House 8 of 12 · Succedent
The 8th House: Transformation
The house of shared money, inheritance, intimacy, crisis and rebirth.
At a glance
- Rules
- shared money, inheritance, intimacy, crisis and rebirth
- Natural sign
- Scorpio, ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto
- Type
- Succedent: houses that build and hold
- Vedic
- Ayu bhava: longevity, sudden events, hidden things, inheritance and the occult. A dusthana (a hard house); its aim is moksha, liberation.
Planets in the 8th house
Sun in the 8th house
Your life runs deep: crises, shared money, intimacy and research transform you, and you are drawn to what is hidden.
Moon in the 8th house
Deep, private feelings; you sense hidden things and go through emotional rebirths. Inheritance or shared money matters.
Mercury in the 8th house
A researcher's mind drawn to secrets, psychology, finance and the occult.
Venus in the 8th house
Deep, intense love; money may come through a partner, an inheritance or shared resources.
Mars in the 8th house
A powerful drive for intimacy, research and transformation; shared money can become a battleground.
Jupiter in the 8th house
Gains through inheritance, shared money or a partner, and deep spiritual and psychological insight.
Saturn in the 8th house
A slow path to trust and a fear of loss; long life and deep, hard-won wisdom.
Uranus in the 8th house
Sudden changes through crises, shared money or inheritance, and an interest in the occult.
Neptune in the 8th house
Psychic sensitivity, mystical depth and confusion around shared money.
Pluto in the 8th house
Pluto is at home in this house: depth, research, crises and rebirth, and power through shared resources.
In Vedic astrology
- Rahu in the 8th
- Rahu in the 8th, Ketu in the 2nd: occult interests, sudden events, other people's money; an odd relation to wealth and speech.
- The Lagna lord in the 8th
- a life of deep changes, research and hidden things. Sudden turns, interest in the occult, and inheritance are possible.
- The 10th lord in the 8th
- Your career has ups and downs: research, insurance, other people's money or the hidden sciences.
- The 7th lord in the 8th
- Where you meet your partner. Through a crisis, a secret or a shared loss: an intense, fated meeting that changes you. Shared money, inheritance or the in-laws loom large.
Every house
Questions and answers
What does the 8th house represent?
Shared money, inheritance, intimacy, crisis and rebirth.
What sign and planet rule the 8th house?
Its natural sign is Scorpio, ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto. In your own chart, the sign on the cusp of the 8th house and that sign's ruler tell more.
What does an empty 8th house mean?
Nothing bad. Most charts have empty houses. Read the sign on the cusp of the 8th house and look at where that sign's ruler sits.