ἑξάγωνος

hexagōnos
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-10-27
Meanings
Literal translation
hexagonal
Categories
aspect
relative position
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1. sextile

1.a sextile aspect, relative position

Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ, Κρόνος Λέοντι, Ἑρμῆς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ. τῷ λεʹ ἔτει ἐκινδύνευσε συσχεθῆναι διὰ στάσιν καὶ βίαν· εἶχε γὰρ καὶ ἡ Σελήνη ἑξάγωνον σχῆμα πρὸς Ἄρεα

‘Sun, Venus in Aquarius; Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius; Saturn in Leo; Mercury in Capricorn; Mars, the Ascendant in Libra. In his 35th year (the native) was at risk of being imprisoned on account of sedition and violence: for the Moon had a configuration of sextile (aspect) in relation to Mars.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.112–113

Genre: horoscope Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 122,I,22)

καὶ ἑξάγωνος Σελήνης στάσις πρὸς Ἀφροδίτην <ἐπιβουλὴν> ἐδήλου διὰ θηλυκῶν προσώπων κατὰ τὰ λγ ἔτη

‘And the position of the Moon in sextile aspect with Venus indicated <treachery> through female persons at 33 years’

— Vettius Valens 7.3.11

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 120,XII)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξάγωνος (Lemma #531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/
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Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξάγωνος (Lemma #531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/
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Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξάγωνος (Lemma #531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/
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Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἑξάγωνος (Lemma #531), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac531,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἑξάγωνος ({Lemma} #531)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/},
}