House 8 of 12 · Succedent
The 8th house is about what you share with others: joint money, debts and inheritance, intimacy, trust and deep personal change.
Meaning
The 8th house covers money and resources that belong to more than one person. This includes a partner's income, loans, taxes and inheritance. It also covers sexual intimacy and the trust it needs.
Planets here show how you deal with shared resources and with strong emotions. Many astrologers also read this house for psychological change and crises you recover from.
A succedent house: it follows an angular house. Planets here build and keep what was started.
Planets here
Each planet brings its own theme to this area of life. Choose yours.
You are intense and private. You build your identity through deep relationships, shared resources and personal change.
Your feelings are deep and private. You need trust and intimacy, and you sense hidden emotions easily.
You think deeply and investigate. You want to know the truth, including what other people prefer to hide.
You love deeply and intensely. Intimacy, trust and shared resources are important in your relationships.
You are intense and determined. You pursue deep relationships and you handle crises with strength.
You may benefit from shared resources and deep relationships. You recover well from hard times.
You are careful with trust, intimacy and shared money. You handle serious matters with great responsibility.
Shared money and intimacy may change suddenly. You approach deep subjects with an open, curious mind.
Intimacy feels spiritual to you. Shared money may be unclear, and you are drawn to the mysterious.
The house most linked with Pluto. You understand power, intimacy and change, and you recover from crises with great strength.
Shared money, debt, taxes, inheritance, intimacy, trust and deep personal change.
No. It is intense, because it deals with things we share and cannot fully control. Planets here can give depth, loyalty and good judgment about money.
The 8th house matches Scorpio, the 8th sign of the zodiac. Scorpio is ruled by Mars, and modern astrologers add Pluto. This link describes the house's general character. Your own chart may have any sign on this house.