The 6th house verses the 12th house: Service

A few weeks ago I mentioned about the 6th house and the 12th house and how both of them have to do with a service. Both houses have a multitude of manifestations, but service is one of them, and a big one at that.

Let’s recap..

The sixth house is about service, pets, food and nutrition, health, details, and routines and rituals, to just name a few. The twelfth house is a difficult concept, but is generally about a service to your fellow human beings, prisons and hospitals, the sick both mentally and physically, dreams, spirituality, your soul, and subconscious. I think it can also represent your fears and failures.

When I think of retail and food joints, I think of the 6th house. When I think of soup kitchens and donating time to the less fortunate, like volunteering at a hospital, I think of the 12th house.

The 6th house is a service you do for yourself, either as a ritual/routine, or for pets,or for co-workers/customers on the job. A good 6th house example is working in retail, like at a grocery store deli, and having to meet the demands of customers and keeping the work area relatively clean. Another example of sixth house is a dental routine or health routine that someone may do an X amount of times a day. Taking care of animals is a 6th house service. Working in healthcare, as a nurse or dietitian, is 6th house.

The 12th house is a service you may do for the greater good for humankind. It is of no benefit to you, but to other people. It is selfless. Volunteering at a soup kitchen JUST because you want to counts as this, NOT if it looks good on a resume. Thats a different story. Volunteering or donating time to the poor, the mentally handicapped, children, and the sick are often issues. A nurse who has a strong deposition to helping the sick ( and I’m talking she really feels for the people and has a personal mission to help the sick ) is a 12th house matter, not a nurse who mainly goes to work for the money and gets patients what they need and in and out. ( Both nurses do a good job though! I am just citing differences ).

Both houses denote a service, but the service is different. We all do a service, whether it’s at work, volunteering, or in our own homes.