Second House in Astrology

Today, we are going to discuss the second house in Astrology.  As you may well know, there are twelve houses in the Astrology chart.  These houses reflect different areas of life.  The second house is naturally ruled by the sign Taurus and its planetary ruler is Venus.  This house governs such things as monetary structures involving possessions and finances.  It is considered a house of material structure and provides you, if well aspected in your Natal chart, opportunities to accumulate material abundance and in turn provides material security.

The second house also deals with security on different levels such as emotional security.  If this house is well aspected, it delivers inner feelings of security, although quite often this security on the earthly plane comes from knowing that your finances are in order.  If this house and its ruler, which is defined by the sign on the cusp and its planetary ruler, (for example if you have Aquarius on the second house cusp the ruling planet would be Uranus), is under stressful aspect, then the second house would be under developmental pressure.

If planets in this house or the ruling planet of this house have challenging aspects, then often the individual will have issues about personal worth.  Anxieties in this area of life will become increasingly evident and the individual will have to confront these issues and undergo some transformation to gain insight into why they feel this way about themselves.  If left unchecked, these apprehensions can mature into traumatic life issues that hinder the person in their overall development.

Another way this energy can be released, if challenging aspects hinder this area of life, is through issues dealing with your own personal finances.  The person can experience shortages and have to work diligently to overcome these deficiencies.  It should, however, be noted that even if a house is under stressful conditions in the Natal chart through careful deliberation, concentrated focus and hard work, one can overcome any conditions found in the Birth chart.  All challenging aspects are stepping stones to achievement and often have the effect of pushing the person to work harder than most.  The end result of this work is achieving greater success in their life.

If the second house is well aspected and has planetary links such as Jupiter or Venus well aspected in this house, then there is potential for an easy life with more financial opportunities than average.  If Pluto is in the second house (for example favourably aspecting Jupiter or Venus in the second house), then the chances for financial abundance and security in life are highly accentuated. 

A Birth or Natal chart will speak of this area of your life as well as other areas as defined by planetary house positions and the aspects to these locations.

 

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