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EIGHTH
HOUSE SUN
The
uncovering of secrets
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The House of
investments.
The field of renewal and release.
Death and legacies. Other
people's possessions. Business corporations. The stock market. Taxes. The partner's resources. Inheritances. Insurance.
Elimination. The extraction of essences. Expenditures. Sex and regeneration. Research. Restoration. Psychoanalysis.
Deep
purposeful force and great emotional intensity are shown in this placing of
the Sun. It is essential that the powers of intuition are used and controlled.
There will almost inevitably be a need for self-knowledge, but in seeking it
the tendency toward introspection is countered.
Sexual
satisfaction is likely to be a powerful outlet for self-expression, and the
creative power of the Sun ensures that its achievement will be of paramount
importance. The individual will certainly analyze every aspect of his or her
sexuality if this fulfillment is lacking, and in extreme cases must counter an
inclination to be obsessive about it. The driving force of the Sun may focus
completely on sex for some people born with this placing, but for others it
may center on money, its growth and the power that it brings. We often find
those with this placing in financial careers. In a weak chart, or when the
positive nature of the Sun is undermined by negative aspects, there may be a
tendency to live in hopes of an inheritance.
Transformation
is one traditional association of this house, and it is easily seen in the
need for self-knowledge, from which the individual can grow, develop and
eventually change. The attitude to death should be positive, with the subject
regarding it in an objective way as the ultimate and final transformation.
Since the
eighth house concerns the possessions and resources of other people, this
position often shows a lesson to be learned through the handling of money. It
gives the will to invest one's energies in collective enterprises and may,
therefore, promote a career in business, the stock market, banking, or
research. Life insurance is a typical eighth house calling, since it involves
large-scale finance, legacies from the dead, and sociological investigation.
This
position is favorable for inheriting money, or accumulating funds not earned
(as in the second house) ‘by the sweat of one's brow’.
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