8th House

What do death, sexuality, transformation, and the supernatural all have in common? Why, they are the primary subjects of the eighth house, of course! Rest assured, your journey into this realm is not one to be taken lightly. Next to the twelfth house, the eighth is one of the most powerful, intense, transformative, and challenging places in the zodiac. But that doesn't mean you need to fear this realm. It has the potential to bring both the highest of heights and the darkest of nights.

Death and rebirth cycles

From an early age, individuals with a prominent eighth house are marked to go through several life-changing personal transformations. These significant changes are never easy and require the eighth house native to shed their skin and become a more evolved soul. This usually takes the form of some kind of identity crisis where there is no choice but to grow, transform, and leave the past behind. This often happens most profoundly around middle age.

These individuals are known for suddenly leaving the place they grew up, which had become toxic for them. Or they might end up ditching all their friends to find ones that are more aligned with their mission at the drop of a hat. This behavior is rarely conscious but a requirement for their souls to continue evolving. If you have a strong eighth house, especially if you have a sun or moon there, your soul came into this life asking for renewal and change.

Since this is also the house of death, it isn't uncommon to find this person surrounded by the sudden loss of people they care about. Sometimes this death takes a physical form, but mostly it shows a pattern of people they are close to leaving their lives.

The house of transformation

If you were to step gingerly into the dark of the eighth house, you'd enter a place that might look a bit like a traditional haunted house. A noise in the dark from upstairs. Creaking from the basement, suggesting that you may think you are alone, but are always being watched by a presence of some kind. Eighth house natives just feel this supernatural energy much more strongly. While you may not feel like you are always in a Stephen King novel, there is an air of the otherworldly about you.

A final note about this house: if you do have an eighth house presence, do not fear; you have the power not only to go through massive growth but also change the world for the better. In the end, that is what the power of this house is really all about—benefiting the universe through personal transformation.