Hi folks,
The eighth house is traditionally the house of death, taxes, inheritances, *other people's resources*-in fact the things in our life that are *dead certainties* to put it in a colloquial fashion!
William Lilly has this to say about the eighth house:
The Eighth House.
The Estate of Men deceased, Death, its quality and nature; the Wills, Legacies and Testaments of Men deceased; Dowry of the Wife, Portion of the Maid, whether much or little, easie to be btained or with difficulty. In Duels it represents the Adversaries Second; in Lawsuits the Defendants friends. What kinde of Death a Man shall dye., it signifies fear and anguish of Minde. Who shall enjoy or be heir to the Deceased.
It rules the Privy-Parts. Of colours, the green and Black.
Of Signes it hath Scorpio for Cosignificator, and Saturn, the Hemoroids, the Stone, Strangury, Poysons, and Bladder are ruled by this house; and is a succedant House, and Feminine.
Saturn was once to be the ruler of this house.and no planets are said to *joy* in this house.Modernly Pluto has been said to be the ruler of house 8-and thus associated with scorpio.
I think the eighth house is a very complex house- but in horary astrology,when significators are found there,good rarely comes of the question.Natal astrology is different in that the placement of planets describes the life of the native...Not just a single component of that life.
Hope that helps,
Cheers, Lillyjgc