It may seem a bit early in the calendar year to pause and take stock, but the current astrology is providing just such an opportunity when Venus in Aquarius sextiles the Galactic Core in Sagittarius on Wednesday. This particular aspect combines several factors, indicating an auspicious time for self-evaluation.
The sextile favors connection. Venus, in turn, is serendipitously positioned to help you feel your way through big stuff. Conversely, the center of our galaxy is a route by which the big stuff can get through to us. Finally, the timing will allow you to be present and perceptive in an episode of respite between the periodic percussions of crashing waves. You will be able to feel when that interval of relief comes, with its chance to ascertain the progress of your pilgrimage into a new year. The trick will be to keep yourself positioned at a favorable angle to take advantage of the opening when it appears.
When it comes to the angular relationships of astrology, a sextile is not only favorable but also fundamental. Specifically a separation of 60 degrees, the sextile is the shortest commonly used interval by which non-adjacent signs find consonance through the relative position of the planets located within them. Hence, objects in sextile can be considered to be in conversation, close enough to hear each other, but not so close to be as of the same voice. The conversation of a sextile is the last critical connection that precedes, and the first that follows, a conjunction. In the case of this week’s aspect between Venus and the Galactic Center, it is a follow-up conversation.