Sappho in the 8th House

“Silence is a source of great strength.”
Lao Tzu

Disclaimer: This article only serves as subjective guidance for your self-development.

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1. You Have Intense Emotions

With Sappho in the 8th House, you feel emotions in a very deep, intense way. Your passions run hot, and when you care for someone or something, you care with every fiber of your being. Love, excitement, hurt – you experience each emotion profoundly. For you, a true union must touch the marrow of your brain and run in the veins of your heart.

Your emotions also have a mysterious quality to them, even to yourself. You have very complex inner layers that reveal themselves slowly over time. Peel your onion, and you’ll find intensity, passion, and armor to guard your soft underbelly.

Sometimes, the Sappho in the 8th House suggests past hurts and emotional wounds tied to your intimacy issues or sexuality. You may struggle to entirely open your heart due to fear of pain. Deep down, your craving for total soul-merging in relationships battles with your guardedness.

You have a true heart, but one that must feel totally safe to fully open without caution or defenses. Earning your unbridled vulnerability is no easy feat. Protecting against further wounds or repeating past mistakes prevents you from recklessly loving others.

2. You Seek Depth in Relationships

With Sappho in the 8th House, you yearn for co-mingling souls in your relationships. Anything superficial could immediately turn you off. You want bonded souls over butterflies and spiritual intimacy over starry eyes.

For you, a true partnership means not two halves combining to create a whole, but two whole combining to make each other half of the whole. You desire relationships that leave you forever changed on a soul level, evolving you into a higher state of being. Casual flings could never satisfy you.

With the 8th House Sappho, you crave relating psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. Small talk and surface conversations drain you. You come alive when diving into the deep end with someone – exploring taboos, shadows, and secrets that bond you. A partner must meet your intensity.

Love, to you, is liberating repressed parts of yourself and giving someone else the key. It’s about the death of your ego and the rebirth of your spiritual self, facing fears together, and stripping down walls between two hearts. You need the finish line to be total spiritual consummation.

3. You Invest Emotionally in Deep Bonds

Your 8th House Sappho suggests you don’t open your heart often, but when you do, the floodgates open. You invest deeply in soul bonds and feel things profoundly for your cherished one. Your devotion is bone-deep.

Once you do fall, you fall hard. The object of your desire may consume all your mental space. You think about them constantly, and every cell of your body craves union. You may feel pulls so strongly that it’s like being magnetized.

Letting people get close to you feels risky, so if you grant access behind your walls, it’s only for those who genuinely wish to know and embrace your soul. With trusted companions, you join lives emphatically, sharing everything. Holding back is impossible; you’re all in.

Your passion comes out in dramatic acts of service, effusive affection, and tokens of commitment. You spare no expense or effort for true love. Those you welcome into your inner sanctum have you, wholly.

Asteroid Sappho in Astrology

Sappho, also known as asteroid 80 Sappho, was discovered by Norman Pogson in 1864, representing the principle of romantic and artistic sensitivity.

Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos in ancient Greece in the 6th century BC. She was renowned as one of the greatest lyric poets of her era. Many of her poems expressed deep affection for female lovers. This led later cultures to associate her with female homosexuality, though the reality of her life and love is unknown.

According to Asteroid Goddesses, Sappho was renowned for her ability to express many kinds of love languages, including solo and multiple, married and unmarried, heterosexual and lesbian, and maternal.

Sappho’s energy is believed to be more subtle than Eros, representing aesthetic refinement, sexual preference, and creative self-expression in the birth chart.

By embracing the energy of Sappho, we can tap into the power of creativity, artistic expression, and love. Whether it’s through writing poetry, creating art, or exploring our true sexual nature, Sappho can help unleash our creative potential and experience the transformative power of love.