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Sun sextile Mercury: meaning in the birth chart
The Sun-Mercury sextile is an astronomical impossibility: Mercury never strays far enough from the Sun to form a 60-degree angle.
You will never find a Sun sextile Mercury in a birth chart, and that is good news for the coherence of your sky: Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, never moves more than 28 degrees away from it as seen from Earth. A sextile requires 60 degrees of separation, more than double that maximum distance. The only major aspect possible between these two bodies is therefore the conjunction, which unites your thinking with your identity and whose full richness you’ll find on the page about the Sun conjunct Mercury. If Mercury isn’t conjunct your Sun, it simply sits a few degrees away, in the same sign or an adjacent one, and tints your intelligence with a shade different from your solar personality.
Your strengths
- ✦Understanding the real mechanics of your chart
- ✦Knowing where to look for the real information: the conjunction
- ✦Reading the neighboring signs of Mercury and the Sun with finesse
Your growth levers
- ↗Not hunting for an aspect that doesn’t exist
- ↗Exploring the sign and house of your Mercury instead
The advice
Look at how far your Mercury sits from your Sun: conjunct or simply nearby, that is where your way of thinking plays out.
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Questions about Sun sextile Mercury
What does Sun sextile Mercury mean in a birth chart?
The Sun-Mercury sextile is an astronomical impossibility: Mercury never strays far enough from the Sun to form a 60-degree angle. You will never find a Sun sextile Mercury in a birth chart, and that is good news for the coherence of your sky: Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, never moves more than 28 degrees away from it as seen from Earth. A sextile requires 60 degrees of separation, more than double that maximum distance. The only major aspect possible between these two bodies is therefore the conjunction, which unites your thinking with your identity and whose full richness you’ll find on the page about the Sun conjunct Mercury. If Mercury isn’t conjunct your Sun, it simply sits a few degrees away, in the same sign or an adjacent one, and tints your intelligence with a shade different from your solar personality.
What are the strengths of Sun sextile Mercury?
Understanding the real mechanics of your chart. Knowing where to look for the real information: the conjunction. Reading the neighboring signs of Mercury and the Sun with finesse.
What are the challenges of Sun sextile Mercury?
Not hunting for an aspect that doesn’t exist. Exploring the sign and house of your Mercury instead.
How do you make the most of Sun sextile Mercury?
Look at how far your Mercury sits from your Sun: conjunct or simply nearby, that is where your way of thinking plays out.