Venus in Pisces in the Sixth House

The placement of Venus in Pisces indicates a need for universality in your relationships and your value system. However, this ideal of universality is a difficult concept to actualize and, in practice, it is often manifested as ambiguity or confusion. Thus, you often feel a need for flexibility and the removal of boundaries or definition in your relationships or with respect to values. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Venus in Pisces are a result of your need to return to a feeling of oneness or undifferentiatedness.

The Venus in Pisces placement is generally conducive, although there are some inherent tensions present in the placement. This is symbolized by the natural sextile between Pisces and Venus-ruled Taurus, combined with the natural quincunx between Pisces and Libra, which is also ruled by Venus. Pisces is the Mutable Water sign. Pisces’ watery nature is compatible with the softness and passivity associated with Venus. The Venusian energy symbolically diffuses to the maximum extent through the Piscean medium of changeable water. If your character is sufficiently imbued with substance, it is the positive qualities associated with Venus that are allowed to envelope you and those around you. If there is nothing to support the Venusian energy, however, then it is diluted and loses itself in an ocean of chaos.

Venus also symbolizes the anima in the psyche. Thus, if you are female with Venus in Pisces, you are likely to model your femininity in order to incorporate characteristics typically associated with Pisces. If you are male, you are likely to be attracted to someone who projects or embodies Pisces-associated traits.

Insecurities

As an individual with Venus in Pisces, if you are insecure, you try to bolster your ego and validate your selfhood through your relationships. Your ego feels as if it will be overwhelmed by the universal energy to which it is constantly being exposed. Desperately, you seek the approval and acceptance of others, to be included in their sphere of relationship and, thus, given some identity. Therefore, with Venus in Pisces, you give yourself indiscriminately in relationships of whatever depth or permanence. Making yourself so vulnerable, you are often being hurt by others and constantly at risk of harm. To protect yourself from your own vulnerability, you may adopt a variety of negative defense mechanisms.  Frightened at losing all sense of self, you may become consumed with ensuring that your own needs are met within a relationship in order to assure yourself that your selfhood still exists.

Venus in the 6th House:

Having Venus in the 6th House suggests that you may experience heightened insecurity in your relationships and, also, when evaluating your position within your environment. This is because the cusp of the 6th and the 7th Houses  (with the 7th House ruled by Venus) represents a major transition in personal development – the point at which the “person” is complete and is ready to begin their social development. Making this transition, as an individual with Venus in the 6th House, you may have doubts about your worthiness to present yourself in a relationship with another person. If this is the case, you probably do not feel perfect enough.

The placement of Venus in the 6th House resonates with this 6th-7th House transition. This tension is compounded by the “weak,” passive nature of the 6th House. Thus, with Venus in the 6th House, you may approach relationships from a dependent perspective. On the other hand, the self-analysis, striving for perfection, and humble attitude that are associated with the 6th House can create in you an ability to relate sensitively to others and also to develop a discriminating sense of values, including a more positive appreciation of your self-worth.

Insecurities

As an individual with Venus in the 6th House, if you are inwardly insecure, you will lack a sure sense of your own identity.  Thus, you will allow yourself to be dominated by others in relationships. You will routinely adopt a servile, dependent posture when dealing with others. This may invite exploitation and being used by others. With Venus in the 6th House, you may be too exacting in your expectations of yourself in a relationship, thus producing feelings of guilt. Or, you may apply those exacting standards to actual or potential partners, thereby shutting yourself off from meaningful interaction.

For the individual with Venus in the 6th House, focusing on your own inadequacies, compared to your ideal of self-perfection, may cause you to be overly demanding in how you judge your environment. Nothing will measure up, and you will be in a constant state of dissatisfaction. Your evaluation and tastes may, in the end, be based on petty considerations which, nevertheless, seem important to you.

Evaluation Focus

With Venus in the 6th House, your evaluative faculty is focused on areas involving self-refinement and service. You may have strong preferences with respect to your work environment, health matters, moral or cultural standards, or modes of serving others. You may be a harsh judge of yourself, evaluating your thoughts, motives and actions critically. These judgments are more likely to be expressed as feelings rather than thoughts, and they may also be projected onto others. Having Venus in the 6th House, the judgments that you make are likely to be influenced by codes and standards, by your work or health environment, and by consideration for the welfare of others.

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Article referenced from:

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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