House 6 of 12 · Cadent

The 6th House: Work & health

The house of daily work, health, habits, service and animals.

At a glance

Rules: daily work, health, habits, service and animals
Natural sign: Virgo, ruled by Mercury
Type: Cadent: houses of learning and change
Vedic: Ari bhava: enemies, illness, debt, competition and service. A dusthana (a hard house), upachaya (it improves with time); its aim is artha, wealth.

You find yourself through work, skill and service; health and daily routine matter, and you like to be useful.

You feel through work and routine; your health follows your moods, and caring for others comes naturally.

A practical worker with an eye for detail: systems, health, analysis and service.

You love your work and your colleagues; harmony at work and good taste in daily life matter.

A hard worker with great energy for tasks; watch overwork, fevers and conflict with colleagues.

Luck through work and service, good health habits and helpful colleagues.

A dedicated, disciplined worker; health needs care and steady routine.

Unusual work and routines; freedom at work, technology, and an irregular rhythm of health.

Service with compassion; sensitive health and a need for gentle routines.

Transformation through work and health; you are relentless at a task.

Rahu in the 6th: Rahu in the 6th, Ketu in the 12th: victory over enemies, illness and rivals, one of Rahu's best houses; spiritual sleep and vivid dreams.
The Lagna lord in the 6th: a life of struggle that makes you strong. You beat rivals, debts and illness through service and discipline; good for medicine, law and competition.
The 10th lord in the 6th: Your career is in service, medicine, law, the army, competition or a job of many duties; you defeat rivals.
The 7th lord in the 6th: Where you meet your partner. Through work and daily life: a colleague, a client, a gym, a hospital, a service you use. Love grows out of routine and helping each other.

What does the 6th house represent?

Daily work, health, habits, service and animals.

What sign and planet rule the 6th house?

Its natural sign is Virgo, ruled by Mercury. In your own chart, the sign on the cusp of the 6th house and that sign's ruler tell more.

What does an empty 6th house mean?

Nothing bad. Most charts have empty houses. Read the sign on the cusp of the 6th house and look at where that sign's ruler sits.