Sextile Jupiter – Neptune Het Monster: Friendliness, vivid imagination, but lacking practical skills. Mysticism. Favorable for artists, religious figures, and unfavorable for practical areas of activity. Excessive emotions, altruism (if not supported by Mercury and Saturn – altruism becomes barren, unfulfilled). Sometimes great sentimentality and miracles.
Catherine Ob’ye: Sextile Jupiter – Neptune Trine, sextile: interaction of mystical ideals with the flourishing of personality, religious faith is persistent yet gentle. Tolerance, humanity, fervor, and generosity. Conviction that upholding ideals and striving for higher goals must never disregard the individual, but rather be built upon respect for it. This aspect indicates authority: benevolent, merciful, yet still authority…
A. Podvodny: Sextile Jupiter – Neptune
Sextile of Jupiter: Brilliant opportunities are better given than taken. To give Jupiter his due: any of his aspects (especially major ones) to a Planet brings expansion of opportunities within that Planet’s spheres, entirely free of charge; the only question is how to properly accept and wisely manage them. The sextile of Jupiter gives a person interest in expanding the areas ruled by the Planet, achieving broader understanding of its principle both in outer and inner life. Jupiter will offer him countless favorable opportunities, surrounding them with his characteristic splendor. However, the person who believes that, just as the horn of plenty began its activity, so it will continue, is greatly mistaken. Further progress will require personal effort, and brilliant prospects will demand corresponding efforts for their realization (Jupiter, of course, will assist along the way, but assistance will still require some form of repayment, just as one must repay help from unexpected benefactors). The sextile of Jupiter is beneficial in that it expands opportunities and forms of work, providing deeper, broader understanding of the Planet’s principle—especially if the sextile is actively worked with. Characteristic of Jupiter’s sextile is that the person receives opportunities on credit, and repayment often occurs in indirect form (not on the principle of “I give to you – you give to me,” but rather “I give to you – you give to someone else”), which is not always easy for the person to comprehend. At a low level, the individual perceives Jupiter’s sextile as a trine and seeks to absorb all advances without giving anything in return, leading to unpleasant consequences—particularly, seemingly highly promising opportunities suddenly and permanently close, and the person feels unjustly treated by fate, often accompanied by a major hint of megalomania. Working with the sextile means not only significant expansion and effective utilization of the Planet’s spheres of influence, but also producing numerous valuable developments to offer the external world.
Sextile of Neptune: If you can understand—then understand, for such an opportunity may not arise again. The sextile of Neptune grants the person opportunities for genuine understanding of the Planet’s principle, but they require certain efforts from him, often of a kind to which the person is neither prepared nor accustomed. Neptune introduces distortion of reality, both external and internal, and working with the sextile means moving away from gross distortions and illusions—known as deception and self-deception—toward subtler ones, some of which are called art, others meditation, others prayer… Thus, the choice offered by Neptune’s sextile (which may demand considerable inner effort and inner work) allows the person to receive from Neptune a more refined distortion and a more subtle temptation, and so forth. At a certain moment, the level and manner of perceiving the planetary principle suddenly become such that they may serve as revelation for other people—if the individual succeeds in conveying his vision to them, which also requires specific effort. At a high level, Neptune’s sextile provides subtle understanding of the planetary principle and its alignment with such vibrations of the energy flow that the experience feels like revelation or religious miracle. The person may poorly understand exactly what and why he is doing it, but the sensation of the height of the flow and simultaneously strong resistance of the material will serve as indirect signs of achieved perfection. At a low level, Neptune’s sextile offers many opportunities for deception and self-deception, as well as a sense of attraction from the Planet, a feeling of ecstasy in mastering its principle. Yet this will demand much effort, especially cultivating inner honesty in assessing one’s real achievements. If the Planet is afflicted, there may be escape from difficulties into the world of illusions, in which Neptune, of course, will assist—but later, harsh disillusionments or blows of fate will begin. False pity differs from genuine compassion, which a person feels perfectly when it is directed toward himself.
