The Sixth House
By tradition, associations with the 6th House include servitude, servants, labour, toil, illness & small animals. Modern astrologers tend to transform these negative associations into more positive versions, including everyday working life, our place and methods
By tradition, associations with the 6th House include servitude, servants, labour, toil, illness & small animals. Modern astrologers tend to transform these negative associations into more positive versions, including everyday working life, our place and methods
of working, daily rituals and habitual routines, physical health, hygiene and pets. What unites many of the ancient and modern meanings in a spiritual context is the concept of self-perfection through sacrifice and surrender. The 6th House describes how and why we surrender to
the demands and necessary adjustments of daily living. This house asks, how well are we at living life on life's terms? How well do we handle our responsibilities, in essence, our karma? The theme of surrender is evidenced by the tension inherent in the natural square the 6th
House makes to the 9th House of God, Spirituality and Higher powers. Nature itself is included in this pantheon as we are always striving for survival against its entropic forces. The 6th House depicts our efficiency and effectiveness with life.
Study, repetition, practice, planning, tending to,
apprenticeship and discipleship all fall under this house. These are all ways we delay gratification by sacrificing time and effort in the present for the hope of a more perfected future. The 6th House speaks to our
apprenticeship and discipleship all fall under this house. These are all ways we delay gratification by sacrificing time and effort in the present for the hope of a more perfected future. The 6th House speaks to our
ability to keep our projects moving forward, integrate new experiences and information, and generally keep things from falling out of existence. Oftentimes it takes a concerted effort to become conscious of and change our habitual and reflexive behavior patterns.
This need for awareness can be linked back to the disconnected nature of the 6th House in relation to the ascendant. The 6th House is not easy terrain. It's like having weeds that keep growing back in a beautiful garden. You could either be annoyed at the constant tending of it,
or accept that if you want to have a beautiful garden, you're going to have to pull out some weeds every so often.
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