Transformation is a word astrologers use in association with the 8th house- but what does it mean to transform? What is transformed in relation to the 8th house?
To Transform:
- to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
- to change into another substance; transmute.
When people transform they experience the change of one form, condition, or substance into another.
Form:
1. external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material;
Condition:
1. a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
Substance:
5. the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality.
10b. the essential part of a thing; essence.
Transforming one’s essence implies changing who one is at the most fundamental level almost becoming an entirely different being.
The Ruler of the 8th House
The location (by house) of the planet ruling the sign on the cusp of the eighth indicates the realm of experience where transformation will actually BEGIN and the part of the personality (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn) or unconscious (Uranus, Neptune or Pluto) that will be most involved.
- Aries on the 8th: Follow Mars (Transforming the personality)
- Taurus on the 8th: Follow Venus (Transforming the personality)
- Gemini on the 8th: Follow Mercury (Transforming the personality)
- Cancer on the 8th: Follow the Moon (Transforming the personality)
- Leo on the 8th: Follow the Sun (Transforming the personality)
- Virgo on the 8th: Follow Mercury (Transforming the personality)
- Libra on the 8th: Follow Venus (Transforming the personality)
- Scorpio on the 8th: Follow Pluto (Transforming the unconscious)
- Sagittarius on the 8th: Follow Jupiter (Transforming the personality)
- Capricorn on the 8th? Follow Saturn (Transforming the personality)
- Aquarius on the 8th: Follow Uranus (Transforming the unconscious)
- Pisces on the 8th: Follow Neptune (Transforming the unconscious)