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Jupiter Sextile Saturn Synastry

Jupiter sextile Saturn in synastry means one partner's Jupiter sits about 60° from the other's Saturn (orb ±6°), an angle read as ease. It turns up in 6.39% of couples born within five years of each other.

Each side on its own first: Jupiter in a birth chart, Saturn in a birth chart and birth chart calculator.

In couples
6.39% about 1 in 16
Either way round
12.71% both ways: 0.07%
Angle
60° 2 signs apart · orb ±6°
Birth time
Not needed the date sets it

Simulation of 3 million couples, NASA JPL DE440.

The same aspect with one of these planets: Jupiter sextile Venus, Jupiter sextile Moon, Jupiter sextile Mars, Jupiter sextile Mercury, Saturn sextile Venus, Moon sextile Saturn, Ascendant sextile Saturn and Neptune sextile Saturn.

Jupiter Sextile Saturn in Synastry: Meaning and Rarity

Checked against chance

How common is Jupiter sextile Saturn in synastry?

Jupiter sextile Saturn, counted three ways
Jupiter sextile Saturn, counted three ways Jupiter sextile Saturn, counted three ways: Couples ≤ 5 yrs apart 6.39%, Any two people, 1940–2010 6.67%, Planets spread evenly 6.67%. Couples ≤ 5 yrs apartCouples ≤ 5 yrs apart: 6.39%6.39%Any two people, 1940–2010Any two people, 1940–2010: 6.67%6.67%Planets spread evenlyPlanets spread evenly: 6.67%6.67%Source: AstroHot simulation, 3 million pairs, NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Couples ≤ 5 yrs apartCouples ≤ 5 yrs apart: 6.39%6.39%Any two people, 1940–2010Any two people, 1940–2010: 6.67%6.67%Planets spread evenlyPlanets spread evenly: 6.67%6.67%Source: AstroHot simulation, 3 million pairs, NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com

Jupiter and Saturn stood 60° apart in the sky in 1943–44, 1957–58, 1963–64, 1977–78 and 3 other stretches, so people born then carry the angle in their own chart. Between two people the share stays near the geometry, 0.3 points below it.

How the odds are calculated →

Age gap

Is Jupiter sextile Saturn about the two of us or about our ages?

Partly your ages. One partner's Jupiter meets the other's Saturn this way in 6.44% of couples born less than a year apart, 7.18% at ten years and 7.15% at twenty. The high point is 7.76% at 10–11 years apart and the low 5.12% at 29–30 years.

Jupiter sextile Saturn by age gap between partners
Jupiter sextile Saturn by age gap between partners Born within five years: the couples figure0%10%20%0510203040 yrseven spreadone wayeither waypeak 7.76%peak 7.76%low 5.12%low 5.12%one wayeither wayeven spreadSource: AstroHot simulation, 12 million couples, NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com

By sign

Which signs make Jupiter sextile Saturn, with the years

To check it by degree: Saturn at 10° Aries makes the sextile with Jupiter anywhere from 4° to 16° of Gemini or Aquarius — the 60° angle give or take 6°.

Saturn (years) Jupiter that makes the sextile
Saturn in Aries1937–40, 1967–69, 1996–99 Jupiter in Gemini or Aquarius
Saturn in Taurus1939–42, 1969–72, 1998–2001 Jupiter in Cancer or Pisces
Saturn in Gemini1942–44, 1971–74, 2000–03 Jupiter in Aries or Leo
Saturn in Cancer1944–46, 1973–76, 2003–05 Jupiter in Taurus or Virgo
Saturn in Leo1946–49, 1975–78, 2005–07 Jupiter in Gemini or Libra
Saturn in Virgo1948–51, 1977–80, 2007–10 Jupiter in Cancer or Scorpio
Saturn in Libra1950–53, 1980–83, 2009–12 Jupiter in Leo or Sagittarius
Saturn in Scorpio1953–56, 1982–85 Jupiter in Virgo or Capricorn
Saturn in Sagittarius1956–59, 1985–88 Jupiter in Libra or Aquarius
Saturn in Capricorn1959–62, 1988–91 Jupiter in Scorpio or Pisces
Saturn in Aquarius1962–64, 1991–94 Jupiter in Aries or Sagittarius
Saturn in Pisces1964–67, 1993–96 Jupiter in Taurus or Capricorn

The table goes by sign, but the sextile also forms across a sign line: Saturn at 1° Aries and Jupiter at 29° Taurus are 58° apart, a semi-sextile by sign.

Birth years that give Jupiter sextile Saturn by sign, 1940–2010
Birth years that give Jupiter sextile Saturn by sign, 1940–2010 Shaded: birth-year pairs from 1940 to 2010 where Saturn and Jupiter fall in signs that form the aspect — 16.8% of all year pairs; 12 of 71 same-year pairs. 19401940196019601980198020002000Born with Saturn there (year) →Partner born with Jupiter (year) ↓Source: NASA JPL DE440, sign on July 1astrohot.com

Shaded: 16.8% of all pairs of birth years from 1940 to 2010. On the diagonal, where both partners were born in the same year, 12 of the 71 years qualify.

Years are first entry to final exit for births 1940–2010; a retrograde can add a few months either side. Source: NASA JPL DE440.

Between two people

What does Jupiter sextile Saturn mean in synastry?

Vision and caution working together. The Jupiter person brings optimism and ideas, the Saturn person brings realism and patience, and joint plans tend to succeed. Both planets are slow, so the contact is partly generational, but in a couple it supports business, finances and long-term decisions.

The usual mistake

Where does Jupiter sextile Saturn usually go wrong?

Sensible plans get made and quietly shelved; neither wants to be the one pushing for the risk.

Over time

How Jupiter sextile Saturn plays out over time

  1. Early on. One arrives with an idea and the other with a spreadsheet, and the combination works surprisingly well.
  2. Under pressure. The pair make sensible decisions, sometimes too cautiously.
  3. Years in. Joint plans succeed when someone is willing to take the occasional risk.

Jupiter and Saturn at other angles

At any angle: Jupiter, expansion, meets Saturn, limits: one person pushes forward, the other holds back. The balance between growth and caution decides whether this pair builds well or stalls.

The sextile among the Jupiter–Saturn angles, % of couples
The sextile among the Jupiter–Saturn angles, % of couples The sextile among the Jupiter–Saturn angles, % of couples: Conjunction 0° 4.39%, Sextile 60° 6.39%, Square 90° 8.54%, Trine 120° 8.93%, Quincunx 150° 3.53%. Conjunction 0°Conjunction 0°: 4.39%4.39%Sextile 60°Sextile 60°: 6.39%6.39%Square 90°Square 90°: 8.54%8.54%Trine 120°Trine 120°: 8.93%8.93%Quincunx 150°Quincunx 150°: 3.53%3.53%Source: AstroHot simulation, 3 million pairs, NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Conjunction 0°Conjunction 0°: 4.39%4.39%Sextile 60°Sextile 60°: 6.39%6.39%Square 90°Square 90°: 8.54%8.54%Trine 120°Trine 120°: 8.93%8.93%Quincunx 150°Quincunx 150°: 3.53%3.53%Source: AstroHot simulation, 3 million pairs, NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com

By how often couples have it, the sextile comes third of the five Jupiter–Saturn angles covered here, at 6.39% — between 8.93% for the trine and 3.53% for the quincunx.

Trine 120° · 8.93% of couples Square 90° · 8.54% of couples Conjunction 0° · 4.39% of couples Quincunx 150° · 3.53% of couples

Next to Jupiter sextile Saturn in our list of 382, which runs from the most asked-about down.

Chiron quincunx Moon 150° · 3.32% of couples Ascendant quincunx Moon 150° · 3.34% of couples Mercury opposition Uranus 180° · 4.35% of couples Juno quincunx Jupiter 150° · 3.32% of couples

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