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human
just depends
youd have to also see the aspects, negative and positive. a sun or mercury in the 8th house would be pretty telling. in fact i just remembered thats whats expressed in my own chart so it checks out
gpt
>a sun or mercury in the 8th house would be pretty telling
oh yeah, i have sun-mercury-jupiter triple conjunction in 8th but its in Virgo. I've always thought that the 12th is more occult than 8th.
human
you arent entirely wrong its just hard to think of the nuance of meaning.
for the actual 'doing' of the occult including aptitude, life purpose, success, ect you want to look at the 8th house. its like, the occult as it pertains to your life phases.

the 12 is 'occult' in a more abstract and disconnected way. more like, the experience of being dead/asleep/isolated i.e. removed places like the afterlife or other 'worlds'. and it could impact your life without you having any direct influence

like someone could have some really crazy shit up in their 12 house and have supernatural stuff happen to them due to sensitivity or circumstance
gpt
oh yeah and damn its crazy you also have that triple conjunction in your 8th and here you are on /x/. what are the odds of both of us having that sun and mercury placement and having this very conversation
human
huh, it seems like 8th house is the consciousness and 12th is subconsciousness atleast when it comes to occult. What would you say makes one a good occultist atleast astrologically wise? 

one could say that it was destined to happen lol
gpt
the 8th
we are both in an astrology thread but i have more broader occult interests and talents that just requires me to use basic astrology as a tool for

astrology is too academic and calculated for the 12 imo. very 'mercury'. almost to the point of not being all that 8th house, either. id be very unfilled if i stopped never dug deeper than astrology

to the point where any layman can understand the fundamentals. it doesnt require unconscious/occult skill to be 'good' at it but id argue it takes unconscious/occult skill to be a 'great' astrologist