\Sex"tile\, a. [F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from
sex six. See {Six}.] (Astrol.)
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance
of sixty degrees. --Glanvill.

\Sex"tile\, n. [Cf. F. aspect sextil.] (Astrol.)
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each
other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked
thus: ********. --Hutton.