When the ruler of the eighth house is in the first house, this means that you naturally attract the resources of other people. You may be particularly skilled in managing them.
Also, you are likely to be the recipient of some inheritances. Whether the inheritances are big or small depends on the quality of this astrological combination and which planetary ruler it is.
This placement can also show that you exude a mystical aura which intrigues. You may also be a magnet of the phenomena that are secretive, of dark nature, or to do with death or life-changing experiences.
Another meaning is that you may be a seductive or sensual person, or you may attract experiences to do with seduction, intimacy, and suchlike.
The ruler of the eighth house in the first house can give near-death experiences and your life being transformed as a result. You are likely to make personal and spiritual progress through traumatic or in any other way intense experiences.
If this combination is afflicted, it can point to a dark past life, and therefore you would do well observing yourself objectively and rooting out all the negative character features. Those people who keep attracting negative events to themselves need such an examination of self the most.
This placement may show that you attract dangerous, maybe even life-threatening, events because of your own actions. So with this placement, it’s very important to neutralize all the causes of possible dangerous effects, through the observation of oneself.
Meditation would really help such natives, as through objective observation all the seeds of negative characteristics can be destroyed, preventing some unfortunate incident.
Also, you need to pay attention to the repetitive remarks that you get from the world about your character and actions, as these are likely to be correct. It’s sometimes difficult to see our own shortcomings, yet to the world they can be obvious.