The power of deduction

The power of deduction

Don't you just hate it when you come across an unknown word and when you look it up, you come away more confused than ever. Or you look up a word that is defined using a dozen other words that are more foreign than the first.
Case in point, this morning I came across sextile. I was excited because it sounded juicy and it was part of my Horoscope. Here is what I found. It starts out with the relationship between two planets, sounds kind of quirky to me but Venus, the Love Goddess, was one of them. And it ends up talking about energetic and enthusiastic natives making advances. More interesting. My intuition was right, it did have something to do with sex, sextile is the product of a successful union. Who said this dyslexic was dumb?

Sextile, from Wikipedia
In astrology a sextile is an astrological aspect that is made when two planets or other celestial bodies are 60 degrees apart. A sextile is considered to be highly benefic, being the sixth harmonic (360 / 6 = 60) of the 360 degree zodiac. Because the sextile is the sixth harmonic of the circle, it takes on many of the qualities of the planet Venus, therefore bringing many opportunities to the native.
It is similar to a trine in that it can bring out or accentuate the good characteristics in a suitable subject, although their influence is not quite as strong as a trine. It is one of the moderately powerful aspects.
An example of an aspect would be the Sun in 10 degrees Aquarius forming a sextile to Mars in 10 degrees Aries. In such an instance the native might have a great deal of energy and enthusiasm that he could use to make friends and advance himself.