Mercury – Venus sextile
(Transit Mercury → Natal Venus)
Various sources for the child’s horoscope
Your child has charm, a soft and melodic voice, and the ability to “feel” the thoughts of others. They possess talents in literature, poetry, science, and mathematics. They may be able to reveal and express their talents in the arts if their parents support them in this. For example, if your child has a melodic voice, encourage them to read aloud.
Het Monster. Aspects
Charm, grace, ease, and refinement in speech. Literary and poetic talent. A pleasant voice. Composers are not uncommon.
Catherine Aubier. Astrological Dictionary
The sextile between Mercury and Venus, like the conjunction, grants charm and allure, making temptation a pleasant game. Eloquence and intellect are allies in this game.
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Mercury sextile: The mind works effectively between what a person does not understand and what they cannot change in principle. The 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 management. The Mercury sextile does not offer instant, superficial rational comprehension of the planet’s principle, as a trine would, but it makes 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, on the contrary, opens new avenues for its 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 rigid mental control, leading to significant distortions. 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 mental control becomes 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, subtlety, and flexibility in thinking, with the person clearly understanding the limits of their competence. This is beneficial for teachers in fields related to the planet, as they can offer students broad opportunities to master its principle by engaging their rational minds—an effective teaching method. Conversely, neglecting to work with the Mercury sextile, persistently avoiding the use of rational thought 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 karmic blows in the corresponding areas.
Venus sextile: By rejecting love, a person not only rejects God but also loudly invites the devil. The Venus sextile gives the person opportunities and an internally felt need for socialization and the development of the aesthetic principle in the areas governed by the planet. For example, with a Venus–Mercury sextile, the person deeply desires to attract others through the beauty of their speech, the refinement of their thoughts, and the perfection of their writing style. Fate will provide opportunities for such development, though it may not necessarily lead to a literary institute (for which a trine to Venus is more suitable, especially if it involves Mercury). The Venus sextile grants great constructive power to love in the spheres of the planet. This is a highly favorable aspect, as love serves as a good motivator for work, and the person often willingly makes efforts to understand and work with the planet’s principle. As a result, the latter (under Venus’s influence) improves and softens significantly. However, a person operating at a low level of Venusian processing, focused solely on consumption, will not engage in any activity requiring effort, even when the light of possible love touches their face—only to bitterly regret it later or harden into solitary selfishness. Karma always implies working through or at least periodically activating aspects, and if a person ignores the influence of Venus through the planet’s sextile, the principle of the latter will suffer from a lack of understanding and love, which will reflect on the person as a whole. Unworked Venus sextiles result in particularly harsh karmic blows, forcing the person to realize how necessary what they once voluntarily rejected truly was.
Frances Sakoian. Aspects
Charm, grace, agility in speech. Literary abilities, a poetic vein. Suitable for commercial activities in the history of art; diplomacy and pleasant exchanges of ideas. Calm and balanced. A pleasant voice, suitable for singing. Many composers who write instrumental and vocal works.
S.V. Shestopalov. Aspects of Planets
Since Mercury does not move more than 28° from the Sun and Venus does not move more than 48° from the Sun, the aspects Mercury and Venus can form between themselves are: conjunction, semi-square (inharmonious aspects), and semi-sextile, sextile, quintile (harmonious aspects). As Mercury and Venus are not strongly conflicting planets, the flaws of their inharmonious aspects (conjunction, semi-square) are minor and insignificant. Such interaction may be associated with excessive craving for pleasure or excessive chatter.
Mercury in harmonious aspects with Venus: Harmonious aspects bestow a peaceful mind, friendliness, sociability, productivity, talent, giftedness (usually in the arts—poetry, painting), skillful hands (the ability to do everything beautifully and elegantly), attractiveness, and good taste. An unfavorable consequence may be an excessive craving for pleasure or frequent changes of partners in marriage or business.
