The eighth house rules a person’s longevity, defeat, insult, sorrow, scandal, obstacles, impediment, transformation, regeneration, sexuality, unearned money, occult matters and death. The eighth house is considered to have a direct bearing upon one’s longevity or span of life as this house conveys the type of death, whether a natural death or an unnatural one such as by drowning, fire, accident or suicide or to chronic diseases and whether it is a slow or sudden and violent death. All that is related to inheritance, legacies, taxes, wills, insurance etc. The eighth house is related to his unearned wealth or share of profit or money that comes through inheritance. The eighth house is also know as the house of mystery and misery, it has to do with misfortune and mental anxiety, sorrow and strife, worries, delay, dejection, disappointment, defeat, loss, obstruction, blame and ill-repute etc.
This house refers to the eighth sign of the zodiac, Scorpio or Vrischika. The natural significator of the eighth house is the planet Mars. The parts of the body ruled by the eighth house are the prostate gland, reproductive system and the colon. As per Mundane or State or Political Astrology, signifies matters relating to public mortality, the death rate, major accidents and calamities like flood, fire, famine, disease, earthquake, the nation’s exports and imports, tax department, debts due from foreign countries, surrender or loss of territory to another country, public loans, debts and interest rates, deficit budget, surgeons, medical officers, health inspectors, slaughter houses and butchers. It governs all the matters signified by the ministry of pensions and atomic energy.
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