Venus in Capricorn ♑︎ in the Natal Chart
Colors: Black, Green, Navy
Artistic Skill: Art & Antique Appraisal
A Venus in Capricorn in the natal chart will give you a strong sense of duty and dedication to the people and projects in your life. You will feel personally responsible for the happiness of those around you. With this placement you will have a natural ability to make money, appraise antiques, and often a deep love of history.
Likes: Typically people with this placement tend towards a love of the occult, science, and metaphysics. You enjoy reading and literature ensuring to give yourself ample amounts of time towards these hobbies. Venus in Capricorn likes to be successful, promoted, and financially comfortable. The paths you choose in life will typically help you obtain all of these things.
Dislikes: Having Venus in Capricorn will tend to give you a dislike of instability. You are better able to relax and have fun when the details have been attended to. Venus in Capricorn people prefer evidence compared to blind faith.
Romance: A Venus in Capricorn individual in love will approach their romance with absolute seriousness. There is a tendency to desire career and financial stability prior to making any major relationship commitments. With this placement you like to be on equal grounds with your partner keeping the balance of power fair.
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.