I have seen a plethora of posts praising the 8th house of intimacy, of going deep within, where a cosmic relationship can sprout out of. I want to preface this post saying that not every house is good and we can acknowledge when houses yield possible negative outcomes. The 8th house is inconjunct (quincunx) to the ascendant. In other words, the ascendant cannot see the 8th house and therefore, light cannot penetrate it---which is why this house is usually associated with “darkness” or what lies underneath. Other inconjunct houses to the ascendant include: 2nd, 6th, and the 12th houses. When we think about dating we date is from an array of places in our chart; our moon, our venus, even our sun. In accordance to houses, we usually want someone who see agreement with our identity, and see us, which predominately relates to our ascendant. When we have synastry overlays with our 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, hell even our 9th and 11th it’s because these houses can be seen from our ascendant (the 3rd and 11th are sextile, the 5th and 9th are trine and 7th is opposite; although the 7th can also be where enemies are found so proceed with caution). It’s these houses where light can be seen and where connection is valued. The 8th house has been fickle with its interpretations, especially in the modern era. I don’t intend to tell you what to do with your 8th house or instead, I’m merely introducing an alternate and incredibly founded view of the 8th house in astrology. Typically, the 8th house is our bank. It includes things like taxes, student loans, and wills (sexy, right?). It’s a house of costs which is why it’s sextile to the other house of debt; the 6th house. Usually what you borrow must be paid off or it will travel with you throughout your life. According to a tweet by Sam Reynolds, the 8th house is the cost of living, or simply being alive. Which if you think about debt, the only way you can get rid of it is if you die (LMAO). Now, the interpretation of the 8th house as the sex house is largely a modern idea and if you follow the linear logic of the 7th house being marriage then one could assume that sex would soon follow; although why would we situate sex, a pleasurable recreational act in a house that holds things like death and death? We could easily push it into the 5th house or even the 7th house. Intimacy is within our connections and the more platonic connections can be found in the 3rd, or even the 11th. Moreover, the 8th house has a hand in power dynamics. There exists an unequal and transactional quality in this house. One who has more power usually takes from the one who has less power. It’s where we conceal things that tend to be taboo in nature to society (which is why it’s square to the 11th). While by that, it can include sex it doesn’t make much sense to include pleasures and intimacy in a house that is transactional or has a give-and-take quality. Intimacy is about communicating, being reciprocated without costs. By that notion, 8th house isn’t such a great locator for intimacy, but it is for therapy.
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