The Eighth House in Astrology: Enter at Your Own Risk

There are some things that go bump in the night, that seduce and tease, some things that may be better left at their own discretion, and are not for the faint of heart. If you’re someone who has planets in the eighth house you know exactly what I’m talking about. If you’re someone who doesn’t know whether you have anything in the eighth house because you don’t know your rising sign, then have a seat, sweetheart, because I will make sure to explain all of that in the simplest kind of way.

But first, you must enter at your own risk.

To explain first, the eighth house is the area of our natal chart associated with sex, intimacy, psychology, magic, secrets, other people’s money (as in loans, grants, bursaries), fears, organized religion, power struggles, transformation, and death. These are the areas of life most of us avoid and with good reason, to dwell here is to be willing to surrender control. Ruled by Scorpio and Pluto, whatever planets you have here will be taken under the wings of the Phoenix and go through constant rebirth. (The way to find this out is by creating your natal chart using any of the links below this article, and making sure you have your birth time.) Of course, everyone experiences rebirth in some kind of way, just look at where you have Pluto and whatever planets you might have in Scorpio to find out, but…