Morbid and rather macabre subject i know, but i've just got to ask as i have a bee in me bonnet!
What started off as reading up on the planets and signs in my chart has now led me up to my burning question: Can the planets/star sign in the 8th house indicate how you will die? I don't have no planets in mine, just Cancer. I've been rummaging around on the net, and there have been some velly funny answers, but i'm still none the wiser.
While i know there's a whole array of factors that can be influential to a person's demise ( for example, i had two potential chances to die today from a bed crushing me or a wardrobe falling on top of me as i have been playing musical furniture this afternoon!) i'm just soooo curious to know-sometimes i am too curious for me own good LOL 😀
warmest wishes- calla lily x
Hi Calla Lily,
I too have an empty (no planets within) 8th house in Cancer. So I look to the ruler of the eighth house, the Moon, and see how the Moon is placed in the horoscope. By placed I mean weighing up the strengths and weaknesses by sign, by aspect to other planets, whether the planet has any essential dignities, or whether it is debilitated.
There is a much older method of determining length of life, used by traditional astrologers and this is known as the hyleg and alcoccoden. This link explains in great detail how it is worked out. It is a complex system explained really well by a really good astrologer
http://www.bernadettebrady.com/Pdfs/Hyleg.pdf
I now use a computer programme for all of my calculations so much easier.
The hyleg in my chart is also the Moon, but I haven't worked out the alcoccoden. The date will have to remain a mystery, cos I don't want to know when. 😮
Binah
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Ta for your reply Binah and for the link, :hug: if i had the patience i'd work out just how long i have left on this planet, but alas, patience was never a virtue of mine!:o
I've been doing some further rummaging around, and came up with a link where my reaction was a cross between 😮 and 😀 (wasn't taking it seriously!) when i read the possible causes a person might meet their maker-i have to say, i was quite perturbed by the aries and pisces one!:speechless-smiley-0
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Houses-of-Astrology---The-Eighth-House&id=2128023
warmest wishes- calla lily x
Death is a taboo subject so much so that most of us do not want to know how and when we will take our last mortal breath. I certainly don't want to know this for myself, nor would I if I could predict such for any one else.
I have not met an astrologer who gave such a prediction to anyone and rightly so for they may have their calculations wrong, and have caused unnecessary stress.
On a lighter note the 8th house also covers sex, transformation, partners values and resources. So if Jupiter is in the 8th house and is well aspected it could be abundance - lots of money and the other.:D
Binah
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I've since found out my hyleg is the sun, and while trying to find a short cut to find the other ( i'm so morbid me!) i opened up a new can of proverbial worms-apparently the 4th house tells you when you're going to die so three guesses what i was researching last night...:o
warmest wishes- calla lily x