Sextile

A sextile is a 60° aspect between two factors, typically considered cooperative and opportunistic. Signs involved are usually complementary by elements (fire with air, earth with water), suggesting skills that develop when consciously used.

Sextiles ease flow more lightly than trine; they often point to latent talent that benefits from effort rather than automatic luck. Orbs vary by tradition but are narrower than for major hard aspects in many settings.

In full-chart synthesis, sextiles help connect disparate life areas without the friction of a square. See aspects and orbs.