Moon in Cancer in the Eighth House

The Moon is in its natural home in Cancer, for this is the sign that the Moon rules. Here the best qualities of the Moon – devotion, patience, sensitivity—are brought out. The romantic, intuitive sign of Cancer and the sensuous, receptive Moon are in harmony with each other. If you have your Moon in Cancer you have strong emotions and perceive the world around you through your feelings rather than your intellect. However, because you do not openly show your feelings, it is sometimes difficult for others to figure out where they stand with you. In general, with your Moon in Cancer, you are more receptive than active. You store away impressions, reactions, and information until the time comes when you can use them. Moon in Cancer individuals often excel in an artistic or literary way. Imaginative and creative, you work best when you set your own pace and are not subject to the tyranny of time clocks.

With a Moon in Cancer, any impression that sinks into your mind makes an indelible mark. You have an extremely retentive memory. Moon in Cancer individuals are often found in professions where memory plays an important role: historians, teachers, actors, writers.

Having your Moon in Cancer, at heart, you are refined, delicate, and gentle. You may appear to be aggressive and forceful, especially if your Sun or Mars is in a fire sign (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), but underneath you are vulnerable and easily hurt. With your Moon in Cancer, you tend to let your feelings fester, and indeed, touchiness, moodiness, and a kind of quiet self-pity always lie near the surface. Though you are subject to greater mood swings than other Moon signs, your ups and downs don’t last long. If you are left alone for a while, the dark clouds will soon blow away. One of the most striking characteristics of Cancer is the continual ebb and flow of emotions, which combined with the waxing and waning influence of the Moon produces quick shifts in temperament and at times makes you emotionally exhausted.

As an individual with your Moon in Cancer, you are at your best in a deep and committed love relationship. Unfortunately, you often have to go through an unhappy love affair before you find the contentment and security you seek. Even though you are motivated strongly by your feelings, in a curious way you are also afraid of them. With your Moon in Cancer, it is your nature to mistrust love, to feel you are somehow unworthy of someone else’s devotion. You will hold on too long to a relationship that’s destructive because deep in your psyche you don’t believe you’ll ever find another love. You also believe that to be alone is a fate worse than death. Very often early in life a Moon in Cancer individual must go through an emotional trial. But when at last you find love that feeds your soul and you feel secure, your personality blossoms.

Having your Moon in Cancer, you have a tendency to hold on possessively to a loved one, and a knack for subtly instilling guilt in someone you love, usually to test the person’s depth of feeling. However, among your most endearing traits are intense loyalty and dedication.

The sign position of the Moon describes how we habitually respond to other people and to the circumstances of our lives, as well as how we experience our emotions and seek emotional fulfillment. Its house position corresponds to the area of life in which we operate most unconsciously, according to past patterns and instinctive responses.

Moon in the 8th House:

The Moon in the 8th House is generally a very compatible placement for the Moon, resulting in deep and well-developed emotional psychic energy. The personal nature of the emotions and the nurturing tendency symbolized by the Moon normally fit well in the private and intimate environment symbolized by the 8th House. As a result, having your Moon in the 8th House, your emotional capacity is likely to blossom. You may not display your emotions as readily as others, but they tend to be deeply held and passionate.

With your Moon in the 8th House, it is generally those with whom you are closest that see your emotional side. In fact, you may even deem it somewhat inappropriate to be publicly emotional, reserving your emotional energy for more intimate occasions. Although you may tend to hold back your emotions, if you are provoked, these emotions may rush out, sometimes overwhelming the recipient.

Having your Moon in the 8th House, you are likely to have great capacity for caring about and nurturing those with whom you are close. In return, you may expect reciprocity, particularly in terms of emotional commitment. If your emotional intimacy is not requited, the “thin line between love and hate” may be quickly crossed. With your Moon in the 8th House, you are likely to be particularly affected emotionally during periods of sexual intimacy, major life events, death and largesse.

Insecurities

As an individual with your Moon in the 8th House, if you are inwardly insecure, you will fear the unknown and its power. You will fear becoming absorbed and annihilated by the unknown. Therefore, you protect yourself from it by submitting, unthinkingly, to conditioning and taboo. Despite your defense mechanisms, having your Moon in the 8th House, you are still likely to have an intense emotional reaction when confronted by death, power or sexuality, particularly when these experiences occur outside of the realm permitted by society’s taboos. You may react obsessively or neurotically, you may become emotionally protective and defensive or you may emotionally overcompensate. With your Moon in the 8th House, you may also try to use emotion as a tool or weapon to control and gain power over the situation.

Focus of Emotional Development

With your Moon in the 8th House, you are likely to develop emotionally through introspection and dealing with intimate situations. You may be driven to seek deep emotional experience in order to grow and develop. Sometimes, you must be careful to preserve your reason instead of throwing yourself blindly into an experience. You may also grow emotionally through experiences involving death, sexuality, power and intimate sharing.

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Article referenced from:

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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