As it characterizes the person's relationships with others, the seventh house is linked to our public consciousness and our ability to influence people. It may point to political control or rulership over others.
The Ruler of the Seventh House in Different Houses of the Horoscope
In the First House: Good health, strength, respect, happy family life, the marriage partner is beautiful and wealthy, successful partnerships, strong desires and passions, good sex life, marriage may happen at a young age or with someone the person has been in a relationship with for many years. Matters of the seventh house particularly flourish, as the ruler of the seventh house aspects its own house due to this position.
In the Second House: Wealth from the marriage partner, the partner earns well, has good speaking abilities, is intelligent, well-educated, and has creative imagination. Profits from business partnerships, happy family life; often there is divorce despite the partner's wealth.
In the Third House: The ruler of a Kama house in another Kama house creates a person with strong desires that are fulfilled. Wealthy or significant relatives, the marriage partner is brave and bold; he/she may work in the fields of music, drama, dance, or literature. In general, this is not a favorable position for marriage.
In the Fourth House: Happy marriage, comfort, happiness, there may be private land, houses, and means of mobility, high level of education.
In the Fifth House: The marriage partner is beautiful, wealthy, and loyal, help from the partner's family, wisdom, happiness from children, successful business partnerships, successful love affairs, good marriage karma due to efforts in past lives.
In the Sixth House: Disagreements in marriage, divorce, the partner is sick, unsuccessful relationships with partners.
In the Seventh House: The planet is in its own house; the person will be beautiful, strong, and respected; the partner will be significant or talented. If the ruler of the seventh house is a benefic planet, then marriage will be a source of happiness; if the planet is malefic, there will be problems in marriage and possible divorce, even though the planet is in its own house.
In the Eighth House: Divorce, possibly the death of the marriage partner, unhappiness because of the partner, profits from insurance policies or inheritance, the happy periods will not last long.
In the Ninth House: The marriage partner is wealthy, beautiful, loyal; help from him/her or from their family, religious or spiritual, lucky, happiness from the father, help from the guru or elders, possibly living abroad.
In the Tenth House: The marriage partner is significant or career-oriented; the partner helps in the career, successful career, the profession is related to travel.
In the Eleventh House: The ruler of a Kama house in another Kama house fulfills all desires and brings a nature with strong desires; benefits from the partner, happy marriage; financial profits come after marriage.
In the Twelfth House: Divorce, the partner may die early, the marriage partner brings large expenses and loss; the person may have a strong sexual nature, as the seventh house governs desires, while the twelfth governs sexual pleasures (issues related to this).
The Eighth House in the Horoscope
Main significations: death, accidents, bankruptcy, legal proceedings, inheritance; in the body – external sexual organs, excretory organs (including the large intestine), phenomena of the hidden world, secret plots, poison, theft.
This also includes: murder, destruction, injury, ruin, sorrow, anger, fear, exhaustion, cruelty, insults, defeat in war or disputes, scandal, shame, and misery, the breaking of friendships, destruction of trust in marriage, causing concerns for the marriage partner, dangerous, hard, and fruitless travels, nomadism, crossing large water barriers, quarrels and disputes, wars, weapons, the enemy’s fortress, the enemy’s position; wounds, long-term illnesses, difficulties with medical treatments, including cancer; physical and nervous suffering, crises, loss of the head (both literally and metaphorically), longevity, items of long-term use, investigations, espionage, secrets coming to light, deep psychotherapy, inaccessible, isolated, and wild places, dense and wild forests, mountainous regions, caves or holes, a portal to another world, witchcraft and black magic, revivals, occult sciences, energy practices, astrology, the spouse's finances, theft.
The Ruler of the Eighth House in Different Houses of the Horoscope
In the first house: weak health, a tendency to get into accidents, bad for married life (since the ruler of the eighth house affects the seventh house), sickly nature, difficulties in life, possible legal accusations, a difficult childhood – a bad start to life; long-term illnesses if other indications confirm it; spirituality, asceticism, interest in occult sciences; this position may negatively affect the person’s appearance.
In the second house: poverty, unhappy family life, defective speech, a tendency to lie, poor education, poor vision in the right eye, non-nutritious food, limited imagination, throat problems; long and active life, since the ruler of the eighth house directly affects its own house from this position.
In the third house: tense relations with siblings, their lives are difficult, wishes do not come true, cowardice, fearfulness, few adventures, unsuccessful efforts, defect in the right ear, lack of talent or indifference towards music, drama, dance, no literary abilities.
In the fourth house: the ruler of a Moksha house in another Moksha house gives a spiritual nature; difficulties related to the mother, interruptions in studies, difficulties in obtaining a degree, things end problematically, few possessions, career problems (the ruler of the eighth house affects the tenth house from this position), no private house or land, occult professions could be a calling, strong intuition, long life, good sexual potential, in the end of life the person will become more spiritual and ascetic.
In the fifth house: few children, difficulties with them, unclear thinking, mental problems, lack of domestic peace, difficulties in exams, unsuccessful investments, immorality, injustice, unsuccessful love affairs, no credit from past lives, long life, benefit from the spouse’s profits, earnings from insurance policies, good sexual potential.
In the sixth house: poor health, victory over enemies and competitors (a malefic planet in the sixth house is good), bad occupations, bad service providers, longevity is not the highest, poverty, no help from the maternal uncle.
In the seventh house: difficulties in married life, divorce, unhappy or unsuccessful partnerships, the spouse may have a hard life or chronic illnesses, he/she may also have low self-esteem; since the ruler of the eighth house effects the first house, it may negatively affect the external appearance.
In the eighth house: the planet is in its own house; long life, vitality, energy, a full sense of life, gaining wealth from the spouse; money from wills, inheritance, or insurance policies; spiritual inclinations, studying occult sciences, good for Moksha, strong intuition, good sexual potential, sexual attraction.
In the ninth house: long life, bad relations with the father, the father has a hard life or will die at a young age; no luck, no good solutions to problems, indifference to religion and philosophy, lack of faith, no help from elders or the Guru; this is a bad position because it destroys the house of fortune.