The Sixth House – Health, Work, and Daily Life

The Sixth House, also known as the House of Servants and Work, governs daily routines, health, and employment in every astrological chart. Corresponding to Virgo, this house reflects a person’s diligence, attention to detail, and approach to responsibilities. In astrology reading, the Sixth House highlights how we manage work, maintain health, and handle the small but essential tasks of life, from eating and drinking to paying bills and managing correspondence.

Through astrology interpretation, it becomes clear how our habits, discipline, and service-oriented actions shape personal growth and well-being. This house also connects to the care of small animals and pets, emphasizing nurturing and responsibility. By exploring the Sixth House in a free birth chart, we gain insight into how structured routines, daily work, and attention to detail influence both physical health and professional success, revealing patterns that guide productivity, wellness, and everyday balance.

The Sixth House, representing work, service, and life order

The sixth house is when life, after blooming brilliant flowers, begins to use the stored nutrients to provide other creatures with food, dedicating one’s own efforts to become a member of the service system.

The sixth house represents issues such as work attitude, labor service, professional skills, colleagues and subordinates, voluntary care, diet and health care. These “administrative work” that focus on seeking truth from facts are intended to maintain the “regular operation” of human society and are also closely related to human “physical and mental health.”

Key topics

Work, colleagues and clients, bosses and subordinates, care and raising, health and illness, medical care, labor services, pets and small animals, daily life

House Tip

The second, sixth, and tenth houses in the astrological chart are all related to work. Generally speaking, the second house represents simple tasks, including basic labor, raw material production, and merchandising; the sixth house represents complex tasks, including professional services, manufacturing, and technological research and development; and the tenth house represents political tasks, including management, leadership, and reputation-building.

Comprehensive Analysis

The constellation in which the sixth house falls shows a person’s work nature, attitude and psychological motivation.

The Sixth House describes how a person approaches tasks and what they enjoy doing. For example, if the Sixth House falls in Taurus, one prefers slow and steady work, and is suited to practical and profitable work such as finance, catering, and crafts. If the Sixth House falls in Gemini, one can handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and is suited to intellectually demanding or communication-intensive work such as mass communication, information dissemination, and educational presentations. If the

Sixth House falls in Aquarius, one values ​​personal freedom and is suited to creative work such as research and invention, electronics, artistic creation, and freelance work. If the Sixth House falls in Pisces, due to their sacrificial nature, one is suited to film and television photography, artistic performance, and spiritual healing. However, they may be easily confused or lose track of responsibilities at work, so they need to be more careful.

In addition, if powerful planets such as the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto fall into this house, the person will demonstrate the ability to “command and coordinate”, and will be able to plan and adjust according to the work situation, the abilities of colleagues, and the efficiency of their expertise, so as to optimize the overall operation. Therefore, he or she can be qualified for mid-level supervisory positions such as foreman, foreman, store manager, and section chief.

The sixth house governs a person’s diligence and hard work index.

The Sixth House represents one’s fundamental attitude toward labor and service, whether diligent and attentive or lazy and careless. Therefore, planets placed in this house often indicate a life of work, often referred to as a “life of toil.” With the exception of the Moon and Neptune, planets in this house possess a strong sense of ambition and initiative in their work.

They will continually strengthen practical or professional skills and pursue professional certifications, making them well-suited for technically oriented careers that earn external recognition for their work performance. The Sixth House’s constant need for work releases its energy, so it can fulfill its need for “command and subordinate” through pet care and flower gardening. This also lends itself to gardening, pet care, and veterinary work.

However, frequent physical and mental exertion in the Sixth House can lead to physical and mental illness due to overwork or poor work habits. This often leads to particular sensitivity to diet, hygiene, medicine, and the living environment. If a planet in the Sixth House is afflicted, individuals may have been sickly from a young age. This may also lead to a particular focus on diet and health, leading them to become health experts offering advice to others.

The sixth house governs one’s career luck, luck with colleagues, luck with subordinates, and luck in hiring and being employed.

The sixth house not only reveals one’s attitude toward serving others but also reveals one’s work relationships, such as interactions with colleagues and one’s attitude as a boss or employee. Those with planets in this house may have a work attitude that stems from being dictated to by their family from a young age. This has led them to grow up accustomed to serving others and accepting orders, making them prone to forming “subordinate” relationships with others at work. However, those with Mars, Saturn, Uranus, or Pluto in this house may adopt a strict or extremely self-centered attitude towards colleagues, and may easily encounter difficulties with cooperation and coordination.

The sixth house represents daily life including food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is also related to physical and mental health.

The Sun and Saturn in this house promote a regular routine, while the Moon and Mars can lead to erratic activity, and Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto can create an erratic or extreme routine. The sixth house emphasizes a high degree of regularity and adherence to routines. Therefore, those with planets in this house, with the exception of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, typically exhibit a robotic, routine, and are well-suited for nine-to-five jobs.

In addition, if a personal planet falls into this house (especially the Sun, Moon, Mercury, or Jupiter), one will pay special attention to one’s health and absorb relevant knowledge and skills. One may be inclined to consume health-promoting foods or health-care products and may work as a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, nutritionist, etc. However, one may also sometimes become too nervous and anxious due to over-attention to details in life.

The sixth house emphasizes efficiency, precision, and technical implementation.

• Practicality: Those with planets in this house are highly practical. To make life more convenient, they excel at researching and inventing various gadgets. They constantly experiment and develop to perfect their products, and may exhibit workaholic tendencies and behaviors.
• Those with planets in this house are particularly technically oriented. They enjoy DIY tasks and have a strong interest and ability in operating, assembling, and repairing mechanical equipment. They can work as systems engineers, auto mechanics, mechanical maintenance technicians, plumbers, and decorators.
• Precision: Those with planets in this house exhibit a professional spirit of “constant improvement,” constantly studying and learning to build practical skills to meet the functional demands of modern life and enhance precise and efficient services. The meticulousness and pursuit of perfection in the sixth house also make them well-suited for professional careers such as researchers, designers, architects, chefs, and caterers.
• Servant services involve providing personalized services to one party to facilitate the other party’s life. They also include providing highly skilled and professional work, where both parties have an “affiliated” relationship, such as housekeepers, caregivers, lawyers, accountants, actuaries, notaries, fashion stylists, etc.