Meghan - 8th House
Here’s the eigth installment of “The Meghan Project”. It’s about 1 200 words long, and really should be around 800! so please let me know what you think is most interesting … (Don’t forget to use the glossary if there are terms that are unfamiliar).
8 Eighth House
The eighth house represents sudden breaks and changes, sexuality, the occult, research, other people’s money, death, chronic diseases and adaptability. Meghan’s 8th house has some indications for annihilation. There are rasi aspects from three malefic planets and the houselord is with an inauspicious lord. However there are many more indications for prosperity including the exalted houselord aspecting its own house, being in an angle, with 2 benefics and having manifesting support from Jupiter. For this reason the prospect of success in 8th house endeavours is supported.
8.1 Person’s Life Experience
Meghan’s live has been filled with unexpected changes including the divorce of her parents, transforming from an actress, to an activist, to a duchess. She has also benefitted from the support of ‘other people’s money’ in the form of the sovereign grant as a working royal and her father’s lottery win paying for her education.
8.2 Sign
The eighth house of this chart is taking place in Aquarius. Aquarius is a fixed, air sign. It is associated with pots, lakes and silos, which are all places that store resources for the community. Aquarius sign and the 8th House share a common karaka of community resources and other people’s money. In Meghan’s life she has benefitted from the support of others on specific occasions such as when her father paid for her private grade-school education with a lottery win and her time as a member of the British Royal family which is paid for by sovereign grant (British taxpayers).
8.3 Planet
The eighth house of this chart is ruled by Saturn. Saturn is cruel, tamasic, dry and of the air and earth element. The air element is triply significant because it is a quality of the sign, the planet and the house (sudden breaks and changes). This may be why Meghan’s life is filled with many dynamic phases and changes as outlined in articles such as “Why Meghan Markle can’t stick to anything for more than two years” (Jackson 2020).
As Saturn relates to the 8th House of other people’s money in the Rasi chart, it is worth noting that Saturn is also exalted in the D2 and D4 charts that relate to wealth. In both of these vargas, Saturn is in angles. This makes Saturn even more capable of activating its role. Saturn is located with Jupiter and the Moon in the D1, D2 and D4 and these are karakas for wealth (Jupiter) and the people (the Moon). This could account for the financial support she received from other people being from a lottery win (luck – Jupiter, the masses –the Moon) and from the British people (the masses – the Moon). The Sun is also giving 55 points of aspect to the 8th House bhava cusp perhaps accounting for the ‘royal’, ‘father’ and ‘tax’ qualities of the financial support Meghan has received from others.
8.4 Planets in the house
Ketu is located in the 8th house of Meghan’s chart. As discussed in a previous blog post (Section 2.4.1), the Rahu-Ketu axis in this chart is encouraging Meghan to take responsibility for her own worth and resources and to stand on her own two feet as an individual comfortably herself among her community. The 8th house represent the conjugal bond and it is worth noting that her marriage to Prince Harry took place during dasa and sub-dasa periods only involving Jupiter (husband) and ketu (8th house – conjugal bond).
Ketu is spiritual and detached. Having it in the eighth house can lead a person to feel separate from the support of others. Although they may be very capable of generating opportunities for wealth from others or even think they crave that support, they won’t actually be able to relax into it, accept it or identify themselves with it.
As this is happening in the sign of Aquarius it will also relate to feeling a sense of belonging in a large organisation or institution. Ketu will similarly provide expertise from previous lifetimes in being part of a group, but in this lifetime, will separate the person from gaining satisfaction through belonging.
The 2-8 and 5-11 axes can be seen in Meghan’s life in her experience in marrying into the British Royal family. This has perhaps been an unfulfilling experience because joining the institution of the Royal family specifically forbid Meghan from taking responsibility for her own income and wealth. This stresses the Ketu side of the axis meaning the Rahu placement would not be satisfied and would find a way to express itself. The marriage also meant becoming a member of a team rather than the leader which put pressure of the Leo placement of Rahu which is encouraging Meghan to walk her own path. Marrying a wealthy husband also skews the balance towards Ketu and naturally Rahu has wanted to swing it back towards Meghan being responsible for her family’s wealth.
The official announcement that Meghan was transitioning out of Royal life happened on the 8 January 2020 (sussexroyal 2020). On that day, Jupiter and Ketu shared exactly same the degree in Capricorn and were squared to Meghan’s birth Jupiter (as was Rahu). As Jupiter represents the husband and rules the 6th house of health and the 9th house of culture it is possible to see all these factors coming into play in Meghan’s decision. Ketu posited in the 8th house was bringing about dramatic and unexpected change in her husband and her own service (6th house) and cultural obligations (9th house). Ketu was also helping Meghan return the balance to Rahu’s goals of financial and intellectual independence. The transit happened in the 7th house of the husband, in a sign ruled by Saturn which is also the lord of Ketu. Mars (ruler of the 5th and 10th houses) helps direct all Ketu’s and is on the Ascendant of this chart. Mars has good dig bala of 117% which means that Meghan is able to hear the directions Mars is giving (and therefore also Ketu). Saturn has 95% dig bala and is both Ketu’s houselord and Rahu’s director. This may have helped the orchestration of the balancing of Rahu and Ketu in this action to withdraw from the Royal family. It is interesting that Mars’s rulership of career, status, legacy and children brought these issues strongly into the context of this decision as well.
8.5 Bhava Yogas
8.5.1 Ascendant Yogas
Saturn forms a natural yoga of the 7th and 8th houses for a Cancer ascendant. This links partners with unexpected change and partners with wealth. It can be seen in the events of the last two years that Meghan has chosen a partner with considerable wealth and has caused significant and unexpected change to that partner’s life.
8.5.2 8th in the 4th
The eighth lord in the fourth house links change with the home. Meghan has lived in many places and in the two years since her marriage has had in 4 homes (see previous blog post Section 1.5.2). It also links change with a person’s emotional state and as this is an exalted Saturn, perhaps change makes this person happy or brings a sense of emotional contentment. Another connection it makes is between legal proceedings and happiness. The legal action that Meghan launched in 2019 may have been related to creating inner contentment and a safe home. (See previous blog post Section 5.2).
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