South Node in Sagittarius ♐︎ in the natal chart
The South Node in Sagittarius in the natal chart represents your tendency for communication breakdown and the need to always be right. You love the admiration you receive for your vast knowledge and social ideals. Some natural gifts you have developed through past lives or this current life are seeing things from a broad perspective.
You are naturally intuitive and keenly aware of the psychology of others. The South Node in Sagittarius indicates you have gone through lifetimes or circumstances where you have explored altered states of consciousness, belief, and spirituality. You have thought about these things deeply and possibly even got lost in your own ideas to the point you had trouble returning to “reality.” This may also indicate a stubbornness around believing other people’s experiences as true to them.
You are learning in this life to integrate your past experiences and truths into your current situation. Providing validation to other’s for their perspectives, even if it does not fit into your worldview is a healing experience for you. Detach from your desire to have the answers and instead cater to your curiosity, open to learning, and take on the role of the student.
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.