Placements
Nessus in the 8th House
Nessus in your 8th house carries the harm pattern around shared resources, intimacy, power, and death, the most charged terrain for betrayal and the abuse of power. The inherited cycle reaches the deep, vulnerable places, and the work is to transform it. The gift is the power to survive and end profound harm; the way through is to face the deep material honestly and refuse to use power over others the way it was used on you.
Lean in — Transform the deep harm and refuse to misuse power as it was misused.
Watch for — Repeat the abuse of intimacy or power in the deepest places.
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Sources
- Reinhart, To the Edge and Beyond: Chiron, Nessus and the Centaurs (1996)Reads Nessus as the cycle of abuse and betrayal that can end with the one who takes responsibility.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Reads a body's house as the area of life in which its theme operates.