The 2nd House in Astrology: Meaning and Planets
The 2nd house covers what you own and what you value: money, possessions, earning power and the sense of your own worth that sits underneath them.
| Also called | House of Resources |
|---|---|
| Covers | money, possessions, earning, self-worth |
| Natural sign | Taurus |
| Natural ruler | Venus |
| Type | Succedent house |
What the 2nd house covers
The 2nd house describes your relationship with material security: how you earn, how you spend, what you consider worth paying for and how much you need to feel safe. It is also read for talents you can be paid for.
Astrologers often link it to self-worth because the two move together: people tend to earn in line with what they believe they are worth.
Planets in the 2nd house
Jupiter or Venus here are traditional signs of easier income. Saturn here describes money earned slowly and kept carefully. Uranus here describes irregular income and sudden changes. The Moon here ties security to feelings.
An empty 2nd house
An empty 2nd house is common and says nothing bad about money. Read the sign on its cusp for your style of earning and spending, and the house of its ruler for where the money comes from.
A worked example
Taurus on the 2nd house cusp with its ruler Venus in the 10th: income through a visible career connected to beauty, design or people.
Every planet in the 2nd house
Each page below gives the meaning of one planet in the 2nd house and which sign it has to be in for each rising sign.
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