This planet really resonates with me. It seems to fill a gap that my natal chart didn't explain. I definitely feel that having had these experiences, my challenge has been to rise above the victim-sympathy payoff cycle to assist others who've been through similar experiences. In a strange way, this has been a very valuable experience. I have so much more compassion for a wider range of people.

I recently had the opportunity to be witness to some incredible healing that occurred when several people who had at some point been the perpetrator of a sexual assault, shared how that affected them. I'm not condoning the act, but the pain behind it, that drove it, was a revelation to me. To know that there is pain on both sides inspired so much compassion. In that same instance I was profoundly inspired to see men and women who had been victims of similar acts, rise up and, as one, forgive those who had been the perpetrators. I feel that this entire experience is the epitome of what 8th house Sedna represents to me. The transitioning from the lower octave, victimization, to the higher octaves, forgiveness, compassion, and empathy for those in similar straits.