The lord of the 7th house in the 8th house of the horoscope

The lord of the 7th in the 8th house. Divorce, the death of the marriage partner is possible, unhappiness from the spouse, income from insurance companies or wills; the stretches of happy life are short. (James Braha)

The lord of the 7th in the 8th house. This person will suffer as a consequence of the death, or the imprisonment, of his marriage partner, or else will experience anxieties connected with sex. They will have losses in business, some interest in the doctrine of reincarnation; death will occur in a foreign land. (Tom Hopke)

The lord of the 7th house in the 8th house: a late marriage, a sickly partner, a spouse with a nasty character, widowhood (early, if afflictions are present); the person may not marry at all, relations with women of bad reputation, fits of anger. (Shri Govind Swarup Agarwal)

• The partner may be wealthy (if the lord of the 7th house is a favourable planet or a malefic one in a good sign), since the 8th house shows money from the spouse.
• After the age of 35 the negative influence of the 8th house decreases.
• Such a placement often gives divorce (the 8th house is a strong dusthana); it is not favourable for married life, but gives benefits from wills.
• The partner will die before the owner of the horoscope (this is not necessarily a death — it may happen in old age too), since the lord of the house of the partner is in the house of death (this is the 2nd from the 7th).

Rami Bleckt, “How to Become a Seer”, p. 158

The lord of the 7th in the 8th house: it places the emphasis on financial matters. It is often met in those who want to marry for money, or where the financial aspect in the relationship is one of the most important. For instance, there is a joint business, or as long as they have a business they are together, or as long as there is money they are together. And as soon as a problem with money begins, the relationship falls apart.

Sometimes this placement speaks of a situation of dependence of one of the partners; where one is financially dependent on the other.

When there are negative aspects to the lord of the 7th house in the 8th, this may indicate the death of the partner. If the ruler is in its fall or in an inimical sign, then there will be more problems from the partner than support, although financial matters still remain important. But in the case of a strong ruler of the 7th house in the 8th, this says that the partner may give us money, and in the case of a weak one — take it away! So our financial investments will also be required in order to resolve these matters

• The partner comes from a respected wealthy family, or will be attached to his family.
• The person may have much comfort in life.
• BUT! On the whole there is a predisposition to 2 marriages.
• Widowhood (if afflictions are present). Family life deteriorates. The partner may be sickly, cruel, may leave the body early; there may be many problems in family life.

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• The native may attract a person who will be an alcoholic or a gambler, one who may make use of your means for his own benefit. You may attract a deceitful partner and a person who
  will be unlike others.
• The native may get a partner who will be an authority, one who will motivate him. One who will be able to show you the occult side of life, one who will be in that culture. One who will develop you with the help of knowledge connected with death, reincarnation, knowledge hidden in the earth, because Jupiter is pure reason, philosophy. You want a partner who will look at death from a philosophical point of view.
• The sexual life will be well balanced. It will not be irrepressible, wild or unbridled, but it will be good. And you will have it when you want it. And you will not want it all the time. Subconsciously you want a partner who will be your teacher, one who can probably become your teacher in bed and will teach you a multitude of positions and tricks.

Kapiel Raj

The significations of the 8th house of the horoscope:

• The house of the length of life.
• Losses, humiliations, poverty.
• Secrets, secret places, treasure hoards. The desire to uncover these secrets – research activity in science.
• Occult knowledge. Discoveries of all kinds.
• Asceticism. Yoga.
• Things connected with death – inheritance, wills, funeral services.
• Insurance, prison, the restriction of freedom. Chronic illnesses. Reforms (the death of the old, the appearance of the new).
• The special services, intelligence, the guarding of secrets.
• The partner’s money.