Hunter S. Thompson has Mars in the 8th house, strong in Scorpio. Diginified by a trine to the Sun in Cancer and a sextile to Jupiter in Capricorn. Saturn retrograde on the Ascendant.
Kurt Cobain has no planets in the 8th house. Venus in the 7th opposes r. Uranus on the Ascendant, lending some credence to conspiracy theories around his death. 8th house is in Aries and so ruled by Mars in Scorpio.
Robin Williams has Mars in the 8th house, in Fall (Cancer), conjunct Uranus, square Jupiter in Aries, square Neptune in Libra, sextile Venus in Virgo (Fall).
Sylvia Plath does not have Mars in the 8th house. She does have mutual reception between the Sun in the 8th house in Scorpio and Mars in the sixth house in Leo, and therefore, mutual reception between the Sun and Mars. The cusp of her 8th house is in Libra; Venus is in Fall in Virgo but otherwise diginified by trine to Saturn and sextile to Uranus.
I think we can tentatively conclude that some involvement of Mars and Scorpio in the 8th house does seem to portend suicide.
How about some non-suicides?
Winston Churchill's 8th house is in Aries. Mars is in his first house, in Detriment in Libra, loosely conjunct Jupiter. The Moon's North node and a retrograde Neptune sit on his 8th house cusp.
George H.W. Bush's 8th house is in Pisces. Neptune in Leo, distantly conjunct the first house cusp. Aquarius is on the 8th house cusp, square to his Sun. Mars is right on the cusp of the 7th house, in Aquarius. One imagines that Barbara wore the pants in that family.
Leonard Nimoy's 8th house is in Gemini. Mercury is in Aries, conjunct Uranus, square Jupiter. Scorpio is rising in his chart and Mars is in the last degree of Cancer in the 9th house.
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Hunter S. Thompson has Mars in the 8th house, strong in Scorpio. Diginified by a trine to the Sun in Cancer and a sextile to Jupiter in Capricorn. Saturn retrograde on the Ascendant.
Kurt Cobain has no planets in the 8th house. Venus in the 7th opposes r. Uranus on the Ascendant, lending some credence to conspiracy theories around his death. 8th house is in Aries and so ruled by Mars in Scorpio.
Robin Williams has Mars in the 8th house, in Fall (Cancer), conjunct Uranus, square Jupiter in Aries, square Neptune in Libra, sextile Venus in Virgo (Fall).
Sylvia Plath does not have Mars in the 8th house. She does have mutual reception between the Sun in the 8th house in Scorpio and Mars in the sixth house in Leo, and therefore, mutual reception between the Sun and Mars. The cusp of her 8th house is in Libra; Venus is in Fall in Virgo but otherwise diginified by trine to Saturn and sextile to Uranus.
I think we can tentatively conclude that some involvement of Mars and Scorpio in the 8th house does seem to portend suicide.
How about some non-suicides?
Winston Churchill's 8th house is in Aries. Mars is in his first house, in Detriment in Libra, loosely conjunct Jupiter. The Moon's North node and a retrograde Neptune sit on his 8th house cusp.
George H.W. Bush's 8th house is in Pisces. Neptune in Leo, distantly conjunct the first house cusp. Aquarius is on the 8th house cusp, square to his Sun. Mars is right on the cusp of the 7th house, in Aquarius. One imagines that Barbara wore the pants in that family.
Leonard Nimoy's 8th house is in Gemini. Mercury is in Aries, conjunct Uranus, square Jupiter. Scorpio is rising in his chart and Mars is in the last degree of Cancer in the 9th house.
Tentative conclusion stands.