Mars in the eighth

June 4, 2000

In a message dated 06/03/2000 3:14:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

costa writes:

<< So it can help one cut away what has become superfluos and redundent . The

8th house represents secretive,mysterious esoteric

knowledge >>

I have an extremely active eighth house in both Western and Vedic traditions,

and I've meditated on it pretty seriously since the thing seems bound to kill

me eventually.

The eighth house is the house of Adventure, really; not outward, but Downward

and In; the point of Abyss in transformation, where Angels fear to tread and

the volcano opens its voice and tells you what is what. Eighth house people

aren't scared of much after a certain point in their lives because they've

been scared out of their minds since they were born for every good reasons,

they are tempered with terror and purified by fire.

At the maturity point in life, eighth house people are simply shocked by

nothing. They are not surprised by terrible crime, they are not shocked by

abuse, they accept that an asteroid the size of Asia either will or will not

hit the earth tomorrow because really the nexus of destruction is a part of

life, an intersection that is as clearly marked as any other thing.

I think what it is meant to teach us is to see past the illusion of

annihilation -- to see past, because the eighth house is the house of not

being afraid to look, of wanting to know. The strongest belief a person has

with this Mars is that the Truth will set him free. Mars is a detective, a

warrior, a surgeon, He dives, he attacks, he cuts away, and if you are still

standing, you will. You will know.

I am a thirty five year old mars in Cancer in the Eighth person. Mars in

Cancer in the eighth eerily mirrors my father's death when I was seven; quite

suddenly, he slipped and fell in the shower and broke his neck.

Today at a pet shop I saw seventeen kittens stuffed in a cage, covered with

dirt and crap, with their eyes and noses running from disease. I picked one

ex-fluffy, stinking kitten and brought him in front of the pet shop owner,

while on my palm I could feel how hot his belly was; he was burning up with

fever.

" This animal is going to die, " I told him.

" It's not that bad," he said. " he just needs some eyedrops. "

" Not eyedrops, " I said. " He needs medicine, or he's going to die. Give him

to me, right now, and I'll take him to the emergency vet and get him fixed

up. If he lives, I'll pay you for him. "

" No, " he said, " Fifty dollars right now and if he dies I'll give you

another kitten. "

" No deal, " I said. " Another dying kitten? I'll be back in a week, and if

this little guy is dead then I'm calling the ASPCA to shut you down. "

Then I walked out. I am not sure that the eighth house is a killer in all

cases. I would say though, that at some point it puts you in direct touch

with something so true it changes the way you look at things forever.

Vox

June 5, 2000

Namaste Vox

I was interested in what you had to say about your 8th house experiences.

Of course it can be an extremely difficult house, but we should not forget

that it is also a house of moksha or enlightenment, which represents the

death of ignorance and death of the ego. So there is a good side to the 8th

house too!

It is the house of the transcendent and samadhi, so meditation should be

excellent for you, and Mars in the 8th could provide the drive and energy

necessary for focusing on meditation and other spiritual practices like yoga

and astrology, which are all domains of the 8th house.

Best wishes

Steve

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<VoxIndigo

Monday, June 05, 2000 1:24 AM

[gjlist] Mars in the eighth

In a message dated 06/03/2000 3:14:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

costa writes:

<< So it can help one cut away what has become superfluos and redundent .

The

8th house represents secretive,mysterious esoteric

knowledge >>

I have an extremely active eighth house in both Western and Vedic

traditions,

and I've meditated on it pretty seriously since the thing seems bound to

kill

me eventually.

The eighth house is the house of Adventure, really; not outward, but

Downward