Second House in Astrology

The Second House rules Family, Money matters, fortune, profit, gain or loss, one's power and resources, worldly attainments and possession of extrinsic value, jewellery, precious stones, bonds, securities and shares, speech, vision, Right eye, type of Food we Eat, Throat, Moveable Property, Possessions, memory, imagination, nails, tongue, nose, teeth, chin, family members. This is also a house of death or maraka sthana.

Second house denotes money, the financial fortunes; it shows what the person acquires by individual effort to a certain extent what use he will make of it.

2nd House Being the

• 2nd from the 1st - All Transactions involving Money;
• 12th from 3rd - Losses, Hospitalization, Imprisonment of Younger Co-borns & Neighbours; 
• 11th from the 4th - Social Activities & Profits of Mother;
• 10th from the 5th - Career interests of Children, their Reputation and Performance in School (or) College;
• 9th from the 6th - Journeys of Maternal Relatives;
• 8th from the 7th - Bequests & Legacies through Wife (or) Husband;
• 7th from the 8th - Death of Wife/Husband;
• 6th from the 9th - it shows the ill-health, debts & enemies of Father and Preceptors;
• 5th from the 10th - Investments & Speculations in Career;
• 4th from the 11th - shows the Homes of Friends;
• 3rd from the  12th - Short Journeys of Secret Enemies.

Basic Significations of Bhava: Wealth, speech, family, food, drink, jewels, precious gems, precious metals, movable property, ornaments, clothes, vision, quality of face, hair, mouth, teeth, tongue, jaw & voice; spoken & facial expression, cheerfulness, self-confidence, creative imagination, learning, education, educators, memory, fixity of mind, oral expression of knowledge, sources of income, maintenance of others.

Uttrarakalamritam Section 5, Sloka 1½ - 3 :: Relating to Action, Function or Doing of the 2nd bhava: The following are to be determined from the second Bhava : 

(1) speech (2) wealth (3) belief in sacred tradition (4) supporting others (5) nails (6) enjoyment (7) truth and falsehood (8) tongue (9) eyes (10) garment (11) diamond (12) copper (13) gem (14) pearl (15) determination (16) perfume (incense) (17) family relationship (18) trade (19) softness of speech (20) liberality (21) effort in the acquisition of wealth (22) friendship (23) friend (24) splendour (25) miserliness in spending (26) clear oratorical ability (27) scholarship (28) gold (29) good silver (30) corn (31) modesty (32) nose (33) firmness of mind (34) a close dependant (35) rules of going and coming and (36) living power.

A profile of 2nd bhava: personal values as absorbed from extended family upbringing , speech , mouth, teeth, jaws, tongue, your family's wealth & status, the food you eat (most basic form of wealth is certainly food) , personal material assets , moral and aesthetic values, taste in art & design , the extended family's full set of values including their wealth , 2nd house is banking, in the root sense of "holding in" (as in a river bank holding in the river, a money bank holding in the money, etc.), the connection between money and speech is well known. The longer a family has held wealth, the more refined its speech and aristocratic values become.

BPHS Ch. 13, Shloka 4 : Parivartamsha yoga of L-2 in house-11 with L-11 in house-2 --- also, L-2 yuti L-11 in Kendra or kona. If Dhana lord is in Labha, while the lord of Labha in Dhana, wealth will be acquired by the native. Alternately, these two lords may join in an angle or in a trine.

BPHS Ch. 24, shloka 16: L-2 in house-4 [house-2 = 11th-from house-4] "If Dhana's lord is in Bandhu Bhava, the native will acquire all kinds of wealth."

BPHS Ch. 13 – Effects of Dhana Bhava:

3. One will be wealthy, if Guru is in Dhan, as the Lord of Dhan, or is with Mangal.

4. If Dhan Lord is in Labh, while the Lord of Labh in Dhan, wealth will be acquired by the native. Alternately these two Lords may join in an angle, or in a trine.

5. If the Lord of Dhan is in an angle, while Labh Lord is in a trine thereof, or is drishtied by, or yuti with Guru and Śukr, the subject will be wealthy.

6-7. Yogas for Poverty. One will be penniless, if the Lord of Dhan Bhava is in an evil Bhava, while the Lord of Labh Bhava is also so placed and Dhan Bhava is occupied by a malefic.

There will be penury right from birth and the native will have to beg even for his food, if the Lords of Dhan and Labh Bhava are both combust, or with malefics.

8.Loss of Wealth through the King. Should the Lords of Dhan and Labh Bhava be relegated to Ari, Randhr, or Vyaya Bhava, while Mangal is in Labh Bhava and Rahu is in Dhan Bhava, the native will lose his wealth on account of royal punishments.

11. Effortless Aquisition. If Dhan’s Lord is yuti with a benefic and is in a good division, like Paravatāńś, there will be effortlessly all kinds of wealth in the native’s family.

In slokas 12 and 13 Sage Parasara also mentions about the eyes and speech in relation to the Dhana Lord.

12. Eyes. If Dhan Lord is endowed with strength, the native will possess beautiful eyes.

Should the said Grah be in Ari, Randhr, or Vyaya Bhava, there will be disease, or deformity of eyes.

13. Untruthful Person. If Dhan Bhava and its Lord are yuti with malefics, the native will be a talebearer, will speak untruth and will be afflicted by windy diseases.

Karakas:

• Shukra naturally brings pleasure & comfort

• Guru naturally brings abundance & ease

• Budha naturally brings manipulative skill

• Any graha which is properly located & aspected can confer material wealth.

Anthya Vayasi Dhana Yoga - wealth late in life :Lords of L-1 and L-2, are yuti each other and yuti a benefic, and strong in lagna .

Balya Dhana Yoga: - wealth early in life :L-2 and L-10 in a kendra, and also aspected by Lord of Navamsha occupied by Ascendant Lord.

Bahudravyarjana Yoga: lagnesha in domain-2 . L-2 in domain-11 and L-11 in lagna. The subject will earn lot of money and will amass a good fortune.

Swaveeryaddhana Yogas : lagnesha = strongest graha, lagnesha in kendra , lagnesha yuti Guru , L-2 = Vaiseshikamsa ("Vaisheshik-amsha" means that the graha must occupy a favorable sign in 13 out of 16 vargas).

The subject will earn money by his own efforts and exertions.if L-2 in kendra or trine from lagnesha or - L-2 is uccha benefic or yuti an uccha graham.

Madhya Vayasi Dhana Yoga: L-2 possessing Kalabala yuti lagnesha and L-2 & this pair must be in kendra or trine, and rec. drishti of benefics. The person will acquire money by self-effort towards the middle part of his life.

Bahudra-vyarjana Yoga: lagnesha in domain-2 + L-2 in domain-11 + L-11 in lagna. (Lord of the Lagna in the 2nd, lord of the 2nd in the 11th and the lord of the 11 thin Lagna will give rise to this Yoga) - The subject will earn lot of money and will amass a good fortune.