सूर्य · Ripu Bhava · Apoklima · Dusthana · Upachaya
Sun in the 6th house
The Sun in the sixth is a strong placement despite the dusthana: he defeats enemies, wins litigation and gives resistance to disease. The person tends to rise through service and competition rather than inheritance. The cost is a life that has opponents in it, and a constitution that runs hot.
What it gives
- •Victory over enemies and in disputes
- •Strong immunity and recovery
- •Rises through service and competition
What to watch
- •Life has real opponents
- •Digestive and heat-related complaints
- •Conflict with authority figures at work
Where Sun actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 6th house of only one lagna.
Sun right now
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Who has Sun in the 6th today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 6th house is a different sign for each — and Sun is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 6th house sign | Sign lord | Sun’s dignity | Sun rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | 5th |
| Taurus | Libra | Venus | Debilitated | 4th |
| Gemini | Scorpio | Mars | Friend’s sign | 3rd |
| Cancer | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 2nd |
| Leo | Capricorn | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 1st |
| Virgo | Aquarius | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 12th |
| Libra | Pisces | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 11th |
| Scorpio | Aries | Mars | Exalted | 10th |
| Sagittarius | Taurus | Venus | Enemy’s sign | 9th |
| Capricorn | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | 8th |
| Aquarius | Cancer | Moon | Friend’s sign | 7th |
| Pisces | Leo | Sun(own house) | Moolatrikona | 6th |
Strongest from Scorpio — Sun is exalted in Aries. Weakest from Taurus, where it falls in Libra.
What it aspects from here
From the 6th house, Sun aspects the 12th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 6th house
The sixth is a dusthana and an upachaya at once — a house of difficulty that rewards those who work at it. It rules enemies, debts, disease and daily service. Malefics here often help: they fight what the house signifies. Benefics can suffer, because there is little for them to protect.
Karaka: Mars, Saturn · Signifies: enemies, competition and litigation; debt and obligations; disease and daily health; service, employees and routine work
Sun as a planet
Surya is the atmakaraka — the soul in the chart. He rules the father, authority, government, bones and the eyes, and gives dignity, confidence and the will to be somebody. Classified a malefic because he burns: planets too close to the Sun are combust, and the house he occupies is lit brightly but scorched at the edges.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: the soul, the father, authority and vitality · Day: Sunday
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FAQ
Sun in the 6th house — common questions
What does Sun in the 6th house mean?
The Sun in the sixth is a strong placement despite the dusthana: he defeats enemies, wins litigation and gives resistance to disease. The person tends to rise through service and competition rather than inheritance. The cost is a life that has opponents in it, and a constitution that runs hot. The 6th house (Ripu Bhava) rules enemies, competition and litigation, debt and obligations, disease and daily health, and Sun is the karaka of the soul, the father, authority and vitality. Classically it is a apoklima, dusthana, upachaya house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Sun in the 6th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Scorpio ascendant the 6th house is Aries, where Sun is exalted. From Taurus it is Libra, where Sun is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Sun aspect from the 6th house?
The 12th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects.
Which ascendant has Sun in the 6th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Sun currently occupies is the 6th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Sun moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Sun stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Sun in the 6th house affect marriage?
Not directly. Marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. A 6th-house placement matters only through the houses Sun rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.