Moon in Pisces in the Eighth House

In the Moon in Pisces placement, Pisces and the Moon have a natural affinity; Pisces is the sign of depths of emotion, and the Moon represents your instinctive emotional reactions and sometimes your hidden dreams. Pisces is also the astrological sign of sorrow and self-undoing. If you have the Moon in Pisces you have deep feelings and an innate understanding of the human condition.

A peculiar danger for anyone with their Moon in Pisces is that the impressions received from the outside world will not accurately reflect the world as it is. Instead, they are filtered through an intense romanticism. With your Moon in Pisces, your instant reaction to stimuli is to interpret things as you would like them to be rather than as they are. You wear the reality distorting glasses of the incurable optimist, the dreamer, the poet.

Having your Moon in Pisces, your romantic emotionalism is not always apparent on the surface, for you try to keep this part of your nature well hidden. However, even the most pragmatic person with a Moon in Pisces feels the need to escape into a world of private imagination.

As a Moon in Pisces, you are artistic and have a keen love for beauty and the arts. Many Moon in Pisces individuals have a flair for acting, writing, composing, or painting. Gifted with vision and imagination, you express yourself well in creative areas. It is through the senses and emotions rather than the intellect that you perceive things. With your Moon in Pisces, you are extraordinarily intuitive and sometimes are gifted with psychic vision; you seem able to strip away the veil that separates the real world from the spiritual world, and to know things that others cannot comprehend.

As an individual with your Moon in Pisces, in the real world, unfortunately, you do not always have an easy time. You tend to let your emotions get the better of you. Though you seem confident and completely in charge (especially if your Sun is in a fire sign [Aries, Leo, Sagittarius]), you have a weakness for letting those with strong wills and definite opinions lead you onto unsuitable paths.

With your Moon in Pisces, although you can work tirelessly and unselfishly for others, you find it hard to be strict and disciplined with yourself. Having to make final decisions causes you conflict and anxiety. There is a strong tendency to escape harsh realities and obligations. Having your Moon in Pisces, sometimes you are perceived as gullible, but it is only your emotional nature that makes you appear that way. You are easy prey for unprincipled types who play on your tender feelings. It is an axiom in astrology that Moon in Pisces individuals are born under a special vibration that impels them to befriend humanity. Indeed, it is through helping others that you liberate yourself.

In love, as in the rest of your life, you prefer the illusion to the reality. It is the wild passion, the feeling of being swept away, that you desire. Having your Moon in Pisces, your most favorite life moments are when you feel the euphoria of love enveloping your entire being. You are a romance addict, and many Moon in Pisces individuals who drift from affair to affair keep wanting to experience the fabled glow of love as a form of psychological escapism.

Having your Moon in Pisces, you are a romantic who will do everything you can to make a mate happy. It is your nature to do this, even if you do not get an equivalent return from the other person. At the same time, you feel vulnerable and dependent and build up an elaborate array of defenses to avoid being hurt. However, once you get past playing the role of the victim, you are able to sustain a truly joyful relationship of honesty and depth.

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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