The Eighth House Transformation, Sexuality & Death

Keywords

Other People’s Money
Souse’s Money
Inheritances
Death
Sexuality
Transformation
Occult
Things we must leave behind
Wills
Taxes
Obsessions

Modality : Succedent

The Eighth House is commonly referred to as the House of Sex. This House delves into relationships — interactions with another and how certain aspects of those interactions can take on a more communal nature. It speaks to what our relationships will bring us and how we can get the most out of them.

Returning to this House’s emphasis on sex, it’s important to note that the French refer to an orgasm as ‘le petit mort’ or ‘the little death.’ When we reach that exalted state of communion, we leave a little of ourselves behind — die a small death. One can also choose to view this as growth, a new beginning, the rebirth of the soul or a gain for the partnership. The Eighth House is an equal-opportunity house, placing sex, death and rebirth on the same level playing field and acknowledging the viability and importance of all three. We will all experience death and rebirth as part of our lives: failed relationships leading to new ones, career changes, a new hairstyle. We are regenerated and reborn with each new phase and should welcome them.

Shared resources also fall within the Eighth House: inheritance, alimony, taxes, insurance and support from another. Financial support, as well as spiritual, emotional and physical support, are addressed by this house. While our relationships share many of the aforementioned things, they also have their own dynamics and grow from within (we grow through our sexuality as well as through other more tangible means). That said, as much as our relationships are expansive, they also have certain constraints, many that are placed on them by society. Again, taxes, alimony and the joint nature of assets come to mind. Yes, with every opportunity we have, we may face a restriction along with it. Once again: death and rebirth.

In keeping with the transforming nature of this house, rituals are highlighted. Every group has its own way of peering in and looking deep into the soul and the past, if only to get a sense of what we truly are. What quality will our rituals take on? Exalted states or metamorphoses? What secrets do we keep and why? How we manage our interactions, relationships and rituals is important to the Eighth House — will we be honest, effective and responsible? Will the riches generated by our relationships benefit the group (company, humankind) as a whole? Our legacies are key to this house: how we conduct ourselves now, and how that will play out for all time.

The Eighth House is ruled by Scorpio and the planets Mars and Pluto.

The eight of the twelve houses of the zodiac, this is the house of transformation and sexuality. The planets and signs that are placed in this succedent house on the birth chart influence important transformations that one experiences in life.

The natural sign ruler is Scorpio, the eight zodiac sign on the horoscope wheel, and the planetary ruler is Pluto, the planet of subconscious forces and permanent renewal.

When we speak of the eighth house of a personal horoscope, we can say with full confidence that this is the most hated of all houses. The strange thing hides in the fact that there is really nothing to hate here except ourselves and our own limitations, fears, and taboos. This is a house that hides all things that are dirty, our trash and our anger, our emotions, relationships and things that we need to set free from, as well as everything we push under the rug, refusing to deal. In its final manifestation, this is the house of death, coming as the end of the road after too many things have been dismissed for our body to handle, but also as an inevitable part of life. It is also called the House of Reincarnation, while its Latin motto mors literally means “death.”

The eighth house is a succedent house. Its natural sign ruler is Scorpio and its natural planetary ruler is Pluto.

Transformation and crisis, our attitude towards crisis and change, sexuality, sex, death and rebirth, personal growth and transformation, regeneration, our partner’s resources, addictions, psychology, others’ money, taxes, divorce/alimony, inheritance.

Rules Attitudes towards change, death, rebirth & crisis. Also rules our sexuality and our personal growth.

Community resources, sex, ultimate issues and financial institutions are part of this house. It concerns birth, death and rebirth, reincarnation, healing, the occult, other people’s resources (money) including credit cards, taxes, partner’s resources, wills, inheritance, insurance, taxes, unearned money, recycling, garbage, pollution, losses, renunciation, letting go. It is said to indicate the manner of death. It is concerned with power − power over others and self control. That it rules the sex organs and the anus shows how some of the items above fit in. For instance, those dealing with refuse. While the second house indicates your resources, this eighth house indicates other people’s resources, particularly those of the first partner.

Traditionally, the eighth house is the place assigned to sex and death. That includes such things as taxes, inheritance, alimony, partner’s debts, borrowed money, other peoples’ money, jointly held assets, ‘community property,’ and the occult – magic, witchcraft, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and high-energy physics.

From a psychological perspective, the eighth house is the house of risk (vs. safety and security of the second). While the second house represents self-esteem, personal pleasure and sensual gratification, valuables and earned income, the eighth is where and how we give pleasure to others, what we give and take in sharing on all levels, what we value in others, how we are willing to risk our present security for greater mutual comfort and growth.

The sign on the cusp of the eighth indicates the qualities that we feel put us (our ‘persona,’ personality, first house) in danger. It is a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. If you don’t take the eighth house risk, you won’t grow. If you do, your persona shatters. The sign on the eighth, and planets in it, symbolize what we either love or hate both in ourselves and in others.

Frequently, the more attached (or stuck) a person is to his personality image, the more he denies the qualities of the eighth house. If we do the eighth house, our personality has to change. A person who accepts the chancy path of self-actualization tends to come across as his eighth house sign instead of reflecting his first house qualities.

In addition to looking at our eighth house in the natal chart, let us also consider the signs eight houses away from our Sun and Moon. The eighth house or sign from the Sun threatens the ego, and the eighth from the Moon forces the “inner, needy child” to grow up.

For instance, if the Sun is in the sixth house of work and service, the eighth house from it is the first. To stand out and be noticed as a unique individual person is an ego threat. With the Moon in the ninth to settle down and create a home (fourth house) is a threat to the inner child because he must grow up and become a parent.

Aries‘ impetuosity and self-assertion isn’t too happy with the self-restraint and calculation Scorpio requires.
Taurus‘ desire for comfort feels insecure with Sagittarius’ need for freedom and exploration.
Gemini’s superficiality spontaneity may rebel at practical, well thought out long range plans required by Capricorn.
Cancer‘s sentimentality is disconcerted by Aquarius’ detachment and independence.
Leo’s proud ego and dramatic flare balk at Pisces’ self-sacrificing humility – the Lion doesn’t want to play the wallflower!
Virgo‘s self-perfecting fussiness is shocked by Aries’ attitude of “just do it!” Libra‘s concern for other people is offended by Taurus’ self-absorbed sensuality.
Deep, intense Scorpio is perplexed by Gemini’s light and breezy ways. Sagittarius, roaming freely and unbounded, feels claustrophobic with Cancer’s attachment to home and hearth.
Serious, hard working Capricorn is insulted when he sees Leo earning better rewards, faster, simply through his warmth and charm.
Aquarius with Virgo is the mad scientist and his lab technician. In an odd way they need each other.
Last of all, Pisces‘ all encompassing and compassionate nature feels threatened by Libra’s demand for one-to-one relationships and “political correctness.” Pisces feel threatened by social limitations.

A final note: if you are comfortable with your eighth house, look at the eighth house from the eighth. The third house of communication, neighbors, siblings and daily contacts might be your “shaky ground.”

Simply put, the 8th house is the polar opposite of the 2nd house. Whereas the 2nd rules your own individual possessions, the 8th house rules what a relationship owns (joint finances).

The 8th House is one of the most misunderstood Houses. This is probably because the things represented by the 8th House seem to have nothing in common with each other, or they seem to be negative. This House governs death, regeneration, taxes, inheritances, wills & legacies, sex (the actual act of sex), latent occult ability, joint resources, your partner’s money and possessions, spouse’s money, bankruptcy, losses, personal sacrifices, alimony, clairvoyance.

On a positive note, this House is about transformation and healing. But transformation and healing require some type of death, loss, or injury first. This House rules those processes and things by which we transform and become more powerful. Yes, this includes the act of sex.

What’s yours is mine! From physical and emotional intimacy to resources like time and money, the things you share with another person are represented by the 8th house. Wrapping your head around this portion of your birth chart will help explain how you get close to others and what you’re willing to sacrifice for the sake of deeper connections. It can also clue you in to periods when you may benefit from something someone else can give you — like a tax refund or lottery winnings!

The 8th house in Astrology is a succedent one and is ruled by the zodiac sign of Scorpio and planet Pluto. It is considered the house of sex, taboos, of other people’s money, death and rebirth. It rules inheritances, legacies, and wills. In addition, the house is one of the gates towards the occult world and is mostly connected with conscious magick and mysticism. The 8th house is the great teacher of the mysteries of life and existence. It is the realm of transformative experiences. The house is responsible for issues concerning taxes and debts, as these are also falling under the category of other people’s money. Governmental money or bank loans are also an 8th house issue, and “benefic” planets located in the house bring ease in obtaining credit and loans. Hard aspects with “malefics”, though, make the procedure of repaying them quite difficult and can bring trouble to the native. In addition, the 8th house is ruling the spouse’s resources, and observing the planets located inside can show the financial situation of the significant other that you will bond with. Inheritances are to be seen here too, both material and spiritual. The 8th house shows what we receive when other people die or transform, and many times inheritance comes when the other person is still alive but transforms himself through relinquishment of material goods, in favor of the chart owner. The 8th is the darkest house of the native’s natal chart. It rules death in all its forms. It can indicate the way the person will die, or experiences connected with death that the native will live and learn from them. Can indicate deaths of other close people, near-death experiences, occupations connected with death such as undertaker and everything connected with the realm of the dead. Nevertheless, it is wrong to be concerned about real death when you observe the 8th house, as it mostly refers to symbolical death and endings. A person with planets in the house could be even just attracted to death as art and drawn towards black clothes, dark style, and morbid books or music. The 8th house is the house of conscious magick. It is a direct gate to the other worlds, the house of hidden mysteries and unveiling truths. The areas of the house near the 9th house cusp are signifying higher level philosophy and the native is drawn towards studies whose goal is to understand the meaning of life and existence. That exact place of the chart is responsible for the unspoken answers about why we exist, why we get born, why we die and are the foundations on which the whole next 9th house is based. As we have already mentioned, the 9th house is responsible for philosophy and wisdom and abstract higher knowledge of the world. So, it’s quite natural that this knowledge has as a first and basic question, the reasons behind the existence of everything. That is why the 8th house is so critical for all wisdom; it is the source of the questions and answers that give meaning to all the belief systems, to all knowledge and learning. Sex is a mystical experience in all its forms. But when it is not used as a casual tool for fun and is the result of a conscious bonding between two souls, sex becomes magickal. The 8th house is ruling exactly that: sex as a tool for entering the higher spheres, a source of extremely powerful energy that can be later used for empowering one’s self. The orgasm is a simulation of death, and many cultures indeed call it “the small death”. Magickal sex is a symbolic action, which when experienced with love, respect and soul blending can produce even higher amounts of life force energy. In addition, the 8th house rules sexual taboos, and the symbolic breaking of one’s borders can have immediate effects on the opening of astral gates. The 8th house is a direct gate to cumulated collective knowledge and archetypical wisdom, as is the 12th house. The difference between these gates is that the 8th can be entered consciously through actions of the native, while the entrance through the 12th is lot less controlled; the gate lays in the native’s subconscious and is more difficult to handle The house signifies all the things that one must “let go” and sacrifice, in order to transform and evolve. A lot of times, the farewell comes with pain, but it is necessary to let things die so that we benefit from something new. Spiritual growth through this house is obtained by things we sacrifice for others; in the end, the house gives us back the energy we sacrificed, of course, altered. As we mentioned, it rules gifts and other people’s money; most times those gifts are karmic from this life or a previous one and should be regarded as the attempt of the universe to balance out things. Beware though: the 8th house does not only gift, it also takes back. Negative karma that we have created will be paid back through it, and the stronger we hang onto money and material things, the more pain we will receive when we must let them go. Finally, the 8th house rules compassions, obsessions, jealousy, manipulation, hate and other feelings related to our dark side. Any native that observes malefic planets or hard aspects between Mars and Pluto, must concentrate towards resolving these psychological issues inside him. Such aspects are not a game, as they can awaken the darkest reactions, which in turn might have other difficult effects on his life. Negative feelings can create avalanches of difficult events, and the native is strongly advised to learn his dark side and try to spread light in it. Transformations in this area can create a massive change in his entire life, and eradicating such kind of behaviors can alter his reality so positively that he will become a totally different person.

In astrology, the eighth house is the house of the zodiac sign of Scorpio and planet Pluto. It is viewed as the house of sex, taboos, death, resurrection and other people’s possessions. We can infer from these general fields that it also rules legacies, heritages, and wills. Likewise, the eighth house is one of the entryways towards the spiritual world and is generally associated with the occult and magic.

The eighth house can be considered one of the best instructors when it comes to teaching us about life and it’s meaning. It is the domain of transformative encounters.

What It Means

Sex, Death, and Other people’s money. We say those words like they are just some passing adjectives. But they are much more than that!

You need sex in order to procreate. Then your off-spring grow up and eventually die, just like you will. This house is about the entre cycle of life, from beginning to end and beyond. The first half of life is totally dominated by sex. Even if you are not one of those people with a strong libido, it still controls so much of how you live your life.

Then, in the second half of life, you have to face the fact that you will not live forever. The idea of death takes over as the dominating force. As we get older and older, we are forced to realize that we have to give up all those things we worked so hard to obtain through our second house efforts. Now, we have to let go of all that. In fact, we have to let go of life itself. And all of the things we leave behind will be taken over by our heirs…thus the concept of other people’s money comes into the picture.

Most of us probably won’t inherit big bunches of money, but the eight house influence of other people’s money extends far beyond that. There are many ways we can be involved in other people’s money. You could inherit it or have a partner who has lots of it or get some of your partner’s money through divorce. Or you could be handling it for someone else. There are plenty of jobs that deal with managing it for those who have so much they don’t know what to do with it all. There’s jobs like financial manager, stock broker, accountant…all of which put the people who do them in touch with other people’s money.

The eighth house is also considered to be a very psychic house, deeply connected to the other side. When death comes to you, it may or may not be an easy transition. In today’s world there is plenty of violence and painful illness to help us get there. It is my belief that whatever energy surrounds your last moments creates a ripple effect that continues to touch not only those around you but your own spirit as it continues on in the next plane.

At some point, you may be the recipient of other people’s money, but eventually you will be giving it back. The lesson is to use whatever you get this way wisely so that you have something worthwhile to give back.

Eighth House in Vedic Astrology

Along with 6th and 12th, 8th house is also considered to be malefic. 8th house in Vedic astrology rules over death, longevity and sudden events. It has a direct impact upon one’s lifespan and the nature of death. It could be natural, peaceful, accident by water or fire, suicide, violent or due to a chronic illness.

8th house is also related to wealth. Everything from sudden gains, losses, share of profit and legacies to inheritance and insurance come under the sphere of 8th house in astrology. It is also called the house of transformations and mysteries, it can bring depression, defame, delay, dissatisfaction and defeat. It also represents the dark side of life, such as the bad karmas and hidden sources.

When 8th house lord or the planets in the house are afflicted, it can affect the longevity of the person, cause chronic illnesses, miseries, fear, lack of mental peace, monetary issues, criminal tendencies, imprisonment, punishment, sexual problems, addictions, bad habits, deformities, loss of loved ones, death and so on. 8th house also represents your reproductive organs and ability, your sense of physical attraction. It also refers to your partner’s finance.

On a positive note, when 8th house in horoscope is positive and strong, it can lead to a lot of positive outcomes. Native may have a long life and is likely to topple enemies and opposition. It also gives higher learning of the metaphysical realms and psychic abilities. The native may have a strong intuition and may be well versed in occult fields such as astrology and meditation. Such people are also masters of fields such as psychology, science, mathematics, and paranormal studies.

Eighth house is also called the Ayu Bhava in Vedic astrology. It relates to the sign of Scorpio, which is known for attributes such as the air of mystery, possessiveness, passion and ambition. Mars is the natural significator of 8th house. Body parts it governs include reproductive system and the colon area. In mundane astrology, 8th house represents natural calamities, death rate of a country, debts, loss of battles, import, export, taxes, budget shortages, scarcity, and so on. It also refers to hidden things and secrecy, research, mines and minerals, archeology.

8th house essentially is considered difficult because this is the house of transformations. It makes the person withdraw from the material pleasures by inflicting miseries but the ultimate aim is salvation and spiritual liberation. It leads to the transformation of the soul, by purifying it and eradicating bad karma. The process nonetheless is agonizing but rewarding. We can also understand transformations in the context that 8th house shows the biggest changes that happen in one’s life which are life changing in nature.

The Eighth House influences our sense of purpose and levelheadedness, challenging us to break down our reality structure into smaller pieces and then reassemble it into a greater whole. The house represents where all the greater “taboos” of society exist and how we can transform our internal garbage into hidden treasures that allow us to further develop and grow. The house is also representative of our sexual desires, how our body and mind are regenerated and the way in which we handle our financial resources.

It governs our personal growth, transformation, evolution, death, and rebirth. Any planet found in the Eighth house indicate a personal facet of ourselves working more cooperatively with others in order to achieve greater personal success. It influences the way we share and bond with others, deciding whether or not we can make commitments, or even stick by those that we do make.

Traditionally the Eighth House is connected with resources, psychological awareness, business investments, contracts, personal change and transformation, death and regeneration and secrets. Inventions and revelations are encompassed by the eighth house and those possessing a strong house such as this are likely to be innovative.

Sexual desires

Opposite to the second house, that of possessions, stands this house which governs pleasure arising from sexuality and transformations that occur in life.

This is still a house of possessions, this time not of the individual but of groups, for instance, inheritance or investments that depend on others too.

It influences actions that bring the natives to a common ground with others, because they are pursuing the same end goal.

Exaltation, rebirth and demonstrations of strength belong to this space, along demonstrations of virility and passion.

On the other hand, this is also where decisions about change occur after episodes of failure or when one needs to start all over.

Mysterious energies

This house governs some new changes, but only when they are motivated by strong feelings and occur as a transformation from an earlier stage.

Emotional and spiritual support from others is also influenced by this house, along with some aspects of group dynamic. The idea of joint assets comes to play, along with the negative effects of it, such as matters of taxes or other debt.

The metaphysic comes to play by governing the rituals one puts in practice, whether we are talking about plans to manipulate others or activities that get one in contact with occult forces.

The 8th House Rules Other People’s Money

The house is in charge of issues concerning duties and obligations, as these are additionally under the class of money that belongs to others. Borrowed money and even money given to us by the government are likewise an eighth house issue, and benefic planets situated in the eighth house may mean that one has an easier time getting credit and loans. Hard aspects with so called malefics, however, make paying debt very troublesome and can make debt quite an obstacle.

The 8th House Rules Finances of Our Life Partner

The eighth house also tends to rule the assets of our life partner / wife / husband, and reviewing the planets placed inside can demonstrate the monetary circumstance of the partner that you choose. Legacies are to be seen here as well, both material and otherworldly. The eighth house indicates what we get when other individuals pass away. Sometimes, the monetary gifts that we get do not have to do always mean the death of another individual, but it can rather instead of a transformation and a rebirth. Someone can choose to surrender their material possessions, and that can mean a gift to someone else.

The 8th House Rules Death

The eighth house is the darkest area of one’s natal chart, as it rules death. It can show the way one will pass away, or even close encounters with death that the individual will experience in one’s life. The eighth house can show the deaths of other people that are close to you, near-death encounters. If you’re looking toward your eighth house worried about death, we would encourage you not to do so! Death is not something that is literal, but can also be figurative. For the most part, the eighth house alludes to symbolical endings. A person with certain planets in the eighth house could be artistically inclined to death, or perhaps drawn towards some kind of dark style.

The 8th House Rules the Occult and Magic

The eighth house in astrology also happens to be the house of the occult. It is an immediate door to alternate universes, the place of mystery and truth. The areas of the house closer to the ninth house are representative of an individual’s curiosity about life and its meaning. That area of the diagram is rules the hidden answers concerning why we exist, why we were born, why we pass away. It is in this same area of the chart where the ninth house finds its origins and foundations. The ninth house is in charge of wisdom and higher learning. Therefore it is only natural that this kind of wisdom and knowledge come from the questions that we pose here in the eighth house. That is the reason that the eighth house in astrology is the key for all intelligence; it is the wellspring of the questions that we ask about the world and about ourselves.

The 8th House Rules Sexuality

Sex is an act that is intrinsically spiritual, so long as we don’t consider it when it is something that is done for fun and entertainment. In its purest sense – sex is the opposite of death; it is the source and origin of life. It is the consequence of a deep bond between two spirits and as such it borders on being spiritual. The eighth house rules precisely that kind of sex; sex as an instrument for entering the higher planes and transcending one’s individual existence. The climax is a recreation of death, and numerous societies in reality call it “the little death”. Spiritually involved sex is a symbolic activity, and when it is experienced alongside love, can bring the self to new heights.

The eighth house in astrology is an immediate doorway to collective wisdom, similar to the twelfth house. The distinction between these doors is that the eighth can be entered intentionally through the actions of the individual, while the passage through the twelfth house is less controlled; the entryway lays in the individual’s intuition and is more hard to accomplish.

The 8th House Rules That Which We Must Let Go

The eighth house also connotes that in our lives that one must release and forfeit, keeping in mind the end goal to transform oneself and advance towards one’s greatest potential. Leaving something behind is usually accompanied by torment and grief, yet it is important to give things a chance to move on with the goal that we advance to something new. Spiritual development through this eighth house is gotten by things we let go for others. Even though it feels like a painful goodbye at first, the eighth house gives us back the energy we relinquished, but changed.

The 8th House Rules Inheritances

As specified earlier, the eighth house also rules inheritances and the assets of others; most circumstances those endowments are karmic. These inheritances can come from this life or a past one and ought to be viewed as the universe’s attempt to create balance. Be careful however; the eighth house does not just bring gifts, it likewise reclaims. Negative karma that we have built up will be paid back through this house, and the more we cling to money and material things, the more torment we will get when we should instead release them.

Ruling Planet Pluto

Zodiac Sign Scorpio

Areas of Life

Eighth house relates to the sign of Scorpio and always speaks of hate and revenge, in whatever shape, color or manifestation we see it in our lives. It rules all things that are dead, buried and gone. The key mystery of it is in the fact that it also magically speaks of our conception. To truly understand rivers of our eighth house, we have to fully accept that there is no beginning without an end and vice versa. Any planet set in our eighth house is a planet we fail to see in all its glory. Even when Mars or Pluto are here, given their strong dignity due to the connection this house has with Scorpio, they still tend to be dismissed and thrown into trash, one way or the other. What’s one man’s gain is another man’s loss, and this is best seen though the symbolism of the eighth house, for it represents someone else’s possessions and everything we get from those who left us behind.

This is a house of change, all curves and bumps in the road, and everything our unconscious has to send our way to protect us from life-threatening situations or throw us into them. This is the place of danger and fear as much as it is a place of liberation. Its seed thrown from its preceding seventh house is strangely connected to relationships. We can see that all people we shoved aside accumulate here and create spasms, dissatisfactions, and more fears since we didn’t allow change and acceptance. As all things that are taboo, this is a place where all intimate sexual relationships go and one where we can find all kinky preferences, choices hard to understand by others, and things we are ashamed of. In another extreme, this is a house of committed and deep relationships, those that shine beyond vows of marriage, giving promise for lives that are yet to come.

The beauty of the eighth house is seen through our ability to transform, break our cocoons and become colorful, flying butterflies. It is a place of regeneration and one we turn to when we are wounded and lost, so carefully estimate the position of all that is hidden there. It will show us a path of our shadows and what we have to face in order to grow, as well as all we need to turn to when we aren’t happy, or when we have something that needs to be forgiven, changed, or simply accepted as it is. This is a place that transforms us into better people, so it is really not a house to hate but rather to worship.

Signs Meaning in Eighth House

Aries

With the eighth house in Aries the main challenge of life is to accept the constructive force of anger and conflict. If Mars isn’t extremely well positioned, this speaks of one’s tendency to waste their energy on irrelevant issues, these seen primarily through challenging aspects of Mars. Change will come pretty much naturally, but with a lot of fire and fuss and never easy. Instinct needs to be nurtured and most often this is the position of those born with an ascendant in Virgo, meaning they tend to overthink things and shove their instincts and gut feelings aside. The most damaging thing a person can do with this setting is to approach life reasonably instead of instinctively. This is also a setting that accents the fact that all problems with young men full of energy, leadership, police, or army, have to be mended and brought to a level of emotional acceptance and understanding.

Taurus

Taurus is a sign that celebrates life while the eighth house is the one to destroy it. One of the greatest oppositions of the zodiac is seen in this position and change will come as this slow, difficult interference with life that simply has to break at some point. There is something too different from what one’s primal nature would desire in this position, and to mend differences between personal and the collective might come as extremely hard for this person. Joy is found in bizarre choices, and changes are truly hard to accept. Transformation is slow and has to be enjoyed or it won’t happen at all. This leads to all sorts of problems in letting go of people, circumstances, career ventures and even physical waste. These are the people that have to throw used and broken things into trash and don’t want the energy of broken material treasures tainting their emotional world.

Gemini

With the eighth house in Gemini, changes always move through one’s mental plain and superficial approach is almost impossible to accept. This is a typical position for those born with their ascendant in Scorpio, and we will see that they have real trouble accepting anything carefree that lacks depth and deep instinct in its core. Individuals with their eighth house in Gemini will steer clear of small talk, often not realizing how necessary and helpful it can be. Dismissal of brotherly love or love with a sibling is almost always present, so it needs to be found in their heart and accepted for better or worse. Changes in life will be strangely casual when they are big and usually approached to with ease and vigor. This is the position that allows love of change and these dreamers will search for happiness in strangest of places.

Cancer

If the second house begins in the sign of Cancer, this is a strong sign that a person will have a chance to earn from a family business or a private company of their own. This is someone capable to work from home, or someone who goes with the flow and relies on destiny to bring them their wealth. In general, this might not be such a strong position if the Moon isn’t very strong, but gives the ability to find incredible joy in food, cooking, and family gatherings. This is a position that accents one’s inner search for gratitude and love, and it will often speak of genetic predispositions as a potential for personal gain. It can also be a position that speaks of inheritance they have been spending since the day they were born, as opposed to inheritance matters of the eighth house in which someone has to die or give up on something in order for gain to come.

Leo

If the eighth house is in Leo, there is no easy way to accept authority. Not only will a person need a change of personal image and scenery, but they will also see all of ego related problems of their own, in other people. In case they won’t accept childish behavior and efforts of others, this simply means they are not on the right track. There is almost always something off with their perception of success. To truly evolve and transform into successful and strong individuals full of life, they have to build their level of respect for others and themselves to infinite heights. The challenge here lies in their ability to respect those who aren’t deep, practical and responsible as they think suitable. Once they see that a smile on their face is directly related to the respect they nurture for their own child within, their perception will change and they will be ready to manage, rule, and shine their warm light on other people.

Virgo

The sign of Virgo rarely has some idea what hedonism is, and seems to have the need to go into detailed analysis of everything, taking out all colors out of creative things in life. The main problem is hidden in the fact that without detail, there wouldn’t be functionality, and to ground any grandiose idea, we have to be practical enough to commit to details. Resistance given to practical, daily matters with this natal position leads to all sorts of health related problems. A person has to realize that the only way to find satisfaction in the material world is through the material world, and it will be tossed aside as irrelevant comparing to their incredible mental dominance. True intelligence hides in out body, our routine, and our physiology. Mercury is exalted in the sign of Virgo and the element of Earth, so any mental effort must have its final goal in its manifestation in the real world. Everything else will look like a bundle of empty words if no substance is given through practicality and grounding.

Libra

The eighth house in Libra is a truly strange position for this seems to be linked to people who want to be alone. Even though it is our natural need to have someone to love, reaching for perfect harmony, this obviously doesn’t apply to everyone in the zodiac. Even though these dreamy individuals might wish for their fairytale ending, their acceptance of togetherness will be flaky and unstable. They need to build a personal approach to partnership, marriage, and all things that are related to other people from scratch, as if their life is marked by inconsistent relationships and parents who weren’t as functional together as they were when apart. As those who lack tact and wish to be independent, they find themselves in strangely satisfying relationships before marriage while having trouble coping with the institution of marriage in the end. The key here obviously hides in their deep, intimate world and recognizing the difference between marriage and obligation.

Scorpio

This is a position that easily collects all trash into one place. There is a deeply seeded knowledge of endings and beginnings of all things in life, while these individuals accept the whole cycle of life and death different than some other people in their lives. Fears they carry within go to extremes, from panic to absolute bravery, and it is not easy to catch them in a certain state for too long. While at one hand extremely ready to face any challenge that comes their way, they will give in to mass hysteria in a minute, and you won’t have any idea how this connects to the same person they were just a while ago. If Mars and Pluto give strong support, we will see that these people have an almost magical ability to face danger, stay calm in the most challenging situations, as if their whole energetic body is always prepared for anything. Depending on the position of the Moon their waters will be clean and their emotional state easy.

Sagittarius

When the eighth house is set in Sagittarius there is something strange about the convictions this person has. Everything that they anticipate will work – won’t, and vice versa, as if the entire Universe is there to teach them about the relativity of all things. While they are protected from danger with something as beneficent as the sign ruled by Jupiter, they will also have trouble with accepting all Jupiter related matters, teachings, and philosophical approaches. For as long as they feel their entire life has great purpose they will be fine, but this is a state that runs off pretty quickly and pushes them to new activities, choices, and changes in their life path that happen too often for the rest of the world to understand why. All negative things that happen will be a blessing in disguise and all positive quite the opposite. To understand that their whole life is turned upside-down, they will have to separate from common people and realize how different they are. If they lose faith, all can be lost in an instant.

Capricorn

If the eighth house is set in Capricorn, responsibility is something that doesn’t seem to have value to the individual. This can lead to all sorts of difficult circumstances in case Saturn is challenged and there is not enough rest and calm experiences in their life. The pressure caused by Saturn is always there to push us towards evolution, but with this position this pressure can sometimes be overwhelming and liberation is desired more than anything else. The main problem hides in the fact that this is held at an unconscious level and a person simply sees hard circumstances that create pressure while failing to see their part in avoiding them. There is always a side to their family tree that is hard to understand, while they lack structure and a healthy routine, especially in sleeping patterns and rest. If this position is approached in a tender and understanding way, with confidence and strength of will, there is no reason not to find a way out of endless loops family problems tend to create.

Aquarius

We are all aware of positive sides to the sign of Aquarius, especially those of us who love Astrology or commit out existence to it. People with their eighth house set in Aquarius tend to see only negative sides to this sign, and can’t handle the stress, changes, the movement of civilization, and fast conversations that don’t seem to have their grounding. This position speaks of the inability to open up for progress and new things, and even though the value of memories is incredibly important, letting them go can be even more satisfying for someone with this setting. Once they realize the value of solitude and freedom, there won’t be so many unrealistic expectations from other people, and mental pressure they create for themselves will slowly fade. Friendships have to be nurtured but also allowed to change, grow and bring all the challenges of interpersonal relationships with them.

Pisces

When the eighth house begins in the sign of Pisces, dreamland is the most distant place for a person. This can mean either that they are too rational in their everyday circumstances to give value to their dreams, or that all their efforts to materialize their desires fail. Fear of failure and betrayal is strong with this setting, and they will be strongly judgmental and opinionated on lies coming from other people. It is typical for these individuals to breakup some relationships due to mistrust or disappointment, as their faith fades and even stronger fears kick in. They have to take good care of their boundaries and keep their membrane to the outer world intact and nurtured. When they accept their mission and get in touch with their real talents, all things around them will fall into place and they will reach the state of happiness and faith they wish for.

Planets Influences in Eighth House

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Sun

Sun in 8th House indicates that the native manages or possesses the life interest of somebody’s money or goods to which he adds by his own personal endeavor. Similarly a material or spiritual inheritance will make it easy to obtain a position in the world. This position inclines to trust a higher power. Great expectations are cherished of hitherto uncertain sources of income, which sometimes are lived on too soon. When harmoniously aspected the future of which one dreams and the capital one counts on, are of a solid nature.

On the other hand, when afflicted death will prevent their receipt. Often the promising life-work of a gifted child will be nipped in the bud; the possessions of the partner are squandered and run through.

Moon

Moon in 8th House gives a quiet, resigned attitude with regard to death and life beyond. The problem of Reincarnation will probably be answered in the affirmative and this causes a clear and conscious trust in the necessity and purpose of death. When harmoniously aspected to Neptune or Jupiter, personal contact with the spirit-world can also be obtained, especially if watery signs are represented.

Literature and knowledge about these subjects will prove attractive and strengthening, but are seldom accepted by the native’s friends.

This position denotes also a strong belief in the psychic value of art and music and their effect on those who come into contact with them. The world of dreams will also provide a favorite region of research. Occasional hallucinations which occur are not conducive to real and regular spiritual activity, consequently they should as much as possible be balanced by practical healthy thoughts and occupations.

When afflicted this position causes the loss of female companions in life; but a ‘harmonious aspect, especially to Venus, renders possible a love surpassing earthly love, which will also manifest favorably when physical separation occurs.

Well aspected this position promises gain from partnership and testators, when afflicted the reverse.

Mercury

Mercury in 8th House makes the light of practical mind and reason shine on what is unknown, intellect striving to penetrate the secrets of invisible worlds. Problems regarding reincarnation, psycho-analysis etc. are always studied industriously and with much interest. Details about death and the life beyond are very absorbing and in them a correct intuition is often shown.

When afflicted insight will be marred by rashness or self-will. This position of Mercury makes the native very keen to have the last word in disputes or debates in which he usually succeeds. In leisure hours hunting for old books and for sagas, fairy tales, old stories, and also for scientific and philosophical disquisitions is much enjoyed.

Venus

Venus in 8th House. Great likelihood of a rich wife or husband or partner. Speculation with, or insecure investment of, this money should however be avoided, since as a rule these end in disappointment and consequently do not improve the relations involved.

This position denotes feelings of love of a more universal than personal character and renders the native receptive for deep pure affections. It requires however much inner moral strength to keep the feelings pure and natural and excessive analysis and experiment with them should be avoided. Friendship and love will very likely require more of the partner than is given in exchange and more desirable or possible for the person concerned. Great interest is taken in physicalresearch, symbolism, and esoteric conceptions of religion, theosophy and occultism, enlightened by which search will be made for the great unity underlying all things the relation existing between all creatures. For the same reason a favorable attitude obtains towards experiment in spiritualism and telepathy.

Venus in 8th House inharmoniously aspected gives difficulties with regard to legacies etc.; hallucinations, a very deceptive kind of phantasms, which arise from a supposed communion with one or more persons in the spirit world. It is better for the native not to concern himself too much with these questions in order to prevent excessive strain of the nervous system. Moreover it is desirable to be careful of the blood circulation and -regular functioning of the kidneys.

Mars

Mars in 8th House points to increase of property through the partner or through legacies and inheritance. This Mars-position also symbolizes strong feelings and a great deal of vitality in the senses. When harmoniously aspected, especially by Venus or Jupiter the love ideal will prove to be too pure to be spoiled by martial desires, and satisfaction on a lower plane will not easily be sought, when higher regions have not been attained.

This position gives enthusiasm for spiritual research. But, it is well to remember that in this department scientific study and reflection are essential in order that the native may gain reasonable insight into the possibility of appearances from the unseen worlds, and thus prevent harmful consequences resulting from psychic experiences.

Jupiter

Jupiter in 8th House gives a hopeful confidence in the path of life including the beyond, inclines to believe in Providence, in a great, good Power guiding and regulating everything purposefully and bringing everything to a good end, if only we listen to the voice of our conscience and act accordingly. But is should never be forgotten that earthly daily life and ordinary things all have a claim on us which cannot with impunity be neglected. This position indicates clear dreams, a lively imagination and an interest in occult teachings.

Afflictions make the native skeptical about these things – he can only believe what he himself has experienced.

Jupiter in 8th House gives a possibly of inheritance, legacies, money through insurance etc., but an inharmonious aspect causes much trouble, mainly legal difficulties in really getting them into one’s possession. Relations will probably try to interfere through jealousy or selfishness. Too good a trust is not advisable in suchlike questions.

Saturn

Saturn in 8th House makes the native prudent with the partner’s capital. If Saturn is afflicted, it makes him listless, indifferent and this will also mean the loss of the money which has been put in by the partner.

Saturn here inclines to melancholy, which although perhaps not strong enough to prevail in a horoscope otherwise harmonious, nevertheless causes many an unpleasant mood. These gloomy fits usually arise from financial anxieties which frustrate many grand plans. The best thing to do is not to allow oneself to become dejected by circumstances, but without grumbling to do what can be done.

If you cannot do what you wish to do

You should be willing to do cheerfully and

Faithfully what you can do.

For this only can make up for what has already been spoilt, and helps to improve future conditions.

Thoughts about the Beyond will crowd in at definite times and remain with the native for some time. The end of life will not come until after much reflection and opportunity to prepare for it.

Uranus

Uranus in 8th House. Harmoniously placed, this position of Uranus indicates great interest in the problem of heredity, sin, death and penitence. And connected with this also psycho-analysis. There is a likelihood of strange dreams, also of so-called day dreams. Things will often happen of which he has already dreamt. Occult faculties are present, but as soon as they are *toyed” with they disappear or revenge themselves in some other way.

The power of suggestion to cure illnesses can also be applied to others but only if there be no attempt to derive personal profit.

The 8th house (Scorpio) symbolizes the raising of mind above purified matter – generation and regeneration – and Uranus here is strongly posited. Matter must be overcome before the mind can find happiness in the 9th house (the house of philosophy, consciousness and knowledge); for which many voluntary sacrifices or many bitter experiences will be necessary.

Death comes unexpectedly, usually through an accident. It will be well at all times to be prepared for the transition.

When afflicted this position leads to sudden, unaccountable difficulties as regards the partner’s possessions.

Much unpleasant Karma must be worked off here but there is also great likelihood that when rightly solved important progress in evolution may be made. Higher insight is therefore very needful in all occurrences and circumstances.

Every action should be directed by a desire for what is good and great confidence in its power. Apparently the most impossible and unexpected situations will occur in this life and cause much amazement and alarm; they dissolve however in as peculiar a manner as that by which they arose, and sometimes prove clearly to have been brought about by the native’s own wrong thought images, which purer, clearer conceptions enable him to dispel.

Neptune

Neptune in 8th House indicates great sensitivity to peculiar dreams of a somewhat prophetic nature, inspirations. The conditions in the Beyond forcibly arouse the native’s interest, so that this Neptune-position strongly inclines him to spiritualism. There is every likelihood of a conscious double life and distinct experiences on the astral plane may be expected. When favorable aspects guard the native against excessive discursiveness he may be able to profit in daily life by the knowledge gained in other worlds.

Yet moderation and carefulness are advisable, because the influence of Neptune always is more or less unreliable. This constellation denotes further a faculty of preventing or curing much suffering, through the diversion of thought from physical to psychic subjects. Music also will have a very beneficent effect on the general disposition.

When afflicted the native should be seriously warned against exaggeration in spiritualistic or other research; it will be sensible to adopt a somewhat critical expectant attitude in these matters, seeing that the fantastical side of this Neptune position tends to go further than is either necessary or useful.

Affliction indicates financial disappointment through a false representation or understanding of the partner’s financial situation. From the mother’s or the wife’s side some financial advantage may come, but this will come to naught through fraud or deceit, if the aspects are inharmonious.

It is very probably that death is caused by an accident, poisoning, suffocation or drowning.

Pluto