Mars Sextile Uranus: Happy to Try a New Way When One Comes to Mind

Mars and Uranus sit two signs apart, so action and inventiveness answer each other. If you take the initiative to try different approaches, you can turn a flash of insight into real results. This page starts from what Mars governs (drive, desire, competition and conflict) and what Uranus governs (breakthrough, change and independence), then looks at how the sextile makes the two interact, how it tends to show up in everyday life, its strengths and blind spots, and some advice for it.

Mars Sextile Uranus at a glance

Percentages are our own calculation from 8,401 charts of people born in Taipei between 1960 and 2005 with random birth times, using the same orbs as our chart calculator.

The core meaning of Mars Sextile Uranus

Mars is the strength to get your hands on things; Uranus is the inspiration that jumps outside the frame. The sextile puts the two planets in compatible signs, so your actions can catch an idea that pops up out of nowhere without being dragged around by it. When you see a new tool or a new method, you want to give it a try, and if it works well you keep it. People with the conjunction have to change. You can change or not, and the choice is in your hands, which makes change feel more like a pleasure.

The inventive ability of this aspect only grows through use. If you stay somewhere that does everything the old way and never go looking for new things to play with, it just sits there quietly. People with the trine react on instinct. With the sextile it switches on after you notice an opening and decide to try it. Many people with this aspect found out they were good at getting things done differently only after they once reworked a process with their own hands or picked up a new technical skill.

How it feels inside

You have a flexibility inside. When something unexpected happens you do not panic much; you even find it a little interesting and want to see how you can respond. You like keeping some freedom, but you do not need to fight for it in dramatic ways. When you are angry, you can quickly look at it from another angle, or simply go do something else, and the feeling does not get stuck. When life gets too regular you feel a bit stifled. Taking a different route to work or learning something new is enough to perk you up again.

In love and relationships

In love and friendship you are fun and easy to be with, willing to try new kinds of dates and respectful of the other person’s space. You are not clingy, yet you know how to create a little change when things go flat. A last-minute getaway or a place neither of you has been adds energy to the relationship. Your circle of friends is usually varied, and you can talk with people from every line of work and every age. Being around you is relaxing, because you give others freedom and do not need them to go along with you on everything.

At work and in getting things done

At work you fit roles that use both your head and your hands, especially ones where you can improve how things are done or bring in new tools. While colleagues are still following the old process, you have already tried out a faster way, and you are willing to teach it to everyone. You take change in stride, adapting well to reorganizations and last-minute reassignments. To make this aspect more useful, volunteer for projects with no standard answer, or learn a new skill at regular intervals. The more tools you have in hand, the more you can do.

Strengths

• Glad to experiment: You stay curious about new methods and tools and will try them hands-on first. You do not reject something for being unfamiliar, so you learn fast.
• Flexible on your feet: When plans change at the last minute you adjust quickly and do not lose your footing. You adapt especially well where things shift a lot.
• Giving people room: You value your own freedom and let others do things their way too. There is no pressure in being around you, and teamwork feels relaxed.

Blind spots

• Rusty without use: The knack for innovation needs regular practice. After a long stay somewhere that never changes, this flexibility slowly gets shelved.
• Just a taste: You want to dabble in every new thing and are satisfied once you have tried it. Unless you pick one or two to go deep on, what you build up stays limited.
• Little reason to persist: Change comes so easily that when things get hard you simply switch methods, and you miss the tempering that comes from following one road to its end.

Advice for Mars Sextile Uranus

Set up one small experiment for yourself each month. Take something you do routinely, do it a different way, and note what got better and what got worse. This habit gives your creativity a practical use. When a new field really interests you, give it at least a few months, and do not turn away too quickly. Your flexibility plus a bit of persistence adds up to impressive results.

What to keep in mind when reading this aspect

1. The tighter the orb, the more it matters. In our calculations, only 13.6% of all major aspects are within 1° of exact, and 41.2% are within 3°. If your Mars sextile Uranus is tight, the traits on this page will be more noticeable; if it is close to the 5° limit, they will be much fainter.

2. Applying and separating. An aspect is applying when the two planets are moving toward the exact angle and separating once they have passed it. Tradition holds that an applying aspect is still taking shape and acts more strongly. Our chart calculator marks which one you have.

3. Watch for out-of-sign aspects. Two planets in sextile are usually two signs apart, in compatible elements (fire with air, earth with water), but an aspect is measured by actual distance. In our calculations, 9.5% of sextiles do not match the usual sign relationship (one planet late in a sign, the other early in another). The nature of the aspect is still there; it just shows up in a less typical way.

4. Most people born on the same day share this aspect. Mars and Uranus move only a little in a day. The difference lies in which houses they fall in on your chart, and that depends on your birth time; see Planets in the Houses.

5. Then look at each planet’s own placement. The signs Mars and Uranus are in decide how each one expresses itself; see Planets in the Signs. If either planet has other aspects, read them together. For a complete reading, use the In-Depth Chart Reading.

Other aspects between Mars and Uranus

Conjunction · Sextile · Square · Trine · Opposition

The sextile with other planets

Mars: Sun sextile Mars, Moon sextile Mars, Mercury sextile Mars, Venus sextile Mars, Mars sextile Jupiter, Mars sextile Saturn, Mars sextile Neptune, Mars sextile Pluto.

Uranus: Sun sextile Uranus, Moon sextile Uranus, Mercury sextile Uranus, Venus sextile Uranus, Jupiter sextile Uranus, Saturn sextile Uranus, Uranus sextile Neptune, Uranus sextile Pluto.

All Mars aspects · All Uranus aspects · Planet aspects overview