For years, I've asked the I Ching about other oracles (see my Tarot According To The I Ching piece, for one), and the results have shaped how I've practiced divination.
For this series, I've asked the I Ching to help us better understand astrology What you'll find below are readings detailing the meanings of the most important house, sign, and planet placements, in hopes that it offers others some insight into their natal charts, without the impossible task of me doing individual readings for every single curious person out there.
I hope that it's helpful, and that if you're unfamiliar with the I Ching, that it becomes your gateway into my favorite oracle.
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6th House Astrology Meanings
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Signs
6th House Aries Meanings
Reading: Hexagram 41.3.6 > Hexagram 11
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 41.3 > 41.6 > 26.6 > Hexagram 11
With Aries in your 6th house, indulging may be part of a higher purpose here, believe it or not. What you should expect is that some form of a grouping may find itself changing size, so try to stay prepared for that. And if you end up with some assistance, it may be impermanent, and an imperfect sacrifice may be in the cards for you.
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6th House Taurus Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 32.1 > Hexagram 34
With Taurus in your 6th house, know that there's something you can't beat here, so it's better to follow the barking orders (or just the orders, too). It may be difficult but deciding to accept what 'is', is in your best interest. And if you know something isn't the right fit, find the nearest exit door as soon as you're able to.
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6th House Gemini Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 18.2.4.5.6 > Hexagram 31
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 18.2 > 18.4 > 52.4 > 18.5 > 56.5 > 18.6 > 33.6 > Hexagram 31
With Gemini in your 6th house, stay censored about any attraction, and try to avoid dictating the flow of others. There's a larger unseen issue here, so balance stillness and movement, don't try to start from scratch in solving any problems, and know you'll probably be overthinking and uninvolved here. And if you encounter an unconquerable higher purpose, know that a withdrawal will open another door for you to walk through.
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6th House Cancer Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 57 Unchanging (uc)
With Cancer in your 6th house, get a handle on what your intended outcomes actually are here. You do have some subtle strengths in the situation, so use your indirect power to get the matters at hand moving forward. By doing so, you may be able to pentrate the situation better than you would have going full-force.
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6th House Leo Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 3.1.2.4.5 > Hexagram 40
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 3.1 > 3.2 > 8.2 > 3.4 > 29.4 > 3.5 > 47.5 > Hexagram 40
With Leo in your 6th house, you have some freedoms tied to stilling yourself, so if you're standing at a crossroads, try to avoid any significant actions. Making potential connections safe, taking caution over deciding, and even being a little confused in what you're following, are all normal outcomes as you get what you need to get by. And if you're returning to something, it might bring rewards as long as you don't overdo it all.
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6th House Virgo Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 20.5.6 > Hexagram 2
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 20.5 > 20.6 > 23.6 > Hexagram 2
With Virgo in your 6th house, be sure to follow the rules as you seek out a new direction. Start the process by looking internally and weighing things up. Then look at others and consider letting go of that particular thing to move on to something more significant for yourself.
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6th House Libra Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 48.1.2.5.6 > Hexagram 22
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 48.1 > 48.2 > 5.2 > 48.5 > 63.5 > 48.6 > 36.6 > Hexagram 22
With Libra in your 6th house, be heedful about the superficial, know that a resources is tapped out, and try to do some repairs while understanding that a completion likely isn't happening just yet. You could be getting yourself a gain with its own form of a loss, so try giving the little you can let go of as you also leave your high expectations behind. Try to do some adapting when it comes to your inevitable blindspots, but there could eventually be a reality check when it comes to the shiny.
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6th House Scorpio Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 4.4.5.6 > Hexagram 47
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 4.4 > 4.5 > 64.5 > 4.6 > 6.6 > Hexagram 47
With Scorpio in your 6th house, there's a greater purpose to any exhaustion you're seeing or experiencing, but there's also likely to be some ignorance about an incompletion. Things could still turn out well-enough, regardless, if you do your best to be mature about the undone. And by avoiding doing or incurring harm, you could see some gains that accompany those unwanted losses.
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6th House Sagittarius Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 31.2.5 > Hexagram 32
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 31.2 > 31.5 > 28.5 > Hexagram 32
With Sagittarius in your 6th house, stay the course if you're separating, and seeing things a little more clearly. With the current excess, it's a good idea to begin moving in a different direction. And if you're not seeing a spark for everything it actually is, at least know that a superficial re-emergence may be possible here.
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6th House Capricorn Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 15.3 > Hexagram 2
With Capricorn in your 6th house, you're bound to be looking for a direction to follow. Another near certainty is that there's going to be some misguidedness in what directional arrow you end up following. With that in mind, do your best to keep things as fair and balanced as possible.
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6th House Aquarius Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 58.1.2.3.4.5 > Hexagram 15
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 58.1 > 58.2 > 47.2 > 58.3 > 45.3 > 58.4 > 31.4 > 58.5 > 39.5 > Hexagram 15
With Aquarius in your 6th house, there's some removal tied to balance, so accept that a potential source of indulgence is tapped out, and know that your search for stability can't be made any safer, unfortunately. You may be a little dissatisfied, but if all signs point to pulling back, do that, and be mature about it, because others will reciprocate what you're putting out. If you 'feel' something is unsustainable, trust it, and you just might end up getting some assistance to strike down the current obstacle.
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6th House Pisces Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 44.1.3 > Hexagram 10
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 44.1 > 44.3 > 1.3 > Hexagram 10
With Pisces in your 6th house, tread cautiously around any conflict, because there's bound to be some. That shiny thing you're gravitating towards, though, may require more work than you actually want to do. If you're putting yourself at another's mercy, you should expect some busyness and a little stress as you give up some of your advantages.
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Planets
6th House Moon Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 52.1.2.3.4 > Hexagram 38
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 52.1 > 52.2 > 22.2 > 52.3 > 26.3 > 52.4 > 41.4 > Hexagram 38
With the Moon in your 6th house, keep your eye on the opposition, and sit still in hopes of some sweeter things coming to you. If you're pulled in two directions you may at least be getting some superficial improvements, so pull back from a craving and invest a bit for future returns. Don't be too stationary, or too active, and that opposition you're facing could end up being overcome.
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6th House Mars Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 63.1.3 > Hexagram 8
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 63.1 > 63.3 > 39.3 > Hexagram 8
With Mars in your 6th house, expect some coming-and-going in the midst of a little conflict. If you're looking for a completion, an un-ideal fit may prevent it, unfortunately. But put in effort to improve the outcomes, and know that things in flux may lead to a new direction.
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6th House Mercury Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 20.1.3.5.6 > Hexagram 36
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 20.1 > 20.3 > 42.3 > 20.5 > 37.5 > 20.6 > 22.6 > Hexagram 36
With Mercury in your 6th house, stay censored about any freedom, and only expect small gains as you approach a risky crossroads that could bring with it a gift and a curse. Direct your gaze inward and do some assessing, as you also contemplate some superficiality that can affect another. By eventually taking a look at everyone else, you could guard yourself against damage, but something shiny will likely be getting suppressed here.
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6th House Jupiter Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 1.1.2.4.5 > Hexagram 52
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 1.1.2.4.5 > Hexagram 52
With Jupiter in your 6th house, try to be a little more stationary, and know when to call it quits when the signs say so. Interpersonal risk planning may result in an unexpected withdrawal, so if you're thinking do I or don't I, understand that a withdrawal could benefit one party more than another. If something seems unsustainable trust it as you counter the negative potential that's in front of you here.
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6th House Venus Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 43.1.2.3.5 > Hexagram 16
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 43.1 > 43.2 > 28.2 > 43.3 > 31.3 > 43.5 > 45.5 > Hexagram 16
With Venus in your 6th house, you may be busily putting in prep-work, but there's no guarantee that you aren't grasping at straws. A good thing to know, though, is the worst cases will likely not play out as the potential for revitalization surfaces here. Put your line in the sand instead of pursuing your passionate feelings, and make a compromise to hopefully improve the lack of trust that's bound to be present here.
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6th House Saturn Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 59.1.3.4.6 > Hexagram 43
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 59.1 > 59.3 > 61.3 > 59.4 > 9.4 > 59.6 > 1.6 > Hexagram 43
With Saturn in your 6th house, there's danger about decisiveness, so determine if you're going to use the assistance that's sitting in front of you. Be as selfless as you can with any overwhelming connections, and understand that you'll likely move past this to a place of a little less anxiety. By letting bad blood evaporate, you could release some tension, but don't get overconfident about the outcome here.
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6th House Sun Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 56.1.4.5 > Hexagram 37
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 56.1 > 56.4 > 30.4 > 56.5 > 22.5 > Hexagram 37
With the Sun in your 6th house, there's an imbalanced relationship that needs some repair-work, but there's uncertainty involved, too. You could be getting what you need, but there's likely some dissatisfaction as something here becomes an after-thought. Plan on being withdrawn, but there's some overthinking involved, and a need to give the little bit you can give to make the situation better.
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6th House Pluto Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 40.1.2.3 > Hexagram 55
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 40.1 > 40.2 > 54.2 > 40.3 > 51.3 > Hexagram 55
With Pluto in your 6th house, abandonment is at its peak, but you're not making any mistakes by moving on to something new. Get some outside eyes and ears to assess a situation better, but know that you may be a bit powerless here for now. If you also get pulled in a couple different directions, do your best to fix what's broken by potentially making the sacrifice that you *can* make.
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6th House Uranus Meaning
60 > 13 - Restriction’s Right Fit
Reading: Hexagram 60.2.3.4.6 > Hexagram 13
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 60.2 > 60.3 > 3.3 > 60.4 > 63.4 > 60.6 > 49.6 > Hexagram 13
With Uranus in your 6th house, there's going to be some confusion in determining the right fit, but know there's some potential for movement here if you're willing to take advantage of it. It could be wise to restrict instead of treading into the unknown, and if there's any distrust, exercise extreme caution, because it could actually all fall apart. Excessive limits are likely to be un-regrettable, so keep that in mind, because a change on your part can reverberate into everyone else involved.
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6th House Neptune Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 45.1.6 > Hexagram 25
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 45.1 > 45.6 > 17.6 > Hexagram 25
With Neptune in your 6th house, there's a lot of excess involved, so keep your motives on the up-and-up. If you're confused, cautiously follow along, but you're bound to eventually question the moves you inevitably end up making. With any regrets, though, keep in mind that something, or someone else is leading, and you might be only following along.
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Placements
6th House Chiron Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 33.2 > Hexagram 44
With Chiron in your 6th house, there's inherently something you can't topple. Despite that fact, you may still be keeping yourself in the mud contemplating your options. Withdrawal could be a good idea here, but you may not want to pull back, regardless.
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6th House Fortune/Lot of Fortune Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 27.2.3.4.5.6 > Hexagram 43
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 27.2 > 27.3 > 41.3 > 27.4 > 26.4 > 27.5 > 14.5 > 27.6 > 1.6 > Hexagram 43
With the Lot of Fortune in your 12th house, there's decisiveness tied to a return, so read the warning signs, avoid pursuing impermanent prizes, and accept that a group may be changing size here. If you're assessing some of your cravings, restrain and wait, and make things as safe as possible, especially if they're interpersonal matters involving the material. By avoiding overconfidence here, you may be seen as the source of sustenance or value for someone else with all of this.
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6th House North Node Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 17.1.2.3.4.5.6 > Hexagram 18
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 17.1 > 17.2 > 45.2 > 17.3 > 47.3 > 17.4 > 28.4 > 17.5 > 48.5 > 17.6 > 46.6 > Hexagram 18
With your North Node in the 6th house, seek a new direction for repair, and expect a change of plans on top of that. Immature speculation will be hand-in-hand with distrust, so sacrifice, choose the mature path, and understand that a connection may not be *that* strong, as you find a completion that requires some diplomacy. If there's surprises gains that have their own losses, know that you're not dictating everything here, so keep pushing ahead even if you can only see a few feet in front of you.
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6th House South Node Meaning
Reading: Hexagram 10.2.4.5.6 > Hexagram 24
Transitional Reading: Hexagram 10.2 > 10.4 > 25.4 > 10.5 > 42.5 > 10.6 > 27.6 > Hexagram 24
With the South Node in your 6th house, any returning will involve a little censorship, and with that in mind, keep things as unassuming as possible. Stating the case for yourself is something you can trust for now, so do what you feel is right, and don't question a gain if it falls into your lap. Assess the end results of everything here, and know that others see you as sustenance, even if you're not seeing it at the moment.
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