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| The 6th House .. I Am My Health & Work |
| This is the house of self-improvement. The 6th House reveals those tools, methods, techniques, and processes we use in order to perfect that sense of ourselves which is projected through the Ascendant. It is also the domicile that brings greater definition to the creative activities of self-expression found in the 5th. It is through the activities of the 6th that a person particularizes and further individualizes him or herself. This process requires a great deal of elimination of what is outworn, and outdated in ourselves, so that our "self-becoming" is consistent and productive. The 6th is very revealing of our health, for elimination is an aspect of both our physical and psychological well-being. The 6th also reveals what we must add in order to amplify our creativity and improve ourselves. The 6th points us in the direction for perfecting our basic orientation to life. The 5th House is by nature expansive: It amplifies what we structured, in the 4th, as our basic psychological foundation. The 5th proclaims "This is what I can create"! "OK, fine," say the experiences of the 6th, "but how can you perfect that creativity"? We are about to enter the more collective, southern hemisphere of your chart. Have you perfected yourself enough, so that you are ready to withstand the scrutiny of society? The 6th tells us much about how we use our time, energy, and talents in our everyday life. How we face the challenges of the "workaday" world and how we approach the more routine aspects of our lives. It shows who and what helps us, and who and what may hinder us from achieving our physical and emotional goals. Employees, co-workers, domestic helpers, and pets inhabit this house. |
| Sun You need to be recognized in your workplace. After all, you are efficient, meticulous with details, and work hard and well at your job. Your concern about health and health issues is reflected in your intuitive understanding about how to keep yourself healthy. Moon Your physical health is directly connected to your emotional health. Once you are aware of this you can make sure that you vent your emotions when they need to be vented and that you don't block what you feel, positive or negative. Diet is important to you. You may feel a need to work with the public in a service capacity. Pets nurture you. Mercury Routine work doesn't fit this placement and can result in many job changes. Your approach to work is practical and detailed. Your mind plays an important role in your health. By assimilating information and using it to consciously change your belief system, you can deal with or vanquish nagging physical ailments. Venus Your work brings you enormous pleasure. Your relationships with fellow employees and your working conditions in general are harmonious. You are a team player, cooperative and helpful. This placement favors good health, but cautions against excessive indulging in food and drink. Mars A lot of your energy, skill, and precision goes into your work. You don't tolerate laziness in other people. You need to respect other people's work methods, otherwise there may be disruptions with fellow employees. Work may involve sharp tools or machinery. Surgeons often have this placement. May run high fevers, be careful of over stress. Jupiter You have an instinctive understanding that your physical health is connected to your mental and emotional health. This may lead you into the study of spiritual or psychic healing, massage, therapeutic touch, homeopathy, or other facets of alternative medicine. Saturn You have a strong sense of responsibility toward your work and take your job seriously. At times you may feel overburdened and overworked, but you feel compelled to do the best that you can. Your approach to your work and your health is practical & specialized. Uranus Work and health conditions change suddenly and unpredictably. You need a lot of freedom in your job, detest routine, and enjoy trying out new ideas and techniques. Job opportunities seem to come out of nowhere, but you can also be terminated with little or no notice. There can be spontaneous remission from disease and chronic health problems. Neptune You draw on intuitive resources in your work and have a deep interest in metaphysical matters. Neptune here makes you receptive to psychic energies, so try to associate with upbeat, positive people in your work environment and in health matters. There may be some self-deception with this placement concerning health, work or both. A diet of fresh foods with little or no animal fat, or vegetarian diet would benefit you. Pluto Tremendous recuperative strength. You have the innate capacity to evolve through your work and service to others or to bring about chaos in this area of your life. Either/or, black/white is Pluto's power. North Node This placement strengthens your health and your work conditions and opportunities. There can be spontaneous remissions. The North Node here can indicate natural healing talents that can be structured in new ways. South Node You release deeply embedded work and health attitudes through service to others. Even if you work alone or in seclusion, some aspect of your work finds its way into the public where it is judged on its merits. The challenge with this placement is to realize that everything .. the state of your health and the conditions in your life .. originates in your core beliefs. Part of Fortune You profit and benefit through your work and with small pets and animals. This placement strengthens health and confers a deep awareness of how to maintain good health. You gain through learning responsibility. |
| Planets in the 6th House |