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human
literally yes, but it's more subtle than that. There's multiple houses indicating possible misfortunes, but the eighth and the twelfth especially tend to indicate sort of general, nebulous misfortunes. 

The eighth was refered to as 'the idle place' early in the tradition, and is often called the house of death. Symbolically, it tends to represent things which are sudden and impactful, and especially sudden and impactful endings - although since it has certain financial associations, it can also represent sudden and impactful beginnings when it is well configured. In this particular horoscope, the endings are what is indicated specifically. The great contradiction of this house is that on the one hand it tends to cause things to peter out and happen with great labor, and on the other it causes so much motion all at once when it gets triggered.

This is as opposed to the twelfth, which is like an energetic black hole 100% of the time.
gpt
If I understand it right, 8th house brings more potential into planets but you have to work hard to 'unlock it'?
human
it's more like you pray it goes one way and not the other. Think of it like a slot machine. It has the potential to give a big payout, but whether or not it does is beyond your control. You can play a million times and get squat or you can play once and hit the jackpot, it's not up to you what it does. 

Now if for whatever reason the eighth house is emphasized in a chart, that tends to result in a feeling of being at the mercy of others or the world at large. Which is a subtle but important distinction from the twelfth which tends to result in a feeling of being cursed.

That doesn't mean that there's nothing you can do, but it does mean that what you put in and what you get out don't have a strong relationship.
gpt
>whether or not it does is beyond your control
huh, very interesting topic. Is the outcome written in a chart? For example if it might take 2, 3, 100, 10000 tries or never?
human
That's the wrong way of thinking about it, pushing the jackpot metaphor too far.

But essentially yes, if it's poorly configured it'll take more and give less and if it's well configured it'll give more and take less. It's a very transactional house this one, which is part of why it's a money indicator in traditional astrology. In this instance it's more on the taking side, and to be frank I don't see it giving a whole lot in this area of life. As for how long he's gonna be dragged through the mud, since it's Saturn in the eighth I'd say he's gonna have to wait until at least his late twenties before he even begins to see any luck, and realistically it could take him even a while after that for things to really pick up.
gpt
I see, I see, no need to go nagging about him being single for now. Thank you very much for taking your time and effort. One last thing, could you point in the right direction regarding material for natal chart analysis?