider their initial (or secondary) thoughts sufficient and effective, suppressing the planet’s principle with them, distorting it greatly, and their mental control over the planet will prove too crude. If the planet in the sextile is stronger, the person may be tempted to subordinate their thinking to its principle, resulting in biased rational understanding that hinders objectivity, and their mental control will be too weak. In any case, the person will feel a general need for mental development in the areas governed by the planet. Working with this aspect provides great opportunities for rationalization in the planet’s spheres of influence, as well as subtlety and flexibility in rational thinking, the limits of which the person will clearly sense. This is beneficial for teachers in fields related to the planet, as the person can offer students broad opportunities to master the planet’s principle by engaging their rational minds—an effective teaching method. Conversely, neglecting to work with this aspect, stubbornly refusing to use rational thinking to engage with the planet’s principle, leads the person to lose faith in themselves, their abilities, and their potential, resulting in mental depression and possible blows of fate in the corresponding areas.
Pluto sextile: While striving to make the world worthy of yourself, remember that this is impossible. The Pluto sextile gives the person opportunities for purification in the areas governed by the planet, and these opportunities should not be neglected. In life, this influence often does not stand out too strongly, but the person still notices that when choosing and implementing opportunities offered by the planet, they must be careful, as incorrect actions—and especially any shoddy work—lead to irreversible losses and the collapse of constructive endeavors. Sometimes Pluto may offer the planet’s principle several options for sacrifice, and in such cases, the person should be very cautious. They should avoid making hasty decisions and, if possible, delay the sacrifice for as long as it remains feasible: sudden blows from Pluto are always better prevented in advance. In this case, acting in advance is crucial.
Working with this aspect brings purification of the planet’s principle into the person’s inner life, including subconscious programs related to the planet’s spheres of influence. This purification occurs almost automatically as a side effect of the person’s inner efforts aimed at achieving specific goals offered by the sextile. It includes, in particular, the eradication of the desire for power over others, which the planet’s principle activates in the person. At a high level, the emphasis in the sextile may shift toward Pluto (this rarely happens at an average level and indicates severe blows of fate), and then the person actively participates in large-scale programs related to burning karmic knots. In the concrete forms of their work, the constructive influence of the planet will be felt. At a low level, the person will try to avoid constructive purification or sacrifices for themselves, attempting to postpone them for as long as possible or shift the burden onto others over whom they have some power in the planet’s spheres—and they may see those others’ flaws clearly. With good energy, this projection may work reasonably well for some time (if effort is applied), but playing with Plutonian programs always follows the principle “the sword that is raised by the sword shall perish,” meaning that the purification of others must be preceded by voluntary—or forced—self-purification.
Frances Sakoian. Aspects
A sharp, penetrating mind that sees causes and forces behind external phenomena. In physics, natural sciences, and occultism, particularly in the 8th house areas (insurance, wills, taxes). The ability to express oneself forcefully. Strong willpower, the capacity for intense focus on a single task, creative abilities, and originality of thought.
S.V. Shestopalov. Aspects of Planets
High sociability, popularity, and enterprise; a research-oriented, progressive mind, excellent organizational skills, strong business qualities, and the ability to captivate an audience. Negative traits include adventurism, cunning, a tendency toward grand schemes, bribery, and the misuse of position.
