Sixth house in astrology
- Theme
- Daily routine and work
- Kind of house
- Cadent
- Corresponds with
- Virgo
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The sixth house is the last of the houses below the horizon, and a cadent house. The next house, the seventh, begins at the Descendant, where the chart's lower half meets its upper half on the western side.
In tradition the sixth house is the house of daily routine, work and service: the tasks and habits that fill ordinary days, and the people a person works alongside. It corresponds by analogy with Virgo and with Mercury. Planets there are read as colouring how a person organises their days.
Older books also link this house with health. Astrely makes no health statements, so its pages describe the house by routine and work only. The house is a label for a theme, and the chart calculator shows only which house each planet falls in.
In the chart wheel it lies at the lower right, between the fifth house and the Descendant, and its cusp is the sixth division counted anticlockwise from the Ascendant.
Planets in the sixth house
- Sun in the sixth house
- The Sun in the sixth house is read as identity through work and routine: pride in being useful, in craft, and in the day done well.
- Moon in the sixth house
- The Moon in the sixth house is read as comfort in routine and usefulness: moods tied to the state of daily life, and care shown through small services.
- Mercury in the sixth house
- Mercury in the sixth house is read as a mind for method: analysis, routine, craft and the fixing of things, with a tendency to worry over detail.
- Venus in the sixth house
- Venus in the sixth house is read as affection in service: care through the daily task, harmony at work, and love shown by making life easier.
- Mars in the sixth house
- Mars in the sixth house is read as drive at work: energy for the daily task, impatience with inefficiency, and a body that needs to move.
- Jupiter in the sixth house
- Jupiter in the sixth house is read as growth through work and service: faith in being useful, enjoyment of routine done well, and helpers in daily life.
- Saturn in the sixth house
- Saturn in the sixth house is read as discipline in daily work: high standards, heavy routine, and mastery of a craft over time.
- Uranus in the sixth house
- Uranus in the sixth house is read as reform at work: unusual routines, a dislike of fixed procedure, and inventive methods.
- Neptune in the sixth house
- Neptune in the sixth house is read as compassion in daily work: service to the vulnerable, and a routine that needs rest and imagination.
- Pluto in the sixth house
- Pluto in the sixth house is read as transformation through work: an intense drive to improve, and power in service and method.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.