- House type
- Succedent
- Natural sign / ruler
- Scorpio / Mars, modern Pluto
Keywords: Joint finances, inheritance, debt, crisis, deep transformation, intimacy
The 8th house lies opposite the 2nd: if the 2nd is your own resources, the 8th is shared resources. A partner's income, joint accounts, loans, debt, inheritance and taxes belong here.
Its second layer is psychological: it has to do with crisis, loss and irreversible change. Traditional texts treat it as a heavy house; modern readings see it as the house of depth and rebirth.
Sexuality is also linked to this house, but unlike the flirtation of the 5th house, the bond here involves mutual vulnerability and the sharing of resources.
If the house is empty
An empty 8th house is common and counts as neither a good sign nor a bad one.
Other houses
- 1st house · Self and appearance
- 2nd house · Resources and value
- 3rd house · Mind and immediate surroundings
- 4th house · Roots and home
- 5th house · Creation and pleasure
- 6th house · Work and routine
- 7th house · Partnership
- 9th house · Meaning and distant horizons
- 10th house · Career and visibility
- 11th house · Community and the future
- 12th house · Retreat and the unconscious