Sun semisextile Saturn

When the Sun is semisextile Saturn in the Natal Chart

Sun semi-sextile Saturn

With the Sun forming a semi-sextile, or 30-degree aspect, in your birth chart, you often second-guess situations and yourself. This is due to worrying whether or not you are seeing things in a realistic light. It can make you self-conscious and diffident at times.

As you mature, you learn to find happiness in your accomplishments rather than feel guilty that you haven’t done enough. Remember that you can be your own worst critic. At the same time, minor but annoying struggles or disconnects with superiors can be persistent.

Coming to terms with and healing these issues can go a long way toward better relationships with those in authority, such as teachers, parents, or bosses. In your life, you’ll find there are important life lessons revolving around taking on responsibilities. It’s a process–you might often find yourself learning to deal with your duties with more confidence.

The Semi-Sextile Aspect

The semi-sextile aspect combines planets that are often in side-by-side signs with not very much in common, and attempting to blend the energies can be a bit of a struggle. The discrepancy can be a nagging problem in your life until you find ways to heal the issue.

In other words, with the semi-sextile (30 degrees), two planets or points in your chart that don’t have much in common as they express themselves differently, instead of having no real relationship, are attempting to get along. The friction can be minor but persistent.

However, the semi-sextile aspect offers a person a nice level of resilience. The positive side to difficulties blending energies is the potential to draw on one energy or the other when needed. The ability to manage stress during difficult periods and moderate expectations or excitement during highs is remarkable. This strength–the ability to bounce back–is largely due to flexibility and the power to temporarily turn on or off sides of the personality.

Transits to one of the planets or luminaries, in this case, the Sun, hit the other planet (Saturn in this example), in a different and contrasting way. For example, whenever you receive a harmonious trine transit to the Sun, you also receive a square or quincunx to Saturn. Similarly, when you receive a difficult transiting square to the Sun, you might enjoy a pleasant sextile or trine from that same transiting planet to Saturn. This is both protective and undermining in that you don’t feel the force of either a harmonious or disharmonious transit full-on.

As such, very often, when a transiting planet is boosting your Sun, it’s challenging your Saturn, and when it’s boosting your Saturn, it’s challenging your Sun.