8th House of Horoscope
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8TH HOUSE :
The 8th house (bhava) indicates; weaknesses, difficult situation, wealth of the dead/ legacy/ inheritence, sex, death, transformation, supernatural things. The length of one’s life is to be seen from the 8th house. A strong 8th house, lord of the 8th and lord se: of the lagna who is also well placed determine the life of the person.
There are 4 types of aayus –
(1) Dirgaayu (long life -beyond 75 years);
(2) Madhyaayu (middle life – 32 to 75 years); and
(3) Alpaayu (short life – 20 to 32 years);
(4) Balarishta (child death – 0 to 19 years)
In normal parlance, a longlife or dirgaayu is considered good As it generally indicates the satisfaction of having lived the life as one gets enough time to accomplish the desires. The strengths of the 8th house and its lord, lagna and its lord and their placements; as also the 10th house and 10th lord (as it is the 3rd house from the 8th) are to be considered properly before pronouncing the longevity of the person. We know that the lord of 8th is also called rogesh (lord of long-term disease).
A proper and detailed study of the 8th could indicate the type of disease that one would die of and the length of time that one will suffer during the inimical period of the 8th house and its lord. The placement of the lord of 8th will also indicate the place where exactly in the physical body would one get affected by disease, the type and duration of such disease and its cure or otherwise. All this would depend on the placement of grahas in the 8th, placement and strength of lord of 8th and lord of lagna.
It would be very interesting to note the relation between the 7th and 8th house in terms of longevity. While the 8th indicates longevity, the 7th (being the 12th to 8th) indicates loss to the longevity. A strong 7th indicating strong/over indulgence in sex causes loss of longevity. Loss of semen, which is vitality, cuts short the length of life. Thus the 7th, which is opposite to celibacy, affects very much the longevity of life. A strong Venusian activity is thus an enemy of the longevity. It is also known as the house of unearned wealth, which also includes gambling. While the activity of gambling itself is seen from the 8th house, the karma (the act of speculation) for gambling is seen from the 5th house (it is the 10th from the 8th).
Thus, the 8th, along with the 6th and 12th houses is called the ‘dushtstana’ meaning the malefic houses because of their ability to either create or make enemies and provide detachment and loss. The Moon in 8th is particularly undesirable as it is called “Ashtama Chandra Marana Karaka” meaning the Moon in the 8th wields death-inflicting powers to the sign/house it owns. Rulers are known to be killed, wars are known to be lost, persons are known to lose their lives when the Moon is placed in the 8th.