Eighth house in astrology
- Theme
- Shared resources
- Kind of house
- Succedent
- Corresponds with
- Scorpio
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The eighth house is a succedent house, the second of the houses above the horizon, and it follows the seventh house that begins at the Descendant.
In tradition the eighth house is the house of shared resources: joint finances, loans, inheritance and what is held in common with another person. It is also linked with closeness and with the themes of endings and renewal. It corresponds by analogy with Scorpio and with Mars and Pluto.
The house is a label for a theme and says nothing about a person's actual circumstances. Astrely shows only which house each planet falls in, and the house depends on the birth time, the birth place and the house system.
In the chart wheel the eighth house lies at the upper right, between the seventh and ninth houses, in the part of the sky that is above the horizon and west of the meridian. The sign on its cusp depends on the birth time and place and can be any of the twelve.
Planets in the eighth house
- Sun in the eighth house
- The Sun in the eighth house is read as identity forged in depth: intimacy, shared resources, crisis and renewal as the ground one stands on.
- Moon in the eighth house
- The Moon in the eighth house is read as feelings that run deep and private: intimacy as a need, intense bonds, and comfort in what others find uncomfortable.
- Mercury in the eighth house
- Mercury in the eighth house is read as a probing mind: research, secrets, shared resources and the deeper questions as favourite subjects.
- Venus in the eighth house
- Venus in the eighth house is read as love at depth: intense intimacy, shared resources as a bond, and attraction to what is hidden.
- Mars in the eighth house
- Mars in the eighth house is read as intensity under the surface: drive in shared resources and intimacy, and strength in a crisis.
- Jupiter in the eighth house
- Jupiter in the eighth house is read as faith in depth: growth through shared resources, intimacy and transformation, and ease with the taboo.
- Saturn in the eighth house
- Saturn in the eighth house is read as control around intimacy and shared resources: slow trust, careful boundaries, and strength through endurance.
- Uranus in the eighth house
- Uranus in the eighth house is read as sudden change in the shared life: unexpected shifts in intimacy or resources, and insight that arrives all at once.
- Neptune in the eighth house
- Neptune in the eighth house is read as mysticism at depth: intimacy as dissolution, intuition about hidden things, and vagueness around shared resources.
- Pluto in the eighth house
- Pluto in the eighth house, its modern home, is read as depth at depth: intimacy, shared resources and renewal as the places of greatest power.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.