![]() We’re afraid to admit that there comes a point at which our life will be demanded of us. We chase after treatments and medical interventions that prolong life at the cost of quality of life. We ignore making a living will and durable power of attorney because we have somehow convinced ourselves that debilitating accidents, even death, couldn’t possibly happen to us. ![]() We consent to be left on ventilators while our bodies wither away-or rather, we make that decision on behalf of loved ones who cannot make that decision for themselves. Rather than learning to greet Death as an old friend (who does not have the final word), we resist, we fight, or worst of all, we ignore it. The reality is that most people in contemporary Western culture don’t know how to talk about death.Īt least, they don’t know how to talk about death in any kind of helpful capacity. Understanding the eighth house in astrology It’s time to talk the Unavoidables: death and taxes. The eighth house deals with powerful forces which lie beyond the ken of our ability to manage or mitigate, and the attendant emotions that those forces conjure within us. ![]() ![]() You can only control how you respond to these inevitable influences. There are forces in your life over which you have no control. In the spirit of the eighth house, let me get this out of the way at the beginning: ![]()
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