The Sun represents the mental, conscious part of our individuality. Its placement in the chart indicates who our role models are and which ideas and principles we identify with. It represents the inner father image, rooted in our childhood.
That said, this image needn’t necessarily reflect the biological father because he might have been absent due to various reasons. However, together with Mars, the Sun constitutes the Yang side as far as personal planets are involved.
The Sun in the 8th house might typically come with a certain propensity for feeling melancholy and pensive. In the house of crises and shadows, the father figure is often experienced as detached and self-involved. At the same time, the native might feel that, deep down, he is by no means indifferent. On the contrary, he might very well be emotional and attached, albeit not in an overt manner. This dissonance can account for a certain mistrust in the native’s general outlook on life.
People might appear aloof, but behind the façade there is always much more going on. In many cases the native might even copy this behaviour or attract people who will also show this demeanour.
Also, there is a vague, subtle sort of inner emptiness, a paternal void, if you will. This in turn often leads to a general ambivalence in all areas of life. On the one hand, the native has learned to be content with a minimum of support, comfort and affection. On the other hand, there is a subconscious, slightly nagging feeling of neediness, which now and then might pop up. There is a hunger for intensity in life.
One seems to be magically and inexplicably drawn towards the slightest whiff of secrecy, drama, hidden passion and seduction. There is a deep inner need to get recharged. And so, others might be subtly manipulated into giving energy, money, ideas, inspiration, friendship, etc.
Under different conditions, this dynamic can also work the other way around, in the form that others might try to tap into the native’s energy resources.
This placement may indicate a talent for looking behind other peoples’ facades. It can produce excellent researchers, investigators, psychologists or financial administrators. On the flip side of the coin, we might find seducers, manipulators and criminals. Often the native might even be drawn to both sides.
Aspects to the Sun will give hints as to whether this placement is of a more constructive or destructive nature; more pleasant or painful. The challenge is to open up to other people and try to find a balance between giving and receiving. Furthermore, one might to try to see the positive side of life and not get dragged down too often.
-Pandora's box The mysterious 8th house
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