Pluto in House Eight

In order to understand these placements, the entire chart must be analyzed. These generic definitions are only the tip of the iceberg in the larger script of your life.

Pluto in the Eight House:
The Need to Regenerate

Pluto in the Eighth House has "team advantage" since it rules the Eighth House.  Pluto is associated with the Tarot Card: Death and here, in the Eighth House we see that play out in so many ways!!
Think of death in terms of passing from one state to another, the ultimate regeneration.  The Phoenix Rising from its ashes.  Destroy and rebuild. Reinventing yourself. Detoxing to purify. Changing appearance after emotional upheaval.
The Eighth House also has to do with inheritances and legacies, money that comes to you after someone's death.
Benjamin Franklin said that there are only two things certain in life: Death and Taxes.
Neither can be avoided, for sure! Therefore, we find both things in the eighth house.
The IRS is an eighth house element as are accountants, estate agents and lawyers. Wills belong here.

When you have Asteroid Karma, for example, in the eighth house this implies karma that can no longer be avoided.  It also points to karma that has to do with receiving money from others possibly due to lifetimes of selfless work and good deeds.

The Eighth House also rules Sex since orgasm (little death) is a release both physical and spiritual where we experience a moment of total transcendence.

Before we address all Eighth House influences, having Pluto here should either make you feel extremely comfortable with all these items to a point of pride or make you so afraid of them you run for the hills. You can also refer to my post: Pluto the Badass Planet
for a more comprehensive list.

Death
Sex
Magic
Taxes
Taboos
Witchcraft
Inheritance
Ghosts
The paranormal
Darkness

The eighth house in an astrological chart marks the end (death) of the material houses 1-7 and initiates our entrance into the spiritual houses 9-12. In houses 9 through 11 we must step out of our comfort zone and can no longer hide.  The 12th house is our goal and destination but we must travel through 9th, 10th and 11th to get there.  The eighth house gives us this opportunity for transition.
Since it is straddled between the lower and higher hemispheres of the chart, anything pertaining to the physical realm encountering the spiritual is highlighted. This is also why this house rules paranormal investigators, mediums and ghosts versus spirit guides, God, soulmates, Twin Flames and spirituality.
Those belong to the higher realms (12th house) where the human experience is long forgotten.
In the eighth house, the human experience is "fresh" so anything attached to earth from spiritual realms lives here. It is also the house of Ouija boards.

Pluto in the Eighth House can imply a fascination with death as in the following three examples of most infamous killers: Adolf Hitler, John Wayne Gayce, Lizzie Borden. All three had Pluto in Eighth House.

Celebrities with Pluto in the Eighth House whose fascination with death and the occult defined their passion
Zak Baagans, Paranormal Investigator from Travel Channel hit series "Ghost Adventures" and
H.P. Lovecraft and Nostradamus.

Celebrities with Pluto in the Eighth House who experienced the tragic death of a loved one:
Jackie O, Liam Neeson, Bobby Brown, Robert Wagner, Sydney Pollack,  Anna Maria Pier Angeli (James Dean's true love. The two could not be together and had to hide their liaison).

Celebrities with Pluto in the Eighth House whose tragic deaths had epic impact:
Princess Diana, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley.

As far as Legacies and Inheritance, Tori Spelling, the heiress to the Spelling fortune also has Pluto in Eighth House.

Let's talk about Sex, Baby! Here are some scary sexy celebrities with Pluto in the Eighth House:

Grace Jones, Monica Bellucci, Brigitte Bardot, Marlon Brando, Russell Crowe, Gwen Stefani, Clint Eastwood, Colin Ferrel, Cary Grant, Robert Plant, Daniel Day Lewis, Steven Tyler, Tyrone Power, Katherine Hepburn, Bettie Davies, Patti Smith, Raquel Welch, Dennis Rodman, Silvana Mangano, Val Kilmer, Linda Lovelace, Tom Waits, Dennis Hopper, Vivienne Westwood, Linda Ronstadt, Anjelica Huston, Anne Bancroft, Kiki of Montparnasse, Giancarlo Giannini.

Also, a celebrity that was persecuted and imprisoned due to his sexual orientation was Oscar Wilde.

Pluto also rules obsessions and the exposing of secrets. Some individuals known for their genius and obsessive research are: Leonardo DaVinci, Galileo Galilei, Machiavelli, and Isaac Newton.

Since Pluto is always power no matter what house, we will also find great political figures. Some that have Pluto in Eighth House are:
Angela Markel, Winston Churchill, Charles DeGaulle, Margaret Thatcher, Joe Biden and Noam Chomsky.

So how does this all apply to people with Pluto in the Eighth House?

The name of your game is regeneration by facing your demons and deepest fears.  Make a list of all the things connected with the Eighth House that frighten you. Then see how some of those things have somehow affected you in this incarnation.  The scary ones that have no bearing on your life you can easily discard.  Pluto calls for empowerment around fears in the eighth house. We must face our demons with this placement or in some lucky cases...cash a big check that will empower us for sure!
Think about all the way you can empower yourself with Pluto in this exact placement.
If you cannot figure out, book a consultation with me and we will dig to the bottom of it, Plutonian style.