8^th House Key Phrases: Other people’s money; death; sex; taboos; legacies; heritages and inheritance.

Dominant houses are usually calculated as “dominant” because they contain more than one planet.  Look to your chart to see which planets (or Sun or Moon) are in your eighth House for further clarity in how your eighth House is expressed.

Rulership: The eighth house rules other people's money or possessions, or joint ownership of either one. Activities where personal finances are used for profit such as stock dividends, pensions, savings account interest, or partnership income. In the category where cash comes from others or is paid to others, we find related things such as insurance, mortgages, escrow, taxes, loans, financial backing, inheritances, welfare, social security, and relief programs. The 8^th house also rules matters of death, sex and societal taboos.

Financial gain through - Investment, handling and care of other people's money, inheritance, gifts, insurance, escrow, mortgages, loan companies, banked funds drawing interest, pensions, and industry involving sex, death, and subjects considered taboo.

Occupations:  Actuary, economist, cashier, tax consultant, purchasing agent, escrow officer, insurance agent, underwriter, embalmer, financial custodian, commodity loan clerk, accountant, exotic dancer, stockbroker, and banker.