South Node (SN) in Pisces, South Node (SN) in the 8th House

South Node in Pisces ♓︎ in the natal chart

The South Node in Pisces in the natal chart speaks to past life or current life circumstances in which you found yourself playing the martyr. You often felt that in order for other people to be happy you had to give up your own happiness. Some gifts you have mastered are spiritual awareness and compassion. Your past experiences living as an empath have made you a highly sensitive person and very cognizant of the needs of others. 

In this life or on your current life path you are learning to ground your feelings and beliefs. You may have a tendency to flake out on plans or day dream excessively. With your South Node in Pisces you can often feel like you are in your own mini universe, experiencing the world from a broad and expansive perspective. 

You are learning to integrate these skills into the everyday. Your soul is requesting to take what you have learned and apply them to the details. With a profound ability to recognize how everything is connected you are working on understanding how everything can be separate as well. You are moving towards creating your own individual life experience, crafted in the physical world.

8th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 8th house include death, transformation, secrets, mystery, macabre, shared finances or resources, legacies, taxes, owed money, uncovered trauma, healing, and psychology.  

Succedent House Type: A Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Scorpio is the fixed water sign ruling the 8th house. 

The meaning of the 8th house has evolved significantly over time. Traditionally this house was associated with taxes, legacies, and shared resources. It is believed that due to its associations with legacies and inheritance this has contributed to the modern 8th house associations with death. Beyond the literal definition of death, it can also represent transformation, cycles of life, and major life endings/beginnings. 

The perspective of the 8th house is broad and psychologically based in most modern astrological interpretations. It symbolizes how you relate to others on a deeply emotional level. This house is associated with secrets but also shared resources and taxes. 

Trying to relate all of these themes together is what gives the 8th house is intense mystery. When you are working in the 8th house you are often working through some kind of emotional trauma. How you relate to the life, death, and sharing your experiences and resources with another are all 8th house endeavors.