I found this really astute article about Credit Card debt and the 8th house.  It gives a very good overview of what to watch for in order to be conscious about potential debt issues.  I would also add to these guidelines another note: mortgages are also governed by the 8th house, as are stocks, bonds, banking and any other type of shared financial ‘hallucination.’ *I am using the word hallucination because it really is all just a hallucination of numbers once you look at the complicated, and mostly mental formulas used to determine how money works in these markets.*

Mortgages are most relevant now, since there has been a huge downturn in the housing market (I’ve been talking about this for the past 2 years), and I expect the downtrend to last for at least another 18 months.  But, for the beginning Astrologer, one of the things to watch for is what planets might be in your own 8th house that are getting aspected, or what planets might be traveling through your 8th house.