Venus in Virgo in the Sixth House

The placement of Venus in Virgo indicates a need to be discriminating in your relationships. A propensity to examine your values is also indicated. This often manifests as a need for perfection, either in your relationship(s) or in what you find yourself attracted to. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Venus in Virgo are a result of this need to feel that everything is perfect or that everything is under control.

The Venus in Virgo placement is generally a comfortable one for the Venus-associated functions. This is symbolized by the natural trine between Virgo and Venus-ruled Taurus. However, the natural semi-sextile between Virgo and Libra, which is also ruled by Venus, indicates some opportunity for tension in the placement. Virgo is the Mutable Earth sign. The Venusian energy is symbolically constrained or channeled by the structured energy associated with Virgo’s earth element expression. Positively, the changeable earth element forms successive filters for the Venusian functions to operate through. Having Venus in Virgo, this filtering promotes the discriminating faculty so important in values formation and judgment. Thus, the value-forming and appreciating functions symbolized by Venus tend to be more pronounced in your psyche and personality than is the case for most people.

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

Insecurities

With Venus in Virgo, if you are insecure in your own selfhood, you require everything and everyone around you to exhibit the perfection that you know you are lacking in yourself.  If you would only see perfection reflected around you, you may be able to forget your own inadequacies. However, having Venus in Virgo, no one and nothing measures up to your high standards of perfection, and therefore a perpetual state of dissatisfaction exists for you. This is accompanied by a constant anxiety over the disappointments that an imperfect world will inevitably provide. Thus, you go through life, worrying, fretting and criticizing and never enjoying or appreciating anything.

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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