Mars in the 8th house

The 8th house covers shared money, intimacy, loss and psychological change. Mars here goes where others will not. Desire runs strong, privacy is guarded, and these people are effective in a crisis when everyone around them has frozen. Surgery, investigation, finance and emergency work suit the placement, and disputes over joint money or an inheritance are a traditional theme. The cost is a will that turns intimacy into a contest, and anger that goes underground instead of out.