ἑξάγωνος

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

1.a sextile aspect

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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac531,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἑξάγωνος ({Lemma} #531)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/531/},
}