In
a Nativity. Release from
personal limitations through human
interchange; the Realm of Birth and
Rebirth; of evolution through the
suffering incident to all human
experience; regeneration through
enlargement of viewpoint, both spiritual
and mental; and the subjugation of the
personal Self -- a difficult process since
so few realize the horror of its impact
upon the mind and consciousness. It has to
do with effects of an involuntary nature,
such as the healing crisis preceding
either recovery or dissolution in death;
the manner of death; fateful losses which
lead to regeneration through certain
enforced changes; the transmutation of
emotional stress into spiritual power;
wills, legacies, trust funds, insurance;
the estate of the marital or business
partner; money belonging to other people,
especially the deceased, in so far as it
applies to the native; hence in general
the financial relationship of the world to
him, and his responsibilities in
connection therewith. However, its
consideration of these things is largely
as liabilities rather than as assets.
It has been
called the Occult House, the house of
hidden things, because in most Eighth
House operations the Law of Cause and
Effect is difficult to identify, and there
is the common human temptation to blame
everything upon an inscrutable Providence.
It is also known as the House of Death,
because it represents the refiner's fire
wherein through suffering the selfish
desires of the Ego are burned away,
setting free the pure gold of
spiritually-enlightened Selflessness. That
death so often comes instead, is a vivid
indication of the tenacity with which we
mortals cling to our foibles, utterly deaf
to the accumulated exhortations of the
philosophers throughout the centuries. In
the wake of an Eighth House storm there is
always a rainbow - if we but lift our eyes
to perceive it. The Creative Ruler so
devised this planetary system as to
administer an automatic and recurrent spur
to spiritual growth and emotional
self-control. Successive jabs become
increasingly severe, and finally to those
who refuse to listen and heed, a premature
death is inevitable; while to the others,
the spiritually adult, every Eighth House
operation is a celestial messenger in
disguise, and a challenge to penetrate
this disguise and become the recipient of
the blessing he bears.
As the
Second from the Seventh, it represents
accumulated non-material riches - that
which neither moth nor rust doth corrupt -
not the result of the labor of your hand
and brain, but of the manner in which you
play the game with those to whom you are
closely allied.
In
a Mundane Figure: The public
income; the income from exports; earning
power of the nation, chiefly from the
standpoint of the man who pays; frozen
assets in properties, stocks and bonds as
distinct from currency; the monetary
standard, the National debt, and interest
rates; public sales; financial
organizations, such as trust and insurance
companies. The birth and mortality rate in
different class groups, as determined by
the planet involved, and its relation to
the Fifth House; medical discovery,
insofar as it tends to promote longevity.
In a
National Figure: The national treasurer as
a government official, distinct from the
treasury itself; financial relations with
and the financial condition and
obligations of other countries with
respect to the nation for the capital of
which the Figure is cast.
In an
Organization: Losses and gains through or
on account of death, or in connection with
the estates of deceased persons; financial
conditions involved in partnerships,
mergers or lawsuits; financial relations
with competitors, and their financial
condition; revenue from investments, or
through liquidation of frozen assets;
loans and income from sources not under
immediate control of the Organization; the
company treasurer, as distinguished from
the Treasury.
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