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I suspect that Alan Leo was in uenced by the newly popular ideas put forth by Sigmund Freud, who, when he wasn’t blaming
his mother for all of his problems,
associated sex with death. e modern association of sex with the Eighth House is probably also due
to the entirely useless and incorrect idea that the Eighth House has some inherent association with the sign of Scorpio, which is apparently the only sign of the Zodiac that relates to sex.
If you want a more comprehensive argument
that explains why sex belongs in the Fifth House, read “Sex in the Natal Chart: Where to Find It” in the
September 2016 issue of Talented Astrologer magazine.
The Eighth House in Horary, Electional, and Mundane Astrology
In both horary and electional questions involving money, the Eighth House is important. It represents other people’s money, including the money and
resources of your potential customers. A nice ow between the Eighth House and the Second House suggests that other people’s money will nd its way into your personal accounts, and the
more digni ed the Eighth House is, the more money available to your venture. In questions about divorce,
the Eighth House represents the spouse’s nancial resources.
Horary questions that focus on the
Eighth House include questions about debt, such as “Will we get the loan?” insurance, taxes,
inheritance, and death. Death-related questions are far less common today than they were in the 17th century.
In mundane astrology, the Eighth House represents the national debt, nancial obligations to other countries, international nance, and multi-national corporations. It represents the tax service and tax collectors, and issues ofdeathonanationallevel.Intimesofwar,theEighth House represents the resources of the enemy.
The rst time sex ended up in the Eighth House, from Alan Leo’s The Key to Your Own Nativity, rst published in England in 1910.
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