Transit Mars Sextile Natal Mars: A Small Push at the Right Time

Transit Mars sextile natal Mars is a short window of opportunity, a few days when a person's own pace and the pace of the world move in step. Transiting Mars forms a 60-degree angle to the birth Mars, and this happens twice in every two-year cycle: once a few months after the Mars return and again a few months before the next one. The effect is felt within two or three days of exactness.

What does transit Mars sextile natal Mars bring?

Effort produces results without much friction. Picking up the phone to ask for a meeting, adding weight to a training session or finally tackling a repair all feel easier. Standing up for oneself does not turn into a fight; the message is clear and the other side accepts it. A colleague or acquaintance may unexpectedly back something the person has started.

A sextile does not promise a big event. The door opens a crack, but the step through it has to be taken; if nothing is done, the days simply pass calm and slightly energised.

Making the most of a short window

The best use is to add a concrete step to the goal set at the Mars return. Matters of the houses ruled by natal Mars, such as initiatives in the house with Aries on the cusp, find good footing to advance in these few days. If Mars is retrograde, the aspect can repeat weeks apart and the window stays open longer.

• Follow up on an application that is still waiting for an answer.
• It is a good moment to introduce the body to a new kind of exercise.
• Schedule anything that requires negotiation inside this window.