Moon in the 8th House : Depths of Inner Child
Moon rules over Mind, Water, Emotions, Nourishment, Subconscious and Inner World. The 8th house is a mysterious realm of transformation, secrets, longevity, and occult, and the Moon’s placement here defines the shadows of the unknown. Moon represents how we experience life, our manosthithi – emotions – emotions are basically energy in motion, they keep changing and evolving through the internal and external happenings of life. The 8th house is the natural house of Scorpio – stagnant water – when the Moon gets placed in the 8th house – water – emotions become stagnant. This is the sign of the moon’s debilitation. It is also the house of transformation and sudden events – Moon’s placement here keeps the native in an emotional metamorphosis phase, they can experience sudden events of life which gives a permanent impact on their emotional body. This placement can make one overwhelmed by emotions yet they would not share with anyone because of which their emotional body gets clogged and troubles with their mental health begins. Moon in the 8th house is like the Joker of Batman – they feel everything deeply and always keep their emotions close to their chest, might be laughing or smiling just to hide the pain and eventually this results in destruction.
Moon in the 8th house can bring various challenges for the native as now it is placed in the house of depth and destruction yet this placement also has a positive angle as this is also the house of research, occult and deep waters of scorpio can give heightened psychic powers to the native. It gives emotional depth and mysticism, native can be drawn to the unseen but one has to learn the lessons through the silence and suddenness of life.
Let’s understand the impact of Moon in the 8th house
8th house is the house of death and transformation – planets sitting here have the objective of changing your life completely, placement of the moon here suggests that there will be ups and downs in their emotional well being.
- Moon in the 8th house can give extreme levels of intuitiveness and psychic powers.
- Native can focus and concentrate on any task for a longer period of time – makes them good in research.
- Native will be drawn to occult sciences – astrology, tarot, mysticism, tantra and anything secretive makes them excited to explore, they can even reach heights in these subjects.
- Emotional depth – can make good psychologists and healers as they can understand the emotional layers very easily.
Moon in the 8th house shows many hidden aspects of life – native can be very secretive about themselves, and also about their family and wealth. This placement suggests Mother would have gone through some kind of trauma and fear which is being manifested in native’s life.
Challenges of Moon in the 8th house
this placement brings various challenges to the emotional and mental well being of the native. It shows an ancestral burden rooted in the maternal ties, there will be sudden losses and changes in life.
- This placement can show deep rooted issues with mother – unresolved trauma from early years of life.
- Native can be uncomfortable at his home – cannot live at his own home.
- There are troubles in the initial life – native might have to struggle a lot in childhood.
- Native might have to relocate many times – it comes with a sudden change.
- Person can have bad food habits – there can be issues like tuberculosis, breathing issues and obesity.
- There will be a mental and emotional trauma deep rooted because of which native keep themselves in darkness, not sharing their emotions with anyone.
- Native will have fear of loss – their phobias keep them away from opening up with the world.
The 8th house is the storehouse and Moon is the emotion – native’s habit of storing emotions – guilt, trauma can clog up their emotional body, despite their deep understanding they suffer from overthinking and anxiety. This placement shows intense emotions and also extreme sensitivity, native can go through isolation and depression like state in life. Person can have the habit of justifying the wrong or giving wrong advice to others which should be curbed as it brings troubles for your own self. 8th house is a deep well, only a guru can take one out from – native should try to earn the grace and blessings of Guru and worship Lord Shiva, it will bring balance in life.
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