That's why I was wondering what everyone else thought.. Generally I want traditional and modern astrologer opinions. But I don't really know how the 6th house is different in Sidereal Astrology compared to Modern Astrology. Those forms of astrology are concerned with the zodiac not the house system. Even if it was the house system, it would only change the variation of the house size, not the definition. Unless the definition is different; I don't know.
I'm not expert and of course you know that because I've only been on this forum since I was 17
Like.. a conjunction or aspect that is clearly highlighted in the chart. When I read charts, I find that some parts of the chart is more important than others.
But for example, for my 6th house I have Gemini. Having Gemini already in the 6th house seems pretty natural because Gemini is similar to Virgo. Rather than having a mental illness, which usually stems from some kind of irrationality of the brain, I'm not mentally ill.
Anyway, the ruler of my 6th house is Mercury. I have no planets in my 6th house, so gotta look at the ruler.
The ruler is in an intense part of my chart because it's in the 8th house conjunct the North Node and the Moon. I figured my "mental illness" would be fear and anxiety because the NN tends to intensify, especially the emotions and sensitivity when conjunct the moon, and this anxiety could be related to money, or deeper matters.
I don't know; I was just thinking about it.
And then I looked at Ayn Rands chart who has chiron in the 6th, Moon conjunct Mercury square Jupiter and in conjunct Pluto. Many ignorant people have considered her a psychopath, but I looked at her chart to see. Maybe she was traumatized psychologically when she grew up in Soviet Russia, so maybe that's why she's mentally ill. But mentally ill people are very irrational people, while Ayn Rand was not irrational at all. Capricorn ruling her 6th, with Moon and Mercury in the 6th points to a sound mind. Which explains why she's so logical and rejects things like religion, while many insane people use religion to do horrible stupid things.
Well I mean, if you're looking for a specific thing in a chart, then the entire chart is irrelevant. If you're going to understand someone on how they interpret relationships, you would only look at Venus and the 7th house.