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Semisextile

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Semisextile: an aspect of 30°, or 1/12th of the circle. It unites signs with no natural relationship or connection. The semisextile indicates discord, necessity for adjustment, and/or a forced choice between two inharmonious conditions.

 


Semisextile (30°). This, in its own way, is quite the opposite of the quincunx. Having the nature of adjoining signs, which tend to mix like oil and water, there’s a quality of “good fences make good neighbors' about it.

Semisextile orb 2°(glyph is a small v on a horizontal short line _)
30°, occurs between adjacent signs, i.e. a sign apart.
Semisquare orb 1-2° (glyph is like the one in math showing smaller than) ...

Semisextile [30º + or - 1-2º] slight ease, opportunities, resources
OPPOSITION [180º + or - 8-10º] difficulties from outside forces, requires a compromise, shows alternatives, leads to growth through awareness ...

Semisextile
Based on the division by 12.
Differentiating or malefic ...

SEMISEXTILE: 30°, one sign apart, orb 2/3°. Emergence and germination.
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Sun Semisextile Mars, Orb = 1 Deg 28 Min:
Moon Conjunct N. Node, Orb = 4 Deg 32 Min:
Moon Square Asc., Orb = 4 Deg 57 Min:
Moon Trine Jupiter, Orb = 0 Deg 33 Min:
Moon Trine Saturn, Orb = 4 Deg 50 Min:
Moon Sextile Uranus, Orb = 0 Deg 30 Min: ...

Neither semisextile nor quincunx are proper aspects in the traditional sense, as a planet is unable to "see" another in these relationships, unless it also beholds the other by virtue of being either antiscion or contra-antiscion (so not inconjunct).

To Pallas is an exact semisextile, to Jupiter and Vesta is a sextile, to Mercury is a quincunx / inconjunct, and to Mars is a trine. Between them there is much opportunity for harmonious, supportive growth.

In February, Pluto began a relatively minor but intense (semisextile) transit over Bush's Saturn, creating an environment where his normal routines are disrupted and he finds it difficult to find his footing.

The left triangular table shows 14 possible aspects (conjunction, opposition, trine, square, quintile, sextile, septile, semisquare, sesquiquadrate, semisextile, quincunx, biquintile, biseptile, triseptile) sorted by planetary pair, ...

I wonder why we are sexually compatible, we have venus/mars inconjunct and also venus/mars semisextile. Are there other indicators that might explain this. I thought semi-sextiles and inconjuncts were incompatible.

An example would be a planet _x A in semisextile aspect to a planet at _xB (30x apart) and in opposition aspect to a planet at _x G (180x apart).

A separation of 30±2° is considered a semisextile. This aspect signifies a weak strain connected with making decisions, and indicates an area of life where a conscious effort to be positive will have to be made.

. These are terms sometimes applied to the Semisextile and the Quincunx aspects, as indicative that no relationship can exist between adjacent signs and houses, or between those which are one sign or house less than an opposition.

See also: Planet, Sextile, Astrology, Opposition, Square