Sun in the 6th house
Identity is found through useful work and competence. Health and daily routine matter, and there is a strong wish to be of service.
What the Sixth House covers
The sixth house covers daily work, routine, health and service: the job as a set of tasks, the habits that keep the body going, colleagues and employees, and in older texts illness, servants and small animals. Hellenistic astrologers called it Bad Fortune and gave it to Mars. Modern practice reads it less darkly — as the house of maintenance, where the quality of ordinary days is decided.
Its older names
Medieval Latin
Valetudo — health
Hellenistic
Kakē Tychē, Bad Fortune
Planet’s joy
Mars — the planet traditionally happiest here
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Planets in house 6
The Sun, Moon and planets in the Sixth House
Moon in the 6th house
Emotional wellbeing depends on routine. Stress shows in the body, and caring or practical work brings satisfaction.
Mercury in the 6th house
An analytical, detail-minded worker. Organizing, editing, research and health-related knowledge suit, and worry can affect the stomach and nerves.
Venus in the 6th house
Pleasant working relationships and a need for a harmonious workplace. Work in beauty, health or the arts appeals, and colleagues can become friends.
Mars in the 6th house
The planet's joy. Hard-working, efficient and energetic, with little patience for slow colleagues. Stress and overwork are the health risks.
Jupiter in the 6th house
Good fortune through work and generally robust health. Plenty of work arrives; overcommitting and indulgence are the downsides.
Saturn in the 6th house
A disciplined, responsible worker who takes duties seriously. Health needs steady care, and chronic strain from overwork should be avoided.
Uranus in the 6th house
An irregular routine and a need for freedom in how work is done. Technology, freelancing and unusual health approaches often feature.
Neptune in the 6th house
A wish to serve and heal, with a sensitive constitution. Work in care, therapy or the arts suits; vague job descriptions do not.
Pluto in the 6th house
Deep commitment to work and a drive to improve systems. Health may go through major transformations, and power struggles at work are possible.
A planet shows what, its sign how, and the house where — so these are starting points, colored by the sign and aspects in a real chart. An empty house is read through the planet ruling the sign on its cusp. Work out your own chart →
The Sun in house 6
What time of day puts the Sun in the Sixth House
Born in New York on June 21 between 8:26 PM and 10:20 PM EDT, a baby has the Sun in the 6th house; on December 21 the window is 4:27–6:50 PM EST. The Sun stays longest here in January (2 h 33 min a day) and shortest in September (1 h 11 min).
| Birth date, New York | Sun in the 6th house |
|---|---|
| January 21 | 4:56–7:29 PM EST |
| February 21 | 5:34–8:06 PM EST |
| March 21 | 7:05–9:37 PM EDT |
| April 21 | 7:38–10:11 PM EDT |
| May 21 | 8:08–10:30 PM EDT |
| June 21 | 8:26–10:20 PM EDT |
| July 21 | 8:17–9:44 PM EDT |
| August 21 | 7:41–8:53 PM EDT |
| September 21 | 6:51–8:02 PM EDT |
| October 21 | 6:03–7:28 PM EDT |
| November 21 | 4:29–6:24 PM EST |
| December 21 | 4:27–6:50 PM EST |
Local clock time with daylight saving. At other latitudes the windows stretch or shrink; the birth chart calculator works it out for any place and minute.
Where this house sits in the structure
Natural sign
Virgo
— Earth,
Mutable
Natural ruler
Mercury
House type
Cadent
Opposite house
Twelfth House
— The hidden
Trinity
Houses of substance —
houses 2, 6, 10
This is cadent: precedes an angle and disperses — adaptation, learning and transition. It pairs with the Twelfth House across the chart, and those two are read together — work and health against the hidden. An axis, not two separate topics.
Other houses
1
Self and appearance
2
Money and values
3
Communication and siblings
4
Home and roots
5
Creativity and pleasure
7
Partnership
8
Shared resources and transformation
9
Belief and distance
10
Career and reputation
11
Community and hopes
12
The hidden
All twelve houses · a partner’s planets in your 6th house · the planets
Cite this page
AstroHot. “The Sixth House in Astrology: Work and Health.” Accessed October 27, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birth-chart/houses/6/
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