The 2nd House, I own so I am !
- Attached to Taurus (and to Venus), symbolizing “I have”
- Axis of possessions
- Mode : Fixed (Succedent)
- Element : Earth (the matter)
The 2nd House represents your holdings, your assets, your material possessions, your acquisitions (purchases of physical goods), your money (your income, your standard of living, managing budgets), your enrichment… Here we must understand money and materialism not as an end in itself but as a tool to support existence and well-being.
But the “acquired” of the 2nd House also correspond in the sense of spiritual acquisitions or learnings, in the sense of the bases of your experiences, your intellect, your education.
In a broader sense, the 2nd House includes everything that involves your attachments and possessiveness, everything that you feel as being “owner“, everything that is valuable to you (including causes or even people sometimes for possessive person), your connections to things, your “conservatism” (the need for stability and security), your need to collect, your thirst for accumulation…
The Sign in the 2nd House indicates which behaviour will dominate your acquisitions, the management of your capital and all your attachments. It is the “anabolism”, the synthesis of assimilation, by extension, it is also physical resistance and personal consciousness.
In natal chart, the energies of the Planets in the 2nd House and their Aspects will accentuate or weight your personality, your attitude towards money and acquired knowledges.
The transits in the 2nd House therefore activate all notions of belonging and influence the possessions you are intending to make or sell (purchase or sale of a property, for example).
Analyzing the 2nd House :
- First look at its opposite house, the 8th House, symbolizing crises.
- Then look at the Squares : the 5th House, the 11th House (Succedent Houses, representing security)
- Take into account the Trines : the 6th House, the 10th House (Houses of Earth, representing matter)
Planets Rulerships Analogy :
With the 2nd House we are in the hemisphere of introversion, of our secret world, of material, of the inner life.
See the Astrological Houses.