“8th house” is mystery house in Astrology and I’m excited to talk about the hidden secrets of 8th house hidden secrets in Vedic or infact overall Indian Astrology, although in short. 8th house that part in sky along solar path where Sun descends towards horizon and hence is ‘house of death’.
There are lot of negatives and uncomfortableness around the 8th house. So we will talk about the less talked 8th house today, because it is much feared and less talked so its less often understood also. 8th house is a house of dark topics compared to other house, its a house of secrets. This is the house of hidden acts, the darkness like Tantra & mantra, intimacy & sex, tax, death etc. And we will today look about the hidden secrets of this secret house.
8th house and 12th house
8th along with 6th and 12th house is considered malefic. Prior to dive into 8th house, it is important to understand 8th house is different from 12th when it comes to secrets. 12th house is a house of self-undoing where your secrets can harm or defame you, while 8th house is a house of personal power & potential.
8th house Representation
It is often linked to areas that are unseen, buried, or concealed from the normal life. The placement of the Lagna or Navamsa lord in this house intensifies the significance of the 8th house in the person’s life, affecting all areas of life viz relationships, career, health, and spirituality.
If we go by the cycle, 8th house is 2nd from 7th so it represents spouse finance (even more important for a girl chart). Its 12th from 9th, so it shows ‘loss in Spirituality’. 8th house is also 11th from 10th so it governs gain from profession, promotion or interview results or even contact in profession. It represents our luck, our deep rooted desires and it can also lead us into which subject or skill should we study for success.
In case of planets in 8th house or its lord being afflicted, that can affect the longevity of the person by chronic illnesses or even miseries, fear, lack of mental peace, criminal tendencies, imprisonment, punishment, sexual problems, bad habits or addictions etc. 8th house also represents your reproductive organs and ability. 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, physical attraction or sexuality, addictions, bad habits, deformities, loss of loved ones, death and so on.
8th house Impact
The natural ruling planet for 8th house is – Saturn, and sign in Kalpurush is Scorpio.
If we look at good side, if 8th house is good that can give the native a long life and sudden gains in life along with knowledge of higher or hidden areas like metaphysical or occult science (like Astrology), psychic abilities, Psychology, mantra, strong intuition etc.
Factor for 8th house analysis
For analyzing 8th house, we need to see 4 things –
1) the sign of 8th house and its lord
2) the planet sitting in 8th house (if any)
3) the planets looking at 8th house (if any)
4) and the Transit of planets in 8th house of which Moon and Sun would be most frequent.
Important point – you shouldn’t just see D1 or lagna chart, but also the D9 or Navamsa chart as well for overall 8th house understanding.
Planets in 8th House
Being a malefic house, generally the planets in 8th house give negative results. 8th house represent the longevity of native’s life as ell as the marriage, hence nay malefic planet here would impact both part of life negatively.
Moon – cause mental troubles like depression and chronic disease due to weak immunity.
Mars – Mars in 8th house is known as “Kuj or mangal dosha”. It impacts spouse health and marital relation.
Mercury – gives good result unless afflicted, like good health, knowledge of occult science, wealth etc.
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