How much should be in one house?

In my 8th house I have:
Virgo
Sun Virgo
Mercury Libra
Jupiter Virgo
Saturn Virgo
Pluto Libra

I'm counting 6 placements in 8th house. How am I supposed to interpret that?

This is a great interpetation below....basically 8th house is pain. They've never really defined the 8th house, it's sex, death, inheritance, occult stuff....
But basically it's long term marriage, your relation to society in a negative way, rumors, opinions etc...shame, it's the negative side of the coin.

If Taurus is life, peace, abundance, material possessions etc...then Scorpio is the opposite, loss, pain, turmoil, death...

On the good side, you will become strong in the second part of life, invincible...



http://www.dkfoundation.co.uk/dkfoundation/BookKarmaHouse8.htm

Posted by bricklemark
This is a great interpetation below....basically 8th house is pain. They've never really defined the 8th house, it's sex, death, inheritance, occult stuff....
But basically it's long term marriage, your relation to society in a negative way, rumors, opinions etc...shame, it's the negative side of the coin.

If Taurus is life, peace, abundance, material possessions etc...then Scorpio is the opposite, loss, pain, turmoil, death...

On the good side, you will become strong in the second part of life, invincible...



http://www.dkfoundation.co.uk/dkfoundation/BookKarmaHouse8.htm

Sun in House 8

The Sun in the 8th House indicates that consciousness is opening up to compassion, and the agents in the process are emotional suffering and refinement of desire. This may be a relatively advanced stage of development because people with the Sun in the 8th House do have the feel of ‘old souls’. There is a gravity and maturity conferred by this placement, which is evident even in very young children.

The suffering experienced by 8th House people, is always at the hands of people with whom they have a close personal relationship, and although there may be physical cruelty also, it is at the emotional level that the pain is registered. The pain is nearly always that of rejection and the knowledge that the intensity of their feelings is neither understood nor valued.

People with this placement of the Sun tend to experience the transforming energy of Pluto, the ruling planet of this house, as a force used by others against them. They do not readily use it themselves even in retaliation. People born with the Sun in the 8th House are usually born to parents unable to or unwilling to recognise the child's needs. Usually they have problems of their own and expect the child to be supportive and understanding.

As the result of the early experience of having the emotional needs ignored the 8th House person grows up expecting little of the partners around whom he is prepared to build his life. In consequence his relationships are characterised by inequality. Whether it is emotional support, money or forgiveness - more than one 8th House person has discovered that he has married a person engaged in criminal activities - it is the person with the Sun in H8 doing the giving. The lack of reciprocity tends to be accepted without recrimination, and he will not easily give up on a relationship. People with the Sun in H8 demonstrate a great acceptance of things as they are and this becomes the source of the peace of mind they are capable of attaining in their later years. This acceptance may also account for their characteristic willingness to work with people whom society has condemned or rejected. A person with the Sun in the 8th House does not readily judge; he is more likely to respond to the h

does not readily judge; he is more likely to respond to the humanness of the offender.

Eighth House people are found in the prison service, and as social workers, nurses and counselors. In helping others they are often able to make sense of and redeem their suffering.

This placement of the Sun tends to confer an interest in the astral plane and in channeling in particular.

Mercury

When Mercury is in the 8th House and the Sun in H7 or H8, perceptions and communication are highly sensitive to mood. This placement of Mercury confers intensity in conversation and in ease dealing with the emotional states of others. It is a common placement amongst bereavement counselors. When Mercury is in H8 and the Sun in H9, then spiritual solutions are frequently sought to emotional situations and there is likely to be a particular interest in channeled wisdom.

Jupiter

With Jupiter in the 8th House a person experiences little difficulty in opening up to and trusting others. This placement of Jupiter is favourable for partnership matters of all kinds, including those of inheritance, although in the matter of intimate relationships, Jupiter in H8 is more likely to have a number of associations of significance rather than one long lasting commitment.

Saturn

Saturn in the 8thI House indicates a karma arising from an insufficiently responsible attitude to the well being of partners or close associates. The sign, which Saturn occupies, together with the sign and house placement of the Moon will reveal the reality, which underpinned this lack of regard. People with Saturn in H8 are made to feel acutely vulnerable in situations of emotional and sexual intimacy and they are inclined to attract controlling, even bullying partners who remind them of their lack of responsibility. Co-dependent relationships which protract the cruelty and abuse are very common with this placement.

Pluto

When Pluto is in the 8th House the soul is engaged in the transformation of emotional energies, in ‘penetrating the darkness of himself to take out the light’ (Samael Aun Weor). This process in the intensity, which it is given by Pluto in H8, may go on for many lifetimes and requires those with this placement to face the Human Shadow manifesting both through self and other. Pluto in the 8th House tends to create a fascination for taboo subjects and psychotic people. The Plutonian himself may be the victim of compulsions and obsessions (his own or those of others) and intrusions from the lower astral. Nightmares and visitations are common with this placement. The astral plane may be used purposefully as a source of power, in which case the interest will be in witchcraft and magic, which may include the Black Arts. In personal relationships a person with Pluto in the 8th House transforms the lives of his partners but in circumstances usually viewed as destructive by all concerned. Violence, whether physical, emotional or sexual, is common when Pluto is in H8, including within the relationship with one or both parents.

This looks pretty sad. The Sun one has some relevance although, I disagree with cruelty. My parents had a lot on their plate, my friends weren't mature enough to support me, my siblings were as strained as I was. I went into a relationship with an adult when I was in my early teens. It was a four year relationship and had it's ups and downs. But however inappropriate it was, he filled the space of friend, solace, authority figure/mentor and lover. He probably shouldn't have but I question where I would've gone without him there.

Am I any more emotional or compassionate than other people? I'm quiet, determined, focused. I did have to grow up a little sooner than I would have liked. I learned about paying bills and earning money and running a household than kids at school did. I stopped looking at competition as just a game and saw it as preparing for when I went out into the workforce. And I've developed a dark sense of humour that offends people, so I keep it to myself.

But everyone goes through hardships? How much is normal?

Posted by Koniucha
That's too much

But that's what it says on my chart. Still, it doesn't mean all of this applies to me.

Posted by Koniucha
I know. I was being funny. Your fine

I might be over thinking it. Reading my horoscope and it doesn't really "fit". Looking for explanations or trying to figure out whether to junk the whole thing.

Full houses mean that those areas that the house rules will either be very present in your life (to learn lessons), or that they are areas of your life that you invest a lot of energy in.

It leaves other houses empty, which means that either you've already learned those lessons in previous incarnations or that they are not issues that you are ready to deal with yet.

I have 4 planets on my 7th house and 3 in my 8th. I am very focused on one-on-one relationships, but family and friendships aren't important to me. I would like to be married, but doubt that will happen.

I have had many things happen in my life surrounding family, relationships, and finances that have challenged me beyond what I thought I could handle, yet I've come out the other side with a new perspective.

The relationship houses are very deep and challenging. I can appreciate the lessons I've learned, but going through them is practically unbearable.

Posted by sultrykitty
Full houses mean that those areas that the house rules will either be very present in your life (to learn lessons), or that they are areas of your life that you invest a lot of energy in.

It leaves other houses empty, which means that either you've already learned those lessons in previous incarnations or that they are not issues that you are ready to deal with yet.

I have 4 planets on my 7th house and 3 in my 8th. I am very focused on one-on-one relationships, but family and friendships aren't important to me. I would like to be married, but doubt that will happen.

I have had many things happen in my life surrounding family, relationships, and finances that have challenged me beyond what I thought I could handle, yet I've come out the other side with a new perspective.

The relationship houses are very deep and challenging. I can appreciate the lessons I've learned, but going through them is practically unbearable.

God I hope there haven't been other incarnations of me. Reincarnation may be the most depressing thought I can imagine. I put my best into this life as it is, I don't deserve to have to start from the beginning again. Sounds like a punishment.

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse

Posted by sultrykitty
Full houses mean that those areas that the house rules will either be very present in your life (to learn lessons), or that they are areas of your life that you invest a lot of energy in.

It leaves other houses empty, which means that either you've already learned those lessons in previous incarnations or that they are not issues that you are ready to deal with yet.

I have 4 planets on my 7th house and 3 in my 8th. I am very focused on one-on-one relationships, but family and friendships aren't important to me. I would like to be married, but doubt that will happen.

I have had many things happen in my life surrounding family, relationships, and finances that have challenged me beyond what I thought I could handle, yet I've come out the other side with a new perspective.

The relationship houses are very deep and challenging. I can appreciate the lessons I've learned, but going through them is practically unbearable.

God I hope there haven't been other incarnations of me. Reincarnation may be the most depressing thought I can imagine. I put my best into this life as it is, I don't deserve to have to start from the beginning again. Sounds like a punishment.

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Thinking about it this way is helpful:

As soul beings, when we incarnate it's by our choosing. We decide what we need to learn, who we need to meet, whether we reincarnate and when. It's all self directed, and we make these choices also with others (soul mates).

I'm not completely sold on the idea, because it doesn't make sense to me that we don't remember previous incarnations. But I've had experiences that support it too. Maybe on a soul level we DO remember, and what we are here to learn now is more important than what we already know.

Posted by sultrykitty

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse

Posted by sultrykitty
Full houses mean that those areas that the house rules will either be very present in your life (to learn lessons), or that they are areas of your life that you invest a lot of energy in.

It leaves other houses empty, which means that either you've already learned those lessons in previous incarnations or that they are not issues that you are ready to deal with yet.

I have 4 planets on my 7th house and 3 in my 8th. I am very focused on one-on-one relationships, but family and friendships aren't important to me. I would like to be married, but doubt that will happen.

I have had many things happen in my life surrounding family, relationships, and finances that have challenged me beyond what I thought I could handle, yet I've come out the other side with a new perspective.

The relationship houses are very deep and challenging. I can appreciate the lessons I've learned, but going through them is practically unbearable.

God I hope there haven't been other incarnations of me. Reincarnation may be the most depressing thought I can imagine. I put my best into this life as it is, I don't deserve to have to start from the beginning again. Sounds like a punishment.

Thinking about it this way is helpful:

As soul beings, when we incarnate it's by our choosing. We decide what we need to learn, who we need to meet, whether we reincarnate and when. It's all self directed, and we make these choices also with others (soul mates).

I'm not completely sold on the idea, because it doesn't make sense to me that we don't remember previous incarnations. But I've had experiences that support it too. Maybe on a soul level we DO remember, and what we are here to learn now is more important than what we already know.

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If it's by choice, then I can feel good knowing I won't have to do this again.

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse
Pluto

When Pluto is in the 8th House the soul is engaged in the transformation of emotional energies, in ‘penetrating the darkness of himself to take out the light’ (Samael Aun Weor). This process in the intensity, which it is given by Pluto in H8, may go on for many lifetimes and requires those with this placement to face the Human Shadow manifesting both through self and other. Pluto in the 8th House tends to create a fascination for taboo subjects and psychotic people. The Plutonian himself may be the victim of compulsions and obsessions (his own or those of others) and intrusions from the lower astral. Nightmares and visitations are common with this placement. The astral plane may be used purposefully as a source of power, in which case the interest will be in witchcraft and magic, which may include the Black Arts. In personal relationships a person with Pluto in the 8th House transforms the lives of his partners but in circumstances usually viewed as destructive by all concerned. Violence, whether physical, emotional or sexual, is common when Pluto is in H8, including within the relationship with one or both parents.

This looks pretty sad. The Sun one has some relevance although, I disagree with cruelty. My parents had a lot on their plate, my friends weren't mature enough to support me, my siblings were as strained as I was. I went into a relationship with an adult when I was in my early teens. It was a four year relationship and had it's ups and downs. But however inappropriate it was, he filled the space of friend, solace, authority figure/mentor and lover. He probably shouldn't have but I question where I would've gone without him there.

Am I any more emotional or compassionate than other people? I'm quiet, determined, focused. I did have to grow up a little sooner than I would have liked. I learned about paying bills and earning money and running a household than kids at school did. I stopped looking at competition as just a game and saw it as preparing for when I went out into the workforce. And I've developed a dark sense of humour that offends people, so I keep it to myself.

But everyone goes through hardships? How much is normal?

You probably had more than most people....i know i have.

Posted by bricklemark

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse
Am I any more emotional or compassionate than other people? I'm quiet, determined, focused. I did have to grow up a little sooner than I would have liked. I learned about paying bills and earning money and running a household than kids at school did. I stopped looking at competition as just a game and saw it as preparing for when I went out into the workforce. And I've developed a dark sense of humour that offends people, so I keep it to myself.

But everyone goes through hardships? How much is normal?

You probably had more than most people....i know i have.

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I suspect that no one has it easier or harder than each other. I think the richest and poorest and most loved to most hated probably just have different burdens to carry. Some of us might need to learn how to ask for help and that is the hardest thing for that individual to do. Others need to learn how to tell their friends from their enemies. Others are learning about physical hardships. I question whether anyone can measure their pain as more or less than each other.

It's just a theory though.

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse

Posted by bricklemark

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse
Am I any more emotional or compassionate than other people? I'm quiet, determined, focused. I did have to grow up a little sooner than I would have liked. I learned about paying bills and earning money and running a household than kids at school did. I stopped looking at competition as just a game and saw it as preparing for when I went out into the workforce. And I've developed a dark sense of humour that offends people, so I keep it to myself.

But everyone goes through hardships? How much is normal?

You probably had more than most people....i know i have.

I suspect that no one has it easier or harder than each other. I think the richest and poorest and most loved to most hated probably just have different burdens to carry. Some of us might need to learn how to ask for help and that is the hardest thing for that individual to do. Others need to learn how to tell their friends from their enemies. Others are learning about physical hardships. I question whether anyone can measure their pain as more or less than each other.

It's just a theory though.

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Really? You sound like someone who HASNT had hardships. I used to have all sorts of pretty theories....until i lost everything.

Posted by bricklemark

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse

Posted by bricklemark

Posted by SquirrelFromTheNuthouse
Am I any more emotional or compassionate than other people? I'm quiet, determined, focused. I did have to grow up a little sooner than I would have liked. I learned about paying bills and earning money and running a household than kids at school did. I stopped looking at competition as just a game and saw it as preparing for when I went out into the workforce. And I've developed a dark sense of humour that offends people, so I keep it to myself.

But everyone goes through hardships? How much is normal?

You probably had more than most people....i know i have.

I suspect that no one has it easier or harder than each other. I think the richest and poorest and most loved to most hated probably just have different burdens to carry. Some of us might need to learn how to ask for help and that is the hardest thing for that individual to do. Others need to learn how to tell their friends from their enemies. Others are learning about physical hardships. I question whether anyone can measure their pain as more or less than each other.

It's just a theory though.

Really? You sound like someone who HASNT had hardships. I used to have all sorts of pretty theories....until i lost everything.

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Not nearly as much as so much influence from 8th house would suggest. I think I've experienced as much as hardship as most people. It didn't seem like that when I was a kid. But as I get older, I have more empathy for what other people have been through. KWIM?