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Originally posted by Taineberry:
I also think that the sextile is important in synastry because this aspect represents the benefits that come from activity and productivity - the opportunity to grow and develop in a way that stimulating, but not stressful. To the Pythagoreans, 6 was the perfect number since, when multiplied by itself it results in the number itself (6 X 6 = 42 ~ 4 + 2 = 6). The 6 was also considered to be a perfect number because ~ 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. Also, 6 is the first NEW number that is the product of two other numbers (1x1 is still 1, and 1x2 is still 2, 3 x 1 is still 3, but 3 x 2 creates the first new number which is 6). Because of this the 6 or sextile was considered to be an aspect that combines the ease, harmony, good luck, synthesis of the 3 (trine) with the polarity and awareness of the number 2 (opp). This is why the sextile represents the capacity to express the innate harmony of a trine (which is inherently passive) in an active, productive, and successful manner. The sextile therefore brings good fortune, but through effort, productivity, and activity. The sextile has been related to harmony, creation, love, marriage, domestic happiness, and matters of the heart by some numerologists. Wherever the sextile is found, it is thought to indicate a high likelihood of success and prosperity through work efforts. In some traditions the sextile and the number 6 are associated with the planet Venus (love), whereas in others (i.e. esoteric psychology), the 6 signifies Jupiter and the religious elements of faith in leadership and tolerance.
Just as an added thought ...
I have always been interested in the association of Jupiter with the sextile, due to a statement that I have seen in the Clairvision astrology interpretations where they state : "The fact that Jupiter has an affinity with the number 6 reinforces the power of all sextiles to Jupiter." I often wondered what that meant, and I read lately that this concept also stems from the Platonic tradition. Ficino (a 15th century philosopher, astronomer and reviver of neoplatonism)built on the Platonic idea that all even numbers (starting with 2) were "feminine" and odd numbers were "masculine" therefore the first perfect number where these are combined is "6" (3x2). Ficini concluded that "6" therefore signifies constancy, equality, temperance, and thus perfection as revealed in the Jovian (Jupiter) "complexion" in man, a complexion as rare as the perfect number. Six also signifies the "whole harmony of celestials" under the leadership of Jove (Jupiter), the 6th (and final) celestial body in Platonic astrology. Not only was the impetus to merge male and female associated with 6, but so too was the "opportunitas" for marriage itself. The Jovian, the perfect 6, was thought to be the key for capturing the best auspices in any undertaking; for it is "neither wanting nor overflowing, neither lacking nor exceeding." Following this logic, Ficino put forward the idea that the we should elect the sextile as the aspect attributed to Jove, due to its embodiment of the attributes of the number 6 - i.e. Of all the aspects Jupiter makes to other planets, the sextile is the most powerful as their energies are closely aligned. With the associations described above, synastry sextiles could possibly be a powerful factor for compatibility, particularly if Jupiter is involved????
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posted May 12, 2016 02:12 AM
