When the ruler of the eighth house is in the ninth house, this means that you need to be careful during your travels abroad, as you may get into dangerous situations where even your life can be threatened.
This placement also means that travels abroad can be a money drain, where you even get in debt.
Another meaning of this astrological configuration is that if you’re interested in spirituality, you will dig deep to understand it, rather than being content with surface information. You are able to uncover many spiritual secrets.
The ruler of the eighth house in the ninth house also means that if you pursue higher studies, they may get you in touch with life-changing, maybe very intense or traumatic experiences, which will cause much personal growth.
You can totally focus on your studies and thus gain great insight into the subject of your study.
This placement can also mean that you may get in debt to pursue higher education, and that it could be difficult to repay this debt. It also points to a skillset that you have, which is being an excellent student as well as a teacher; but this combination itself doesn’t show whether you’ll be interested in developing such abilities further.
This placement can show death abroad, during learning, teaching, or engaging in spiritual practices. It can show that you are likely to lose things during your travels, such as money, and also other things in your possession.
It can also mean that during your travels you are likely to get involved in risky activities, and that you are likely to take more risks abroad than in your home country.
It also shows that you are likely to study or research that which others avoid, as such topics can be taboo, or something to do with death, life after death, or the spirits of the departed.
This placement can also show that you are likely to have more intimacy during travels or life abroad (especially in distant lands), and it can show sexual attraction to foreign people, those living abroad, or those highly educated. (The degree of such attraction will be shown by how prominent this mentioned astrological combination is in your chart).
Finally, the ruler of the eighth house in the ninth house can show dangers whilst pursuing higher education studies, as well as deep interest in the culture of some distant land.
