semisextile

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noun

An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.

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Meanings

nounsemisextile (plural semisextiles)

plural semisextiles

  1. astrologyAn aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.

    The semisextile, or twelfth part of a circle , is a distance of thirty degrees in the zodiac […]

    1825, Society of the Mercurii (LONDON), The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; Or, The Master Key of Futurity, and Guide to Ancient Mysteries, Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy. ... By the Members of the Mercurii; Raphael, the Metropolitan Astrologer; the Editor of the Prophetic Almanack; and Other Sideral Artists. ... The Seventh Edition, Supervised ... by Merlinus Anglius, Junior, Gent. [i.e. R. C. Smith]., page 265

Origin

From semi- + sextile.

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semisextile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisextile

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Chicago

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