The sixth house in a chart represents the area
where we need to focus on our own efforts without paying much attention
to results it will bear. Thats why this house is traditionally called as
house of
Service. Now what exactly service means? Though the beauty is
that there can be multiple interpretations of one term, here digging
deep within ourselves and bringing forth our deeply buried qualities of
working selflessly or working with motto of achieving
just more than personal gains will truly present this house. Now its
interesting at this point to discuss some of the attributes of Mercury
which will help us to get a clear picture of how its placement here
manifest and why in classical texts sixth house
is said to be primarily Mercury’s favorite one.
Each planet has been associated with some color,
which obviously have some deeper implications .Green is the color which
is assigned to this Prince of solar system. Now green color lies in the
middle of visible spectrum.
So the term to keep in mind is that Mercury’s tendency is to be in middle,
i.e neutral .This can again be verified from the fact that in
classical Vedic astrology ,this planet has been said to be eunuch ,again
symbolizing its characteristics of being in middle or rather different
from both male and female energies .Now in context
of sixth house, when Mercury gets placed there ,characteristics of this
planet resonates so well with the significance of this house .This
planet when placed here will give one selfless approach to serve others
,and accordingly such people will be known as
very helping and genuine personalities .The neutral approach of Mercury
aligns so well when working without any motive of personal gains comes
into play .Also these people remain highly aware of the hidden potential
of human minds ,and indeed they become very
active in development of their latent faculties ,i.e they get deeply
involved in learning ways in which they can become more productive ,as
Mercury is primarily the planet concerned with intellect ,such journey
often starts with reading self help books and
trying to rationalize everything that looks beyond reach of normal
human norms.
Sixth house is intimately connected with the
rituals. Now rituals can have multiple meanings .Rituals can be our
daily routine ,what we do on daily basis which seems dull on the face.
Mercury being placed here gives a tendency to bring
more organization in the way things are followed in daily manual. These
people put their minds in smallest of the things and look for the
innovative ways in which a task can be achieved. We all wake up in
morning and get ready to reach our college, office
or any other workplace, people having sixth Mercury will leave their
homes with all their clothes stacked properly in their cupboard, that’s
how this Mercury manifest itself in this house .This also shows up in
the way they eat and perceive the idea of overall
well being. These people are extremely cautious of their diets and can
even count the nutrition per meal that’s going inside them!This
tendency makes them interested in holistic approach towards health and
they often explore many branches like Yoga, aerobics,
and alike to live a more meaningful and healthy life.
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Mercury in Other Houses:
1st House | 2nd House | 3rd House | 4th House | 5th House | 6th House
7th House | 8th House | 9th House | 10th House | 11th House | 12th House
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