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Debilitated Saturn in Eighth House
When debilitated Saturn is placed in the eighth house in a horoscope, Virgo rises in the ascendant. Debilitated Saturn is benefic in the eighth house in some cases though it may turn malefic in some cases. This may happen when Saturn is afflicted by malefic planets, such as through conjunction and/or aspects. As the number of malefic planets and the strengths of such planets increase, Saturn may become more malefic.
Since Saturn is weak due to debilitation, it may become easy for malefic planets to add negativity to Saturn. If debilitated Saturn is afflicted by one or more than one malefic planet in the eighth house, it may turn significantly or highly malefic. Apart from that, the overall theme of horoscope having such debilitated Saturn can also turn it malefic in some cases, when such theme is malefic. The concept of benefic planets turning malefic due to influences of malefic planets has been explained in Manglik Dosh section of the book ‘Match Making and Manglik Dosh (Revised Edition)’.
Let’s look at some results which may be given by debilitated Saturn in the eighth house when it is benefic. Such benefic debilitated Saturn can bless the native with good results related to love life, children, creativity, health, lifespan, profession, finances, fame, reputation, authority and several other good results, depending on his overall horoscope and running times.
Such debilitated Saturn can make the native interested in fields like astrology and spiritualism. Hence the native may achieve success as an astrologer, spiritual guru, religious guru, tantric, psychic, healer, numerologist, vastu expert, tarot reader, palmist or some other likewise professional, depending on his overall horoscope and running times.
Taking an example, suppose debilitated Saturn is placed in the eighth house of a horoscope in Aries with benefic Mercury and exalted Sun. Benefic exalted Jupiter is placed in the eleventh house in Cancer with Ketu, benefic Rahu is placed in the fifth house in Capricorn and benefic exalted Venus is placed in the seventh house in Pisces. In this case, the native may engage in the field of spiritualism. He may have strong spiritual tendencies from childhood and he may pursue the field of spiritualism. The native may spend many years in pursuit of spiritual knowledge and he may achieve good amount of it, by the age of 35 or 40. The native may become a spiritual teacher or guru, and he may come across good amount of success, recognition and fame.
If benefic Moon is placed in the fifth house in Capricorn with Rahu, and Mars is placed in the sixth house in Aquarius, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may possess very good amount of spiritual growth by the age of 35 or 40. Around this age, the native may become a spiritual guru and he may come across very good amount of success, fame and recognition. The native may start a new spiritual mission and he may have a large number of followers over the years. He may travel to several countries of the world and he may guide millions of people on the path to spiritual growth. The native may get married before the age of 25, and he may have 2 or more children. One or more of his children may also follow the path of spiritualism and they may achieve success as spiritual gurus. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, the native may become one of the most recognized and respected spiritual gurus of his time. He may write several books on various topics related to spiritualism, and he may remain alive through his teachings, centuries after his physical death.
Such debilitated Saturn can help the native achieve success as a doctor, engineer, IT professional, scientist, lawyer, actor, singer, dancer, musician, writer, fashion designer, interior designer, web developer, video game developer, architect, sportsman, banker, police officer, army officer, air force officer, naval officer, fire-fighting officer, revenue officer, judge, administrative officer, foreign services officer, education officer, medical officer, telecom officer, information and broadcast officer, aviation officer, transport officer, railway officer, politician, professional dealing in finance industry, stock market, IT, software, computers, education, media, movie, television, radio, social media, investment, real estate, liquor, casino, tobacco, hotel, airline, travel, sports, arms, pharmaceutical, medical, chemical, steel, automobile industry or some other professional, depending on his overall horoscope and running times.
Apart from these, benefic debilitated Saturn in the eighth house of horoscope can bless the native with several other good results, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
On the other hand, malefic debilitated Saturn in the eighth house of horoscope can trouble the native with problems related to health, lifespan, love life, children, profession, finances, reputation and several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope and running times.
Such debilitated Saturn can trouble the native with various types of health problems which may cause him pain and they may reduce his lifespan. Taking an example, suppose debilitated Saturn is placed in the eighth house of a horoscope in Aries with malefic Mars. Malefic Mars may transfer a lot of negative energy to Saturn and the latter may become significantly/highly malefic. Saturn may also afflict Mars, since Saturn is also partly malefic in horoscopes with Virgo ascendant. The concept of various planets exhibiting tendencies to be benefic or malefic on the basis of the houses they rule in a horoscope has been explained in the chapter ‘Gemstones for House Lords’ of the book ‘Gemstones: Magic or Science? (Revised Edition)’.
Suppose benefic Mercury is placed in the sixth house in Aquarius with malefic Sun, malefic exalted Rahu is placed in the first house in Virgo, and malefic exalted Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Pisces with Moon. Grahan Yoga is formed in the seventh house. In this case, the native may suffer from various types of health problems which may aggravate after his age of 35 and they may reduce his lifespan. Hence the native may die before the age of 60 or 50, depending on his overall horoscope and running times. If Venus is placed in the eighth house in Aries with Saturn and Mars, and Jupiter is placed in the second house in Libra, the equation may become more troublesome. In this case, the native may die before the age of 45, 35 or 30, depending on the finer factors and running times. If he dies before 30, he may die in an accident. If he dies between 30 and 35, he may die because of heart attack. If he dies after 35, he may die because of some type of cancer, like brain cancer or blood cancer.
Apart from these, malefic debilitated Saturn in the eighth house of horoscope can trouble the native with several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope and running times.
Himanshu Shangari