Mars in the 8th House

How Mars works in the 8th house

You're impatient and impulsive when exploring the unknown and can lose your sense of proportion. Throw yourself into religion, for example, and you risk becoming a fanatic.

Even if mystical teachings usually hold little interest for you, a run of bad luck or a stressful experience can suddenly make you superstitious. You start attaching importance to signs and omens, choosing talismans and amulets, and consulting psychics and sorcerers.

You may also look for ways to influence enemies or, less often, try to win someone's love through magic. Your life is full of struggle and adventure, so you often have to seek support.

In the face of danger, you may experience a powerful surge of energy and discover unusual abilities. At such moments, you can give any psychic a run for their money.

What the 8th house governs

The 8th house in your birth chart describes everything unusual in your life that falls outside the bounds of reason. Above all, it concerns your spirituality and attitude toward mysticism, as well as extraordinary intuition and unusual abilities, including whether they may emerge in you. The eighth house can also reveal unusual events that have happened to you or are still to come. Sometimes this house indicates whether you may receive an inheritance and how large it will be.

What Mars represents

Mars's zodiac sign in your birth chart governs your energy: how much you have and exactly how you use it. Mars also represents decisiveness, a drive to act, a tendency toward aggression, your masculine side, and sexual desire.