Sextile Mercury – Jupiter
(Transit. Mercury → Natal Jupiter)
Various sources for the child’s horoscope
Your child is very curious, with many interests and hobbies. They have a moderate temperament and calm, gentle behavior. They easily find common ground with different people. Sometimes they promise more than they can deliver. They are skilled at persuasive speech and can express their thoughts well in writing. They enjoy philosophizing and contemplating quite “adult” topics. They will find it easier than other children to learn foreign languages.
Het Monster. Aspects
Good for intellectual pursuits, especially philosophy. Intuition and the ability for abstract thinking. A love for learning and travel. Curiosity and a thirst for adventure. They express their thoughts well in writing. The home is a place of lively intellectual activity. Optimism.
Kathrin Obé. Astrological Dictionary
Trine, sextile: a practical, active mind capable of simplifying, sometimes even distorting facts to make them accessible to everyone. Ease of assimilation and perception, cunning, opportunistic thinking; such a person will be able to use some trick to make the answer fit. They are a good speaker, easily express their thoughts, and have the gift of persuasion—words serve them in achieving success. Their ideas are practical, concrete, and accessible to all.
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
The sextile of Mercury works effectively between what a person does not understand and what they cannot change in principle. The Mercury sextile gives the planet the opportunity for constructive interaction with the principle of thought. The statement “the mind is everything” is both a simplification of reality and its falsification; however, in the sphere of the planet’s influence, the sextile will provide a person with various opportunities for rational understanding and tactical mental management. The Mercury sextile does not provide instant and easy superficial rational understanding of the planet’s principle, which is characteristic of the trine, but it makes efforts aimed at comprehending it constructive. With some effort, a person reaches a level where their understanding does not profane the planet’s principle but, on the contrary, gives it new directions for development. When interpreting, it is important to pay attention to which planet is stronger in the sextile. If Mercury is stronger, the person may be tempted to consider their initial (or secondary) thoughts sufficient and effectively suppress the planet’s principle with them, distorting it greatly, and mental management of the planet will prove too crude. If, however, the planet is stronger in the sextile, the person may be tempted to subordinate their thinking to its principle, resulting in biased rational understanding, which hinders objectivity in assessments, and mental management 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 on this aspect provides great opportunities for rationalization in the areas influenced by the planet, as well as subtlety and flexibility in rational thinking, the boundaries of which the person will clearly sense. This is favorable for teachers in fields related to the planet, as such a person can provide students with broad opportunities for mastering the planet’s principle, compelling their rational minds to work—an effective teaching method. Conversely, neglecting to work on this aspect, persistent unwillingness to use rational thinking to engage with the planet’s principle, leads a person to lose faith in themselves, their abilities, and potential, resulting in mental depression and possible blows of fate in the corresponding areas.
Sextile of Jupiter: Brilliant opportunities are better given than taken. Let us give Jupiter its due: any of its aspects (especially major ones) to a planet provide an expansion of opportunities in its spheres, entirely free of charge; the question is merely how to approach them correctly and use them wisely. The Jupiter sextile gives a person an interest in expanding the spheres governed by the planet, a broader understanding of its principle in both external and internal life. Jupiter will offer them numerous convenient opportunities for this, framed with its characteristic pomp. However, a person who believes that as the cornucopia has begun its work, it will continue indefinitely, will be greatly mistaken. Further personal effort will be required, and brilliant prospects will demand corresponding efforts to be realized (Jupiter, of course, will help along the way, but some form of payment will still be necessary, just as unexpected patrons will require reciprocation). The Jupiter sextile is beneficial in that it expands opportunities and forms of work and provides a better, broader understanding of the planet’s principle, especially if one begins to work on the sextile. Another characteristic of the Jupiter sextile is that a person receives opportunities on credit, often having to repay them in indirect ways (not on the principle of “you give to me—I give to you,” but rather “you give to me—I give to someone else”), which is not always easy for a person to understand. At a low level, a person perceives the Jupiter sextile as a trine and seeks to absorb all advances without giving anything in return, which leads to unpleasant consequences for them. Notably, very promising opportunities may suddenly and permanently close, and the person feels unfairly deprived by fate, with major hints of megalomania. Working on the sextile means not only a great expansion and effective use of the planet’s spheres of influence but also a multitude of promising developments that the person will offer to the outside world.
Frances Sakoian. Aspects
Good for intellectual pursuits, especially philosophy. Intuition and the ability for abstract thinking. A love for learning and travel. Curiosity and a thirst for adventure, insatiability; they enjoy studying foreign cultures and countries. They often write on religious and philosophical topics. They express their thoughts well in writing and are good authors, speakers, and teachers. The home is a place of lively intellectual activity. They always help the sick and needy with words and deeds. Optimism is the foundation of their creative way of life. Thoughts determine life circumstances, as emotions and actions follow the mental scheme. They strongly attract good fortune.
S.V. Shestopalov. Aspects of Planets
A broad, philosophical, scientific, deep, serious, lively, investigative mind with rich imagination. It bestows kindness, humanity, justice, honesty, and integrity. A good gift of foresight, which can be used in business. Good commercial opportunities. A rich, fertile, and prolific writer’s mind. The negative side is that Jupiter can foster loyalty to the existing state of affairs, making the person unable to fight for justice.
