Mercury in Eighth House
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Mercury: If Mercury is in the 8th or is lord of the 8th, and dignified or received, it shows an interest in the occult and the mysterious. The marriage partner may be better equipped to handle the finances. But if in debility or afflicted it shows possible danger of robbery or mugging (square or opposite an out of sect Mars), or of being conned and swindled or subject to forgery, and constant change in a partners finances. In keeping with the corruption theme this house often has; according to Valens: "If the star of Hermes alone should be present upon the zoidion, and should have authority of thought over what is called spirit, it makes those who are dull and unintelligent". [34] The idea here is that if Mercury rules the lot of spirit it and occupies the 8th, it somehow corrupts the mind. Paulus says something similar: "...it will make dullards and simpletons or idlers, if indeed it should occur under the solar beams". [35] The "solar beams" refers to a condition where a planet is too close to the Sun to be seen.
Notes:
27. Ibid. (See note 23).
28. Ibid.
29. Vettius Valens, Hellenistic astrology, Anthology, Bk II part 1 aprox. 160 A.D. © 1994 Robert Schmidt, through Project Hindsight, Published by The Golden Hind Press. See pg. 13.
30. Paulus Alexandrinus. Introductory Matters 378 A.D. © 1993 Robert Schmidt, through Project Hindsight, Published by The Golden Hind Press. See pg. 55
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid. See pgs. 55 - 56.
33. Vettius Valens. Anthology, Bk II Part 1 aprox. 160 A.D. © 1994 Robert Schmidt, through Project Hindsight, Published by The Golden Hind Press. See pg. 12.
34. Ibid.
35. Paulus Alexandrinus. Introductory Matters 378 A.D. © 1993 Robert Schmidt, through Project Hindsight, Published by The Golden Hind Press. See pg. 56.
36. Ibid.
