Uranus Transits: 8th House

When Uranus transits the 8th House your need for freedom and change influences how you use your power and shared resources. Uranus speeds things up and disrupts old patterns and represents your need for independence and change in this area.

When Uranus transits the 8th house you may experience disruption and surprises in your finances and shared resources, sexual expression, your relationship to power, the mysteries of life and death and the deep forces of the unconscious. Your income could become unpredictable, with sudden gains or losses, and you may need to become more flexible or self-sufficient.

Disruption to your financial security could reveal hidden fears and emotional patterns of behaviour that are holding you back, such as fear of losing control and issues with obsession and compulsion, or jealousy and rage. Uranus may bring insight into these emotions giving you a wider perspective that allows you to heal and let them go.

You may want to explore your sexuality in new or unusual ways, or delve into the mysteries of life and death by exploring occult or esoteric subjects like astrology, magic, alchemy, and depth psychology. You could have surprising psychic experiences, although your intuition may be erratic and unreliable.

The point of this transit is to open your awareness to the reality of forces that are beyond your understanding and control. If you remain open to the possibilities of change you can transform yourself and your relationships and develop inner emotional security that isn’t threatened by the changes of life.

Possibilities with Uranus transiting the 8th House:

Unexpected inheritance
Getting out of debt
Becoming financially secure
Experimenting in the bedroom
Psychic insights into reality

Watch out for:

Sudden bankruptcy
Big unexpected tax bill
Shocking revelations disrupt a relationship
Emotional coldness kills a relationship
Death of a partner or family member

My notes:

Uranus was in my 8th house when I was born in 1970 and stayed there until 1976, up to age 6. I can’t remember anything significant from that time as I was too young but I had a heart operation when I was about 18 months old having been born with a heart defect – an early brush with a kind of death/rebirth experience.

Uranus will transit my 8th house from 2049 in my late 70s and will return to its natal position in that house when I’m 84. Assuming I live to see this transit, it would be a good time to die…

More on Uranus in the 8th house here: Evolutionary Astrology Notes: Uranus