Part of Fortune in 8th House: Finding Gold in the Shadows

Those with Part of Fortune in the 8th house, could find their highest joy and greatest success via Scorpionic themes paranormal, death and/or taxes.

What is the Part of Fortune?

Unlike the planets, comets and asteroids, the Part of Fortune is not a heavenly body. It’s a calculated point in the birth chart. To identify its position within any given birth chart, you take the degrees the Ascendant (first house) is in and add them to the degrees the Moon is in. Then you subtract the degrees the Sun is in. This reveals what sign and house it’s in.

This part of the birth chart is shown as a circle with a cross running through the middle ( ? ). It’s sometimes referred to as Pars Fortunae (its Latin name) or just Fortune. As a head’s up, it’s often left out in both chart readings. A lot of Western astrologers don’t pay too much attention to it. They aren’t commonly taught what it means or how to use it. There also isn’t much information about it in printed books or even online. It’s an Arabic part and that could be why so many people haven’t even heard of it.

Shared Resources

These people could find themselves being frequently surrounded by supportive and helpful individuals. These individuals may be family, friends, colleagues, or others. They may be a mix of people from different points in their life. Whatever their association is with them, they may be very helpful, especially during tough times, for example during periods of illness or loss of income.

They may also have a particularly helpful or supportive spouse. Being a stay at home parent, if desired, could be possible if their partner makes enough for them to stay at home and take care of their home and kids full-time.

Financial Savviness

This house also governs other people’s finances. People with this placement may therefore work in the field of finance managing other people’s money and/or resources. An old friend of mine who helped me set up my first business had this placement. Although I closed it a few years later, he was one of only a handful of people who were happy for me when things were going well. He was also happy to lend me some money with a good interest rate to get started as he believed in fostering entrepreneurial spirit. We aren’t in touch anymore, but I’ll never forget his generosity and support.

Of course, not everyone with this placement will work in finance or banking, or similar field. There are plenty of people who work in other fields, and others whose work is carried out at home such as stay at home parents or carers. No matter what they do, they’re talented at budgeting and buying whatever they need at good prices.

Financial Planning and Management

As kids, they were probably interested in finding ways to make money. They were the sort of children who were fascinated by the stock market and envisaged themselves investing in the markets as adults. They were probably really interested in side-hustles. 

I grew up with someone who had this placement and he was obsessed with finance. Each month, he’d be in WHSmith buying all of the latest financial magazines and he’d actually read them, too! They weren’t just for show. We didn’t really have the internet and computers until we were in our late teens but if we had them earlier, before we became saddled with the pressure of University, I’m sure he would have had at least one online side-hustle going!

As adults, these people are naturally equipped at handling other people’s money as well as their own. In part because of what they may have learned growing up, but also because they seem to intuitively know what sort of investments could do very well for them and others.

Inheritance

The 8th house, like the sign of Scorpio, is associated with death and inheritance. So, some of these people may become wealthier through inheritance. And it doesn’t have to come from a parent or relative, it can also come from completely unexpected sources. Someone who I used to work with received an inheritance from our old boss! It wasn’t a huge sum but it was enough to help her start a new business which ended up doing well.

Conventional and Alternative Healing Practices

Whether they work as a conventional healer like doctor or psychotherapist, or an alternative healer such as a Reiki healer, these people are natural healers.

More and more people are finding employment in esoteric fields thanks to the huge increase in interest in them in recent times. I think this is such a blessing to those whose highest joy can be found working in such fields because even just fifteen years ago, this wasn’t so easy. Examples of esoteric careers include astrologer, holistic therapist, Reiki practitioner, numerologist, and crystal healer.

These individuals are also naturally effective at maintaining their own well-being. Amazingly, they have the self-awareness required in order to notice when something is amiss, and they’re also very good at effectively addressing it.

Personal Transformation

These people may feel as if they’re on an accelerated spiritual path. And they’re not wrong. They’re always be on the look out for how they can broaden their horizons, better themselves, and raise their vibration. They aren’t adverse to looking inward, examining their trigger points and then dealing with them. Understanding their hidden motives, desires, and fears and working through them can be a highly effective way of further increasing their self awareness and raising their vibration.

This form of self-healing could feel like a bit of a chore in the beginning but after practicing it for a while, they might notice a positive shift in their energy. They might generally feel lighter, happier, and less bothered by negative occurrences. So, they might grow to enjoy personal transformation a great deal. Of course, personal transformation can also be carried out with a therapist, energy healer, religious leader, life coach, or even a trusted friend or family member. Natives may also gravitate towards other forms of personal transformation, such as hypnosis and physical transformation by changing the way they look, for instance, by losing weight.

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