Marital Status of the woman, longevity, wealth of spouse, death, conscious and unconscious transformations in life, obstacle, research and findings, sudden events of ups and downs in life, disgrace, mental pain, sorrows, scandal, defeat, discontinuity, suddenness, unexpectedness, ill reputation, misery, death, longevity, recycle of things, transformation of good and bad karmas and of one’s life and consciousness, re-birth, ending of old patterns and beginning of new patterns and life style, loss of memory, sin, killing a living being, capital punishment, nature of death, place of death, wickedness, fathers indebtedness, deviation from unexpected norms, frightful place, difficult route, finding faults, humiliation, wife’s wealth, sudden unexpected gain, hidden talents, research, spiritual pursuits and attainments, inheritance, legacies, insurance, gratuity, son of the elder sister. Hidden talent, hidden aspect of oneself, occult and mystical study, practice and development of intuition. This house also represents hidden wealth, shared property, sexual pleasure, accumulation of wealth by inheritance, windfall and gift.
The Karaka for the Eighth house is Saturn. This house is one of the Duhsthana houses. It is also one of the Moksha Houses.
Body parts in general – Secret parts, testicles, pelvic bones, incurable or chronic disease, loss, longevity.