What is on my mind is the 6th vs the 10th house for jobs in general.
The more I read, it seems the 6th house refers to jobs where you work for someone else, sell your labor to them, versus the 10th, where you would perhaps have a business of your own, work for yourself, be beholding to no one else.
Do any members of the forum have an opinion about using the 6th vs the 10th to signify a job, working for someone else?
I can't give you an opinion, I can only tell you what is written and why it is so.
The 10th is always your job, your career, your reputation, fame and standing in the community --- and the community here is your peers.
The 6th is primarily health and illness. The 6th makes no aspect to the 1st House/Sign....so it's hidden...right? Just like illnesses, which don't always manifest themselves immediately. Look at the 1st Triplicity Ruler for that.
The 6th is also people who work directly for you, or who are subordinate to you in some way, whether they be slaves or servants or not. In today's world, that would be your nanny, baby-sitter, any person who provides contract services to you like lawn care, pool cleaning, roofing, plumbing, remodeling and such. It includes employees subordinate to you. Look at the charts of military people, and how their 6th Sign Ruler relates to the Ascendant Ruler, MC Ruler, and 2nd Triplicity Ruler for the 6th. That has led modern astrologers to erroneously conclude that the 6th House represents the military...it does not (the 11th does).
The 8th House in your chart indicates among things the assets of other people, in particular your partner, your business partners and other professional associates and so on.
Isn't the 6th House the eight house from the 10th House?
Why, yes, it is.
Logically, then, you could conclude that the 6th House --- being the eighth house from the 10th House -- represents the assets of other people as it relates to your career, profession, reputation, standing, etc etc etc.
Do you have a publicist?
No? Don't feel bad, because I don't either, but there are many celebrities who have publicists....and agents.....and personal assistants, administrators....some people have chauffeurs, body-guards, personal trainers, etc etc etc.
All those things are indicated by the 6th House/Sign.
Note that 2nd, 6th and 10th trine.
Anyway, there's a lot of logic to traditional astrology that is easy to apply, just from knowing the primary meaning of each House --- because all other meanings are derived from houses within houses.
The reason I mention that is because when casting horary charts for employment, you can determine the state of the employer from the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 12th Houses.
No point in going to work for a company that is in financial distress, being pummeled by competitors, slammed with lawsuits and besieged by the government.
