The 6th House: Unfolding The Mystery
You may or may not have heard about the 6H as being the house of “Prarabdha” karma– meaning the results of our past life’s actions that we must experience in this present existence.
Linked to the Karma Theory, the now hidden 6H was the “out there” 10H of actions in our last life. Therefore, said 6H – that could be termed as “unknown factor” and which is legally accepted as both dushtana and uppachaya house – does not leave us much scope for negotiation and its effects could be ups or downs, depending on whether we’ve been good boys & girls in the past... or not!
If we take Kalapurusha, we’ll find the 6H to be Virgo, a sign that is all at once feminine (receptive), of Earth tattva (artha) and dual. Since Virgo in its eternal quest for purity is the sign “par excellence” to classify, quantify and analyse, we might want to consider that the 6th house’s gifts in our life are meant to bring us to some objective conclusions about our own reality. But then, since Virgo is also known to be opinionated, we might also want to examine on what values our “objective conclusions” are based as partial “truths” might yield only partial conclusions (humanity’s plight it often seems...)
Then, as per Nadi astrology, Jupiter is the jiva (us – you, me...) that is, the conditioned soul – which is differentiated from the Sun as Atma or living force. Now, Jupiter’s moolatrikona is Sagittarius – that would be Jiva’s starting point. From this perspective, we see that Virgo is the 10H of actions (!) This boils down to the fact that the birth chart shows, in reality, what we have done in our past life, including acquired patterns of thinking, behaviours & all. This mysterious past is now mirrored onto this life and our Lagna decides where the compulsive karma lies.
Since Sagittarius is the 9th sign, we get the clue that the 9H should be used as the Lagna for the past life. Virgo’s Lord, Mercury, is also associated with the Earth tattva so the individual is apprehending his existence from his earthly being perspective and that will modulate his experiences of life. In the process of analysing matter, this experience of life may remain an abstraction since the essence of life as conscious perception is not found in matter but rather is what animates it. Mercury oversees the connections of the body (nerves, veins, etc.) so its undeniable bond to the classical 6H Virgo shows how this very house links the pathways of our lives from past to future.
This said, let’s point out that Mercury is one of the two Lords who get exalted in their own moolatrikona sign, the other being the Moon, Mercury’s dad and enemy.
Based on the assumption that an exalted planet shows the sectors it represents were predominant or perhaps even “over-done” in the previous life, this would affect its moolatrikona in this life (ex: for Jupiter exalted, Sagittarius would be damaged).For Mercury, its exaltation and moolatrikona being one and the same – Virgo – we might rightly conclude that too much of even a good thing could destroy that very thing. This must be why the 6H is labelled as that of the “shad ripus” or 6 enemies namely lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, envy...
These sure sound like retributions received by good boys and girls for past actions based on dubious motivations – they ring the meditation bell for some serious introspection in this very life in order to identify and trash this mental junk. The 6H being that of “Health”, failure to clean up will certainly eventually result in sickness since it is first born in the subtle body (mind, intelligence and ego) before manifesting “in the flesh”. Hence, the 6H is “X-rayed” as the house of diseases, enemies, conflicts and wars...
And then, there is the 6th Lord himself – the fellow who will bring ups and downs where he sits as he may not have completely subdued his ”shad ripus” just yet – his process will likely interfere on the house and grahas he may be associated with for what he is worth. This lack of stability will be mirrored on its house number position not only from the Ascendant but also from any rashi in the chart – ex: if the 6L sits in the 9H, the 9H as taken from any other house will be destabilized.
Now, an additional entertaining feature of the 6H is that it will show the prarabdha of any house – we’ll need to examine the 6th house counting from the house under scrutiny – ex: the prarabdha of one’s mother as 4H is shown by the 9H, our own father (hence, we are born to these people).
Assuming that all of the above are rules laid down to play a game, we’re proposing the “6th House – Unfolding the Maze” adventure!
The magic prarabdha number is 6 – so we’ll apply “magic 6” to all houses of the chart following the “magic 6” logical order.
Consequently, we’ll derive the conclusion that the prarabdha of the 6H is seen from the 11H – then the 11H prarabdha is observed from the 4H, etc. Here’s the sequence:
6H – 11H – 4H – 9H – 2H – 7H – 12H – 5H – 10H – 3H – 8H – 1H (!)
So, you win the game when the lessons from all these prarabdhas are learned and you have succeeded in capturing the 1st House = your “Self”!
Since this may actually take many lifetimes, let’s launch the game right now and develop our “magic 6” logic muscles (I should trademark this ☺) by throwing in some thoughts to attempt linking the houses’ “magic 6” sequence...
6H – Alright, here sit those original 6 enemies (or we could say “the original sins”) that may prove a hindrance in our healthy process of discrimination i.e. discerning what is good for us and what should be avoided – something that many people’s logic can tackle actually... but that may be interfered with by the 6H’s prarabdha as seen from the...
11H – ...of mental attachments. You guessed right! Logic is quite OK but there are ‘things’ that exist beyond logic that just naturally defeat it at times. These ‘beyond logic’ attachments also have a “magic 6” house so, let us introduce you to the...
4H – This is where we want to feel secure (please mama) and at peace, where our knowledge is seen, where our memories from the past operate, the past influencing our present perceptions and our whole scheme of what feels right and what does not. In this
perspective, the 4H functions, it seems, are essential to qualify the 11H functions. And since all are interlinked, the 4th house’s “magic 6” links what lies behind it to the...
9H – Of one’s father, guru, higher knowledge, justice, philosophy, religion, faith... Or, the values acquired in previous births that will shape the 4th house’s knowledge, sense of right, wrong or morality if you will, as all perceptions are mirrored onto one’s sense of personal values and beliefs. This 9H/father link to the 4H goes to show that one’s father need not necessarily be the mother’s husband – our father is “fated” to our mother. In India, the father is the child’s second guru (the first being the mother – 4H) and is traditionally the person who acts as the family’s bread winner and guide which takes us straight to the...
7H – Another maraka house. Here we choose a life partner for our family life – because if we want the 2H, we need this 7H –, or a business partner for our money-making ventures... This is, in addition, the place of our own mother’s happiness, our father’s gains, our younger sibling’s child, our open enemies. Also a house of travels and business, dealing with and loving the public, search for harmony in relationships... (and that can kill us! Why? Because we need to compress our ego in a way that will accommodate life with a wife and/or business partner, per example, and they will certainly influence our family life and income.) If all this sheds light on the 2H happenings, the 12H will give indications on the nature of what these people and things will bring in our life.
12H – Mmmmm... Hidden enemies, the famous “bed comforts” and private life, expenses and material losses, foreign lands and travel and business, end of things, renunciation, imprisonment, hospitals, suicide... May sound scary but then, a partner has his/her own inevitable circumstances which are bound to affect us, or we may be predisposed to certain problems while travelling in foreign countries, per example. And, to get down to bare facts, spouse, bed comforts and spending $$ belong together. So, the prarabdha of this 12H that is prarabdha of the 7H (not to get confused) will be influenced by none else than the...
5H – Of romance and love received from the spouse (as the 11H of mental attachment from the 7H of partner – kind of makes sense for one’s bed comforts and private life); 5H is also our children, luck, desires, wisdom or applied knowledge, creativity, intuition, entertainment, intelligence, ritualistic knowledge, prayers and meditation techniques, business sense – linked to the brave sign of Leo who needs to shine, this house of rewards from the past life can greatly ease the apparent difficult themes of the 12H which could not, in fact, function without some input from the 5H that (hopefully) provides romance with
the partner and (hopefully still) wisdom for our spiritual moksha... And this 5H, in turn, receives secret influences from the...
10H – Of career, status, one’s actions visible in society, father’s income, power, authority, success, large enterprises, commerce, renunciation, the last rites performed by one’s child... This is the best place to show the world what we are capable of, should we wish to. Then, this implies that our actions in this life do play a part in our 5th house’s luck and it seems that both of these are bound to ease or break one another – per example, if we got all the luck we need but use it for harmful or just thoughtless actions, these same actions are bound to reduce our luck sooner or later. That’s when we come close to completing our 12 houses cycle and must turn to the...
3H – To shed light on our 10H affairs. As one of the “life” houses, the 3H is concerned with communications and all kinds of activities or hobbies that will channel that life into something tangible, as so many ways to expose one to the diversities and possibilities of the self. This is where our courage, self-action, motivation and will to live shine forth. So, logically, the quality of one’s 3H will modify 10H affairs for better or for worst... depending on the...
8H – Hidden and unknown, this is another house of life, where life is designed and created, a place of passion, vitality, potency; and of metaphysical knowledge artfully concealed by the thick veil of matter. As life can only come from life, the 8H is the origin of the 3H’s vitality. The 8H is 12th from the 9H and indicates the way we have spent in our last life, the moksha and realizations carried from the past. The 8H focuses on life beyond the mind as the Moon is fallen there. And finally, to put the cherry on the sunday, if it will function at all, the 8H needs the...
1H – That’s you, the Jiva! That elemental particle of conscious energy channelled through the tube of apparent lives and deaths within matter. The Jiva who must consciously experience himself through all kinds of distorted circumstances brought about by his own ignorance – the essential ingredient for its own mental moksha sought in the 8H... The phenomena who will not know itself until he discovers his origin, the noumena (see Kant’s theory).
We could actually summarize this whole topic with the observation that the prarabdha for...
- dharma sthanas (fire signs) lies in the artha signs (I sow and I reap)
- artha sthanas (earth signs) are complemented by air signs (think before you act)
- kama sthanas (the air signs) are balanced by water signs (feelings propel thinking)
- moksha sthanas (water signs) are qualified by fire signs (actions lead to feelings)... showing how the 6H as prarabdha or “unknown factor” is meant to establish the needed equilibrium between past and future while Our handling the 6H effects will determine Our future...
You may or may not have heard about the 6H as being the house of “Prarabdha” karma– meaning the results of our past life’s actions that we must experience in this present existence.
Linked to the Karma Theory, the now hidden 6H was the “out there” 10H of actions in our last life. Therefore, said 6H – that could be termed as “unknown factor” and which is legally accepted as both dushtana and uppachaya house – does not leave us much scope for negotiation and its effects could be ups or downs, depending on whether we’ve been good boys & girls in the past... or not!
If we take Kalapurusha, we’ll find the 6H to be Virgo, a sign that is all at once feminine (receptive), of Earth tattva (artha) and dual. Since Virgo in its eternal quest for purity is the sign “par excellence” to classify, quantify and analyse, we might want to consider that the 6th house’s gifts in our life are meant to bring us to some objective conclusions about our own reality. But then, since Virgo is also known to be opinionated, we might also want to examine on what values our “objective conclusions” are based as partial “truths” might yield only partial conclusions (humanity’s plight it often seems...)
Then, as per Nadi astrology, Jupiter is the jiva (us – you, me...) that is, the conditioned soul – which is differentiated from the Sun as Atma or living force. Now, Jupiter’s moolatrikona is Sagittarius – that would be Jiva’s starting point. From this perspective, we see that Virgo is the 10H of actions (!) This boils down to the fact that the birth chart shows, in reality, what we have done in our past life, including acquired patterns of thinking, behaviours & all. This mysterious past is now mirrored onto this life and our Lagna decides where the compulsive karma lies.
Since Sagittarius is the 9th sign, we get the clue that the 9H should be used as the Lagna for the past life. Virgo’s Lord, Mercury, is also associated with the Earth tattva so the individual is apprehending his existence from his earthly being perspective and that will modulate his experiences of life. In the process of analysing matter, this experience of life may remain an abstraction since the essence of life as conscious perception is not found in matter but rather is what animates it. Mercury oversees the connections of the body (nerves, veins, etc.) so its undeniable bond to the classical 6H Virgo shows how this very house links the pathways of our lives from past to future.
This said, let’s point out that Mercury is one of the two Lords who get exalted in their own moolatrikona sign, the other being the Moon, Mercury’s dad and enemy.
Based on the assumption that an exalted planet shows the sectors it represents were predominant or perhaps even “over-done” in the previous life, this would affect its moolatrikona in this life (ex: for Jupiter exalted, Sagittarius would be damaged).For Mercury, its exaltation and moolatrikona being one and the same – Virgo – we might rightly conclude that too much of even a good thing could destroy that very thing. This must be why the 6H is labelled as that of the “shad ripus” or 6 enemies namely lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, envy...
These sure sound like retributions received by good boys and girls for past actions based on dubious motivations – they ring the meditation bell for some serious introspection in this very life in order to identify and trash this mental junk. The 6H being that of “Health”, failure to clean up will certainly eventually result in sickness since it is first born in the subtle body (mind, intelligence and ego) before manifesting “in the flesh”. Hence, the 6H is “X-rayed” as the house of diseases, enemies, conflicts and wars...
And then, there is the 6th Lord himself – the fellow who will bring ups and downs where he sits as he may not have completely subdued his ”shad ripus” just yet – his process will likely interfere on the house and grahas he may be associated with for what he is worth. This lack of stability will be mirrored on its house number position not only from the Ascendant but also from any rashi in the chart – ex: if the 6L sits in the 9H, the 9H as taken from any other house will be destabilized.
Now, an additional entertaining feature of the 6H is that it will show the prarabdha of any house – we’ll need to examine the 6th house counting from the house under scrutiny – ex: the prarabdha of one’s mother as 4H is shown by the 9H, our own father (hence, we are born to these people).
Assuming that all of the above are rules laid down to play a game, we’re proposing the “6th House – Unfolding the Maze” adventure!
The magic prarabdha number is 6 – so we’ll apply “magic 6” to all houses of the chart following the “magic 6” logical order.
Consequently, we’ll derive the conclusion that the prarabdha of the 6H is seen from the 11H – then the 11H prarabdha is observed from the 4H, etc. Here’s the sequence:
6H – 11H – 4H – 9H – 2H – 7H – 12H – 5H – 10H – 3H – 8H – 1H (!)
So, you win the game when the lessons from all these prarabdhas are learned and you have succeeded in capturing the 1st House = your “Self”!
Since this may actually take many lifetimes, let’s launch the game right now and develop our “magic 6” logic muscles (I should trademark this ☺) by throwing in some thoughts to attempt linking the houses’ “magic 6” sequence...
6H – Alright, here sit those original 6 enemies (or we could say “the original sins”) that may prove a hindrance in our healthy process of discrimination i.e. discerning what is good for us and what should be avoided – something that many people’s logic can tackle actually... but that may be interfered with by the 6H’s prarabdha as seen from the...
11H – ...of mental attachments. You guessed right! Logic is quite OK but there are ‘things’ that exist beyond logic that just naturally defeat it at times. These ‘beyond logic’ attachments also have a “magic 6” house so, let us introduce you to the...
4H – This is where we want to feel secure (please mama) and at peace, where our knowledge is seen, where our memories from the past operate, the past influencing our present perceptions and our whole scheme of what feels right and what does not. In this
perspective, the 4H functions, it seems, are essential to qualify the 11H functions. And since all are interlinked, the 4th house’s “magic 6” links what lies behind it to the...
9H – Of one’s father, guru, higher knowledge, justice, philosophy, religion, faith... Or, the values acquired in previous births that will shape the 4th house’s knowledge, sense of right, wrong or morality if you will, as all perceptions are mirrored onto one’s sense of personal values and beliefs. This 9H/father link to the 4H goes to show that one’s father need not necessarily be the mother’s husband – our father is “fated” to our mother. In India, the father is the child’s second guru (the first being the mother – 4H) and is traditionally the person who acts as the family’s bread winner and guide which takes us straight to the...
7H – Another maraka house. Here we choose a life partner for our family life – because if we want the 2H, we need this 7H –, or a business partner for our money-making ventures... This is, in addition, the place of our own mother’s happiness, our father’s gains, our younger sibling’s child, our open enemies. Also a house of travels and business, dealing with and loving the public, search for harmony in relationships... (and that can kill us! Why? Because we need to compress our ego in a way that will accommodate life with a wife and/or business partner, per example, and they will certainly influence our family life and income.) If all this sheds light on the 2H happenings, the 12H will give indications on the nature of what these people and things will bring in our life.
12H – Mmmmm... Hidden enemies, the famous “bed comforts” and private life, expenses and material losses, foreign lands and travel and business, end of things, renunciation, imprisonment, hospitals, suicide... May sound scary but then, a partner has his/her own inevitable circumstances which are bound to affect us, or we may be predisposed to certain problems while travelling in foreign countries, per example. And, to get down to bare facts, spouse, bed comforts and spending $$ belong together. So, the prarabdha of this 12H that is prarabdha of the 7H (not to get confused) will be influenced by none else than the...
5H – Of romance and love received from the spouse (as the 11H of mental attachment from the 7H of partner – kind of makes sense for one’s bed comforts and private life); 5H is also our children, luck, desires, wisdom or applied knowledge, creativity, intuition, entertainment, intelligence, ritualistic knowledge, prayers and meditation techniques, business sense – linked to the brave sign of Leo who needs to shine, this house of rewards from the past life can greatly ease the apparent difficult themes of the 12H which could not, in fact, function without some input from the 5H that (hopefully) provides romance with
the partner and (hopefully still) wisdom for our spiritual moksha... And this 5H, in turn, receives secret influences from the...
10H – Of career, status, one’s actions visible in society, father’s income, power, authority, success, large enterprises, commerce, renunciation, the last rites performed by one’s child... This is the best place to show the world what we are capable of, should we wish to. Then, this implies that our actions in this life do play a part in our 5th house’s luck and it seems that both of these are bound to ease or break one another – per example, if we got all the luck we need but use it for harmful or just thoughtless actions, these same actions are bound to reduce our luck sooner or later. That’s when we come close to completing our 12 houses cycle and must turn to the...
3H – To shed light on our 10H affairs. As one of the “life” houses, the 3H is concerned with communications and all kinds of activities or hobbies that will channel that life into something tangible, as so many ways to expose one to the diversities and possibilities of the self. This is where our courage, self-action, motivation and will to live shine forth. So, logically, the quality of one’s 3H will modify 10H affairs for better or for worst... depending on the...
8H – Hidden and unknown, this is another house of life, where life is designed and created, a place of passion, vitality, potency; and of metaphysical knowledge artfully concealed by the thick veil of matter. As life can only come from life, the 8H is the origin of the 3H’s vitality. The 8H is 12th from the 9H and indicates the way we have spent in our last life, the moksha and realizations carried from the past. The 8H focuses on life beyond the mind as the Moon is fallen there. And finally, to put the cherry on the sunday, if it will function at all, the 8H needs the...
1H – That’s you, the Jiva! That elemental particle of conscious energy channelled through the tube of apparent lives and deaths within matter. The Jiva who must consciously experience himself through all kinds of distorted circumstances brought about by his own ignorance – the essential ingredient for its own mental moksha sought in the 8H... The phenomena who will not know itself until he discovers his origin, the noumena (see Kant’s theory).
We could actually summarize this whole topic with the observation that the prarabdha for...
- dharma sthanas (fire signs) lies in the artha signs (I sow and I reap)
- artha sthanas (earth signs) are complemented by air signs (think before you act)
- kama sthanas (the air signs) are balanced by water signs (feelings propel thinking)
- moksha sthanas (water signs) are qualified by fire signs (actions lead to feelings)... showing how the 6H as prarabdha or “unknown factor” is meant to establish the needed equilibrium between past and future while Our handling the 6H effects will determine Our future...
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