8th House Synastry Overview, Part 1
8th house synastry with someone (remember synastry is when we compare two natal charts against another in this instance, relationship compatibility but it can also be platonic) is really something else.
“ The eighth house is about give and take in relationships. In the eighth house, you determine how much of yourself you are willing to give to the other person and how much you want to take from them.” ---South Florida Astrologer
So, it’s a deep house. It’s where we have intimate relationships, share our resources with other people, etc. Intimate relationships need not be romantic. It is also associated with sex because of its association with Scorpio, though this isn’t entirely accurate, but I do believe a person with an 8th house stellium will be particularly interested in sex and intimacy, especially Sun or Venus in the 8th house.
Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter 8th house synastry is deep, emotional, and probably sexual. Mercury in the 8th house synastry I feel like the two people would talk about non-superficial things and about the issues of this house. Saturn could go either way.
I have found it rare for my chart to have 8th house synastry with others.
Edit: I now follow the system of whole sign houses rather than Placidus. So as a Gemini rising, I have Capricorn in my eighth house. Thus, according to the theory of whole sign, anyone with Capricorn placements has 8th house synastry with me (as their Capricorn placements fall in my 8th house of Capricorn).
However, since the time I have known synastry (I learned it about a year ago), I’ve experienced Venus in the 8th house once in person and at least three times online.
The next blog post will hopefully be about my experiences with that.
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