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'Pandora's Box: The Mysterious 8th House' is a 360 Degrees analysis of the 8th house, the place in the chart which includes sensible issues like death, debts, possessiveness, entanglements, sexuality or boundary crossings. It links the somewhat fatalistic Hellenistic view of 'descent into the underworld' with more modern psychological interpretations of shadow work, transformation and resilience. The deeper one digs, the more complex this house becomes, and ancient and modern approaches complement each other rather than contradict themselves. With biographical examples of fascinating personalities like Jane Goodall, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Truman Capote, John Dee, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Adolf Eichmann, the book is complemented by a detailed chapter of planets in the 8th house, 8th house rulership factors in the chart, and transits to the 8th house. Martin Sebastian Moritz' book is both entertaining and insightful, a good read that will challenge any level of astrologer - particularly those in the thrall of the 8th house.
About the author
Martin Sebastian Moritz lives in Hamburg and Berlin. He started out as actor and dancer before his life took a different turn and he decided to study psychology and astrology. With ten years of teaching psychodrama under his belt, he now specialises in couples therapy, often supported by astrological readings, and has been a consulting psychological astrologer for more than two decades. Martin lectures all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK and has given talks at NORWAC, the AA conference and the London-based Astrological Lodge. He also lectures for MISPA. He writes articles for German and Swiss astrology magazines, as well as for the Astrological Journal. He specialises in psychological and karmic astrology, and gender issues, and uses astrology as a tool to better understand couple dynamics, life challenges and mundane patterns in history. An Anglophile, for a while he lived in London, his home away from home. 'Pandora's Box: The Mysterious 8th House' was originally published in German as 'Das rätselhafte 8. Haus: Der Schatten im Horoskop'. His website is astro-via.com.
Summary
A 360 Degrees analysis of the astrological 8th house, the place in the chart which includes death, debts, possessiveness, entanglements, sexuality or boundary crossings. With copious case studies, it is entertaining and insightful, a good read that will challenge any level of astrologer - particularly those in the thrall of the 8th house.
