8th House (Randhra Bhava)
Transformation, shared resources, the hidden, regeneration
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8th House (Randhra Bhava) (Bhava)
Transformation, shared resources, the hidden, regeneration
One of the twelve domains of life in Vedic astrology. Each house corresponds to a specific area of human experience — from the self to society to the spiritual. In the garden, each bed embodies a house through its plants.
Body parts: Eliminative & reproductive organs, colon
Paired sign: Scorpio"Scorpio teaches depth and alchemy. Every harvest here becomes sauce, ferment, or dried medicine: summer transformed into the winter pantry."
Tend the life-domain of this house the way you'd tend its bed.
Plants of this House (8)
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Pacifies Vata & PittaTaste: Bitter; PungentEnergy: Cooling
Elderberry
Elder
Sambucus nigra / canadensis
Pacifies Vata & KaphaTaste: Sweet; Sour; AstringentEnergy: Cooling
Garlic
Allium sativum
Pacifies Vata & Kapha; aggravates PittaTaste: Pungent (5 of 6 tastes)Energy: Heating
Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
Pacifies Kapha & Vata; aggravates PittaTaste: Bitter; PungentEnergy: Heating
Plum
Prunus domestica
Pacifies Vata; balances PittaTaste: Sweet; Sour; AstringentEnergy: Cooling
Snake Bean
Yardlong Bean
Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis
Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Sweet; AstringentEnergy: Cooling
Wormwood
Artemisia absinthium
Pacifies Kapha; aggravates Pitta & VataTaste: BitterEnergy: Heating