Scorpio and the 8th house are associated with death. I can’t think of where I might have read this specifically (must have been somewhere) but my personal experience tells that Scorpio and people like me with a heavy duty 8th house are not only exposed to more than their share of death, they can sense who is leaving and likewise, who is not.
I have had the experience myself, pretty routinely and have been on the other end of it as well. For example a few years ago I was called back for a suspicious mammogram and my ex (Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in Scorpio) laughed at the thought I might be ill. Very simply he knew this: I wasn’t.
In whatever case I do frequently know that someone is going to die even when others think they are not and also know people are going to be okay when others are worried and I don’t really know how or why this is.
The person is either dead (dying) or they are not and I don’t recall ever having a strong sense one way or the other and having it be off.
There is such a thing as “I don’t know” but when I do know then I know. I can’t remember the last time someone’s death came as a surprise… or their non-death for that matter.
Other Scorpio / 8th house types want to weigh in on this?
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In may case, I tell my inner circle. For example when the soldier called me to tell me his son was going back to Iraq, he was distraught. I mean, he was SHOOK (this was about 3 years ago) and I got the call in the dressing room of a clothing store where I was half naked, trying on clothes.
The soldier’s son was injured on his first deployment, he was damn near killed so you know. But I stood there and checked my gut and had a clear sense he would be okay… 20 months I think he was going for but I just thought for sure he was coming back in one piece so I said so.
I stood right there in the small room, I’d been on the phone about a minute and found myself telling him I was pretty sure he’d not be hurt.
“I know it is risky to say this… I am not trying to downplay the dangers of war, I know people get hurt and killed all the time but I am telling you that is not going to happen…” (he was imagining the worst)
I am not sure the soldier took any comfort from what I said at the time which made it even stupider to say in case something DID happen but the fact is, I could see plain as day so I told him.
After his son was sent out and had been there awhile, I think the soldier did take some comfort after awhile but I continued to tell him what I believed to be true. There were more than a few times things got very hairy where he was at but I always did see him coming home. I told his son this too, eventually.
On the flip side when satori’s young friend got cancer last year, I told her that she was going to die for sure… satori already knew.
Many of you know that satori and I met via a death (search “tale of two pisces) and we both knew about that death too.
Anyway, I say nothing “at large” but if you are a close intimate or sometimes in the case of a client, i will tell them if it seems it will be helpful either to alleviate fear or allo a person to prepare.
I really try to help people get out of the way of trucks I can see coming. Anything else seems unconscionable. Also, to leave someone to worry when they might be reassured is pretty lousy too.
Oh God. Elsa, for the past several months, I have felt reluctant to contribute here, compared to how often I was contributing in the months before, for this very reason. It’s an energy that’s just felt too dark and mysterious and I fear, too crazy to others.
I don’t even want to share who I sense this about (there’s more than one person)..or why. I don’t talk about it with anybody, and don’t know if I can unless I learn how to manage the energy. But in one way or another, I see how it’s always been with me.
I have Gemini sun in 8th. Pluto’s transit through Cap must be triggering my intense awareness?? I wish I knew what to do with it.
The fact that you even posted this–wow.
Hi Elsa! I have Chiron in the 8th house. In 9/06 my Grandparents visited and I knew my beloved Grandfather was dying the moment I laid eyes on him. He was extremely skinny, checked out emotionally, etc. I voiced my concerns without mentioning my premonition. Sadly, he was diagnosed with cancer in 1/07 and passed 9 months later.
Thanks for sharing your story, love your blog!
JinJan
With 3 personal planets in the 8th and Pluto involved I do have this knowing but there is a paradox because though I am prepared, when it happens, the reality of it comes as a shock anyway. I’m not sure why that is.
Thank you Elsa!
I asked him at the funeral to let me know if he’s all right. Next morning I got up to pack, turned the lamp on, got to business when the lamp suddenly turned off and on. Year later, I was in my Grandmother’s garage (his former domain)when a hose fell off a stand suddenly. Wasn’t standing near it, no breeze, put the hose back on the stand and shook it, but it wouldn’t fall off. I know it was him, which brings great peace and acceptance. 
I have an empty 8th house but I can be pretty good with knowing someone’s time is almost up. Maybe all my scorpio stuff.
Sadly there is someone I know now, my brother-in-law’s dad, he has been ill, and I saw him and I just know, he does not have much time left.
JinJan, I’m on board with you, I have personally experienced communications with loved ones passing, (according to James Van Pragg, check out his books) most often passed ones stick around for about a year to ensure that their loved ones are ok, and they love to use electronics. I’ve seen/heard and from close friends, unusual bird sightings, radios being turned on, radios turned on their side, a hat or garments showing up in unusual places, banging on walls at night, a beautiful feather appearing out of nowhere in the foyer, a significant old song played from someone’s car in a parking lot, etc. etc
Had very telling dreams before my mother died. Yeah, i always “know” things in regards to family, i get the “feeling.”
Not sure if this extends to anyone else though. I can feel trauma around a person (from their past) much much more than i can feel death/dying around them.
Hmm. Actually, i may be wrong, i just take it for granted what i see/understand intuitively. Moon and pluto conjunct in 1st. Chiron in 8th.
Both me and my little brother have this ability…
One week befor we found my dad , I knew he was dead…It just came to me suddently….the day before my grandmother died , by brother had to call her after not speaking to her for almost 2 years…he just felt he had to call, he felt something was up..
My moon’s in my eighth, and I’ve three strong planets in Scorpio. All I can say is… welcome to my world. I’ve had the same, uh,…issue? Talent?
Experience! I’ve had the same experience since I was a kid.
Chiron, North node and Saturn in the 8th and Scorpio Mars Moon – couple of weeks ago I had a dream I was on a plane from America to England – i.e. west to east. There was a sunbird on the plane that I was very worried about. I kept going to check on him. Towards the end of the flight I was very worried as the bird could no longer fly and was lying upside down.
5 days later I heard a wailing sound and walked outside to discover my neighbour had died.
I am unable to pinpoint exactly, but everytime there is a message precursing the passing. I also receive dreams/images after the death…like my grandmother flying free and gloriously happy after living in extreme pain with arthritis and then passing.
Mari – will definitely check out the author you mentioned. Thank you! Another incident happened in Lake Tahoe a year after his death. Walking in the forest with my family, with me straggling behind when suddenly I see a pine cone standing upright in my path with no other pine cones nearby. Another sign.
moonpluto – I also have Pluto in the 1st and this placement seems to lend to the ability to sense and ‘see’ into people, which in my experience makes them uncomfortable.
Yes, I know when close relatives or friends are about to pass away, and I think it’s not because of my sensitivity but because they contact me before it happens. Sun ruler of the 8th house conjunct Pluto.
I have Uranus and Pluto in my 8th house, which explains why there have been so many deaths in my life – of people, relationships, friendships, jobs and homes. Tho’ thankfully this has also brought multiple regeneration in the same areas.
sometimes in the case of a client, i will tell them if it seems it will be helpful either to alleviate fear or allo a person to prepare.
Thanks Elsa- This is what I was digging for.
My mom has that ability. She always knows. She has an 8th house Saturn and told me to go, got me there in time to say good bye to my 1st husband. long story. other incidences as well.
Yes Jinjan, and i dont like it when scorpios do it to me! Makes me uncomfortable! Scorpio types are deeply deeply perceptive and i like to hide in my Cancerian shell. They r the only ones i cant fool
The 8th house always fascinates me. I’ve had so many weird experiences with my own 8th house in Scorpio. I haven’t been able to perceive death for anyone close, but then again, I haven’t lost anyone close up to this point (knock wood).
I used to have premonitions about celebrity deaths, but this hasn’t happened in a while.
Elsa, you may have already written about this, but after reading your post, it dawned on me why you are so perfect for the soldier. Because of your 8th house, you may be the only person who can take care of his moon and intensity of his life. Beautiful.
Michele, you may be right but in reverse, I think he is the only one who can take care of my Moon.
That must be a wonderful feeling.
Hope there are no trucks coming this way…but I’m preparing for the worst and hoping for the best…:)
My Scorpio was surrounded by death growing up, he lost three good friends to suicide. Now he works in a hospital with what he calls “the living dead”.
yes.
but i still don’t really trust it yet. it’s scary.
Hey Elsa, I love your blog:
Almost identical to your ex, I have Sun, Merc, Venus and Neptune in Scorpio. Fortunately, I have not lost many loved ones, but I have lost a couple dear friends when we were very young. But the reason I’m writing is because I’m wondering if you or any of your readers have had any experiences like these, which I have from time-to-time. I can be walking down a busy street or driving through town and see a stranger at a bus stop or walking on the sidewalk, and I can just know he or she is near death. It’s not invisible, there is a color or lack thereof to the person’s skin, a sort of dead energy emanating from him or her. It’s not an aura exactly, but a little like those toys we had as kids where you could see right through the person’s skin to their veins and organs underneath. It’s as if the person’s soul is starting to leave and it leaves a visible void.
I’ve never told anyone about this because I worry they’d think I was nuts. So I’m telling YOU!!!
Oh, and Venus is in Scorpio in my eighth house.
Hi Lisa, I can relate. I see something similar and think, “Dead man walking”. If I am in the right company, I just say it, “That’s a dead man. See that man right there? He’s dying.”
I have Chiron in the 8th house, and my Moon (4th house Capricorn) is trine my Chiron (8th house Taurus). My chiron is square my neptune, conjunct my mercury, opposite my uranus, and square my saturn.
Recently I’ve had some odd experiences. Twice so far I’ve had dreams that someone died, and a week later the person died. Both have occurred in the last month. Also, I keep having dreams about twin boys, and people who have two boys keep popping up into my life.
Can you comment on my Chiron placement? Also, should I expect these dreams to occur more frequently in the future, and what would be the best way to handle this?
*These are not the first psychic experiences I’ve had, but these are the most clear and recent. I feel like my abilities are getting stronger.
Oh…also my Sun and Mercury fall in the 8th house.
Thanks Elsa…Happy New Years Eve
Last monday a good girl friend of mine died of cancer, she was a scorp, like me
we were part of a japanese tea creemony group, so our teacher a japanese stop talking to another very dear person of the group. one of the things my friend wanted to do in life was to arrange a reconciliation between them, at the end she did it, at her funeral.
I couldnt help thinking of astrology when this happened,
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I have an empty eighth house. Neptune resides in Scorpio all by herself. Still, I grok what you are saying and seem to have this ability myself, not perhaps to the same degree, but what I am curious about is… What do you do with that information?