The 8th House is often a house talked about, for it is a house that is uncomfortably revealing, but also secretive at the same time. With secrets comes shame, and matters of the 8th House aren’t revealed easily. The 8th House at its core represents the ways of merging two souls into one, whether it be through life, death, shared possessions, or through intimate relationships. The merge is often rare and transformative - and is not for the light-hearted.
With the Sun in the 8th House, the person’s sense of identity is hidden. Natives with this placement think that they know who they really are, which drives them to hide themselves, especially the part of themselves they don’t find to be likable or pleasing. These people are often good at giving enough information about themselves to where people aren’t curious, but at the end of the day, nobody knows much about these people.
However, while these people think they they know the identity they’re concealing, their identity and the people themselves change while it is purposely hidden. The longer the natives chooses to hide themselves, the more change their identity will take underneath. People with this placement often become very paranoid, so there is a suspicious, but also investigative vibe to their identity. These people are very careful with handling information about themselves.
Also, in regards to the changes their identities can take, after hiding and concealing their identity for a long time, the paranoia and suspicion that can take over these secretive individuals can often manifest into illusions about their identity. The constant paranoia and suspicion can often twist the identity to where the native often think that the negative parts of their self-expression is overly exaggerated, dramatic, and unlikable when it really isn’t. The more the native tries to use fear rather than empowerment to hide their identity, the more twisted their identity can be.
Due to the secretive nature of these individuals, they can often feel lonely in a large group of people. Even though they’re going through the motions of social interaction with other people, the meaningless of shallow talk doesn’t satisfy these individuals. Often, in a social gathering where the native is surrounded by people they are not close to, they can often feel lost in a social fog. There’s a feeling of being separated from others even when people accept them, for these people think that as long as parts of themselves are hidden, they’re not completely accepted.
Due to this reason, these natives can also be very extreme in their relationships. When it comes to acceptance and intimacy, it truly is all-or-nothing. These people expect complete acceptance from those they choose to trust, and in return, they will completely accept other people. If this exchange works out, then the native will have a budding intimate relationship. However, if this exchange fails, there can often be many power struggles between the native and the other person.
However, when the native chooses to conceal themselves out of realizing their own power rather than their own fear, the native often becomes powerful and self-sufficient. There is a self-awareness that the native can use to keep themselves stable in situations where others try to hurt them. These natives will often develop healthy boundaries, only letting good people in and keeping the toxic people out.
Due to being secretive individuals, these people are often very perceptive of other people. It’s often easy for these people to have a general picture of what someone is like before talking extensively to them. It’s also easy for these people to find the secret flaws in others, and due to this, it’s not easy for them to make deep relationships. With that in mind, Intimate relationships are incredibly important for these people.
Intimate relationships are very important for these people because these people will only reveal who they truly are to those they feel safe and intimate with. With that being said, the native can often have a few close relationships, the native often strongly valuing them. The nature and workings of the intimate relationship is also important for these people, for these people identify themselves most naturally through the intimate people they choose to be with. With that being said, these people need to be careful with who they choose to be intimate with, for it’s hard for these people to let their loved ones go. To let these loved ones go means to let a part of themselves go.
These natives often define themselves through the major changes they face in their life. These natives are never quite the same after going through an important or traumatic event, especially the death of a loved one, or a figurative death in themselves. However, these natives also define themselves through the new, fresh birth of self-expression. In regards to self-expression, there are several transformations, with the native defining themselves through each transformation. Eventually, the native will often see a timeline where they’ve seen themselves in certain phases in certain stages of their life.
Having the Sun in the 8th House is a powerful placement. People with this placement are often very socially intuitive early on due to having a lot of practice with micromanaging their self-expressions. While the natives of this placement could be ashamed of their self-expression, what these natives need to learn is that through their concealment, they are not only hiding their unlikable selves, but also their potential and power. Once the natives know this, they will empower themselves and be unstoppable.