Fundamentals of Vedic Astrology- Behari

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12 houses

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There are 30 quadrillion you tube videos if you just type something basic as second house vedic
astrology. All grahas and their combos in the houses are dealt with.

house is a poor translation for the word Bhava. Bhava is both a state of existence and a state of
mind. So it is home verses house. A summation of all experiences of that aspect of life.

Bhavas are cosmic looms on which the grahas weave the tapestry of life from the yarn of karmas.

iN the vastest meaning of the wordsas follows

One of Jyotishs tasks is to teach you what your dharma actually is. Planets in Moksha bhava will
forward their work through the lens of Moksha.

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The third house is not as much of a dusthana as the other 3

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Upachya means improvement. Some improvement is possible. Note that 3 and 6 are both
dushthanas and upachyas

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Any and all connection to 2 and 7 can be the killers.

Pijan calls it family, finance and food!

Called Kutumb bhava or Dhana bhava

Remember that this house belongs to the Sea of Immutability as per Behari. It is what it is and must
be endured. It is not the result of effort or action but that which is given. He gave it the image of the
Churning of the Ocean.

Like all the 4 which belong to this Immutable sea- the bhavat bhavam principle yields nothing but
the same house. So the 2nd is nothing else but 2nd to the 1st.

Jupiter is the karaka for wealth- like the divine treasurer type! Mercury the karaka for speech, Sun
the karaka for eyes

dhanadhnyam kutumbmca mrtyujlamamitrakam

dhturatndikam sarvam dhanasthnnnirkshayet

dhana- wealth; dhnyam- grains and cereals; kutumbm- family; ca- as well as;
mrtyujlam-death trap; mitrakam- ; dhturatndikam- precious metals and gems; sarvamall
dhanasthnn-places of wealth, such as bank or treasure box etc; nirkshayet- judge

It is that which gives immediate support to the first house. Remember it is an Artha Bhava- so
resources and sustainance again stressed. It is a material bhava. It is the house of Vishnu- the
sustainer.
This along with 4. Ie 2 and 4 should be used to see the material and psychological support found in
childhood.

In the kala purusha this is Taurass house- so belongs to Venus. Which is also a very material sign. It
sort of fits! Taurus is female, earthy and fixed. It is stable. It is just after the Kala Purusha is born- so
where the polarisation of Subjective and objective begins to crystallise.

It is the extended family. The support system of the people close to you. That which will sustain
the first house. Hence family members, close people. Pijan says, If dhana bhava and its lord are in
good condition, expect harmonious conditions within the family, ensuring the transmission of
historic lineage values = both valuable goods and conserved knowledge. Malefic drishti upon dhana
bhava indicates lack of agreement within the family line which may interrupt or thwart the
transmission of lineage values via the family.

Pijan also says and it makes sense that this is the genetics of the family you are born into.

Wealth-Because it sustains that first house, it is also that which provides the resources. Hence
accumulated money, liquid assets. Something that can be moved- ie bank accounts, cash, jewellery.
Not cars and furniture which are not easily transportable (these are fourth house). Also denotes
more of familial wealth rather than income like the 10th house or luck induced wealth like the 9th
house. E Dhilip Kumar says it is unearned wealth, in the sense that it is something you have already
paid for and earned in your past life and is just given to you this time. According to JJGandhi it also
shows the source of income and whether it is ethical or not. It shows regular, monthly, recurring
income.

Speech.The very ability to speak. Hence mouth, face, throat. The power and quality of speech. Soft
or an orator? Pijan says Jupiter is the karaka for speech. So to judge speech look at this house and
Jupiter. Aggressive, loving, harsh, cruel, expert.

Truth and untruth- what will this person speak? This gives an indication.

Food- Eating, food, preservation of food. Also drink. Liking for sweets? What are the comfort foods
reminiscent of home?

Face- attractive or ugly. Teeth- rotting or evenly placed.

Nose and perfumes

Eyes and eyesight- esp right eye. Pijan says, Both physical Eyesight and power of observation, along
with intuitive sight, are encompassed in Dhana Bhava. Interestingly, she also explains this
Traditionally dhana is more the profile of one's right eye (left brain), while vyaya bhava more
completely describes the left eye (right brain). Thus the rishis taught what lab science has only
recently confirmed: while right brain or vyaya bhava = the spatial imagination, left brain or dhana
sthana = the domain of speech. Ha!

Learning- especially and unsurprisingly oral learning. Traditional learning.

Family values. In dhana bhava, one's personal vitality and social uniqueness (bhava-1) are shaped
and supported by the values of the family history. One gains valuable information from the family
regarding one's deeper identity (beyond the body) and one Acquires the cultural values needed to
develop one's purpose in society. Ideally, the birth or adoptive family should provide information
about food, money, history, art, music, language, and how to store and accumulate values. If dhana
bhava is well-supported, one receives good food, historical knowledge,
emotional validation and material accumulation skills from the family unit. If dhana bhava is
troubled, the family-based transmission of the treasuries of knowledge + wealth may have been
corrupted. Perhaps the family are immigrants who wish to leave their past values behind. Graha in 2
may describe reasons why some families prefer not to transmit their lineage history. One may need
to look outside one's family for cultural, financial, aesthetic, historical and linguistic support. Due
typically to financial shortfall, the family-provided food may be less than nutritious,
and accumulation behaviors are dysfunctional or weak. One may lack storage skills. If dhana bhava
is uncomfortably arranged, one's family might not provide even basic food; no songs, stories or
lineage knowledge are passed along to the native; and one's access to accumulated wealth (any
more than absolute survival) may be closed for the current lifetime.

Kula Devata-- Each family follows and worships a certain deity as its family deity, which happens to
be the guiding deity of the family. These are to be reckoned from the 2nd house.

There is a pervasive theme of storing and hoarding with this bhava- this sort of makes beautiful
sense. Oral traditional teaching is passed on like a storehouse of knowledge. Libraries are associated
with this house. The family lineage or heritage is the hoarding of wealth and karma over countless
generations! L-11 indicated wealth due to earning. L-2 indicates wealth due to hoardingstored
excess wealth. Family values are over generations. L-11 is inclined to share his wealth. L-2 is inclined
to hoard his wealth and not share except with his kutumba.

When we say wealth, we are actually talking of the sustaining power - the power to buy
us food and good things in life and in times of dire needs. So we are talking of 'sanchita
dhana' meaning stored wealth. Any stored wealth which is liquidatable for purchase of
food and essentials at the time of need. Such stored wealth includes, stored foodgrains
and granaries, gold, precious metals and gems etc., or any such thing which is readily
convertible into money.

So now the question comes- why is it a maraka????

Pijan gives this explanation-

2nd-from any house can indicate saturation of matters in that house. Saturation indicates that one's
complete agenda regarding matters of that house has been fully accomplished and permission to
move to a new energy body has been earned.

A major duty in the portfolio of Dhana bhava and the L-2 is to ensure that, according to the script of
the incarnational intent, "something must die so that something else may live."

L-2 is a fierce maraka.

Dhana- bhava and yuvati bhava, the second and seventh rashi houses, are maraka =
fleshdeath bhava which show saturation with sensual experience signaling physical death.

Compare 2nd house to 8th house randhra bhava. bhava-8 shows the circumstances of one's own
death not the timing.

Divorce- because bhava-2 = 8th from 7th. Vimshottari Periods L-2 = a significant timing agent
for divorce and the announced transformation-point of established relationships. Circumstances of
an L-2 timing for divorce are such that the native has exhausted all options for further negotiation in
the current partnership *and* based on that fixed state of saturation or terminal non-movement in
the discourse of the original partnership, has already initiated another relationship.

Performance arts of voice, song, eyes: mouth, teeth, eyes, voice, speech, song, hair, face = benefits
from dhana bhavabecause-- 2 = 10th-from-5th.

From the nativities of those who enjoy a strong dhana bhava, there emerge historians, priests,
singers, artists, bankers, cooks. These natives serve as curators of the ancient hoards in food, songs,
tales, works of art, values, images, traditions, truths.

What happens to food if 2 is afflicted?- Pijan says, Food

There may be insufficient or poorly prepared or overly preserved or non-nutritious food (2) .

One may ingest improperly prepared food (spoiled, chemically altered, or otherwise damaged) and
other poisons through the mouth.

Depending on the specific malefic influence: Shani will delay but does not destroy. Kuja
is aggressive and can kill. Rahu is hungry and demonic. Ketu is passive and inert.

Too much preservative (e.g., salt) in the food, leading to tumors, is associated with Shani in
bhava-2.
Too much spice or stimulant in the food, leading to ulcers, is associated with Kuja in bhava-
2.
Too much taboo food, whatever nutrient is proscribed by the ethics of one's people, is
associated with Rahu in bhava-2. (E.g., Muslim or Jew eating pork, Hindu eating beef,
American eating horse-meat, religious "tea-total" proclaimer seen drinking alcohol, etc.
Rahu = boundary-breeching by mouth.)

What happens to finance if 2 is afflicted? Pijan says

May suffer chronic financial problem-sets due to insufficient hoarding skills or more properly
adversarial or self-destructive beliefs about hoarded resources. Special attention to the shad-
ashtaka 6/8 angle from bhava-2 which is bhava-9. Graha in 9 and dharma-pathi can indicate the
source of financial insufficiency..

These folks just cannot save money. Typically one is born into a family line that does not have a
lineage tradition of treasuries development; this lineage cannot transmit wealth values to their
children. Thus a less benevolent or blocked dhanabhava-2 may suggest being born into a lineage of
ignorance and poverty ** for the purpose of learning how to emerge (8) from it**.

Shani in 2 improves with time- as both chronological and emotional maturity improve

Some elaboration about family and Bhava 2 from Pijan

= one's own family. Assess all features of bhava-2, including the lord of the bhava, incoming drishti,
and the current vimshottari dasha period.

If there are graha in bhava-2, the family drama may be very complex.
For example, Ketu in 2 yuti no graha indicates early severance of relationship to birth family, and
relatively little meaningful contact with the lineage history. Rahu in bhava-2 indicates a strong
materialistic manifestation desire lineage; the family craves privilege.

Grahas in Bhava 2

If no graha in bhava-2, looking to the bhava-pathi and its characteristics for information about one's
family.

Surya in bhava-2 indicates that one's family of origin is theatrical, glittering, self-righteous,
egocentric, and radiantly bright. The family lineage may contain performing artists, gamers and
gamblers, politicians charismatic figures, or patriarchs. Pitrikaraka Surya suggests that the father-
figure typically has a dominant role in defining the family lineage. The vocabulary of intelligence,
uniqueness, and creativity may be a salient feature of the family identity.

Typically, children are raised with lineage values of elite independence, and taught to believe that
one's own decisions may be more authentic than others.

Family culture is rooted firmly in the paternal line; unless Chandra also occupies dhanabhava, there
is relatively little attention to the history of the mother's line.

Tendency toward high self-value in the family unit as a whole; if not balanced, may express as
arrogant or self-righteous. Such a lineage may produce executive decision-makers, politicians,
dramatists, celebrity figures, and poets. The family narrative validates a discourse of creativity and
superiority .

A favourable Sun gives beautiful eyes? Bec Sun is karaka for eyes?

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the SunAmple money, good relations, excellent
family values. Rama has this.

DM Astrology says if Sun is placed hereFamily is famous. In a good or bad way.

Chandra in bhava-2 indicates that one's family of origin is oriented to home, roots, routines,
nurturance, protection, familiar rhythms and routines. The family lineage may contain gardeners,
farmers, fisherfolk, care-givers, shelter-providers, and patriots. Matrikaraka Chandra suggests that
the mother-figure typically has a dominant role in defining the family lineage. The vocabulary of
locality, boundaries, and patriotism may be a salient feature of the family identity.

This family promotes deep emotional bonds between parents and siblings. Family culture is rooted
firmly in the maternal line.

Unless Surya also occupies bhava-2, less attention is invested into the knowledge of the father's line.

This family enjoys familiar foods and holiday gatherings; often traditional temple discourses frame
their celebratory meals.
The family culture values financial wealth as the strongest assurance of emotional security . This
lineage produces nursing caretakers who provide sustenance, shelter, and foundational education
(not advanced philosophical discourse, but definitely the basics are provided).

Often they gather near a lake or ocean, take holidays at the seacoast, or relax at a favorite fishing
spot.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Moonfamily values and relations and money
is all emotional and sentiment

DM Astrology says if Moon is placed herethe start and end of relations is emotional. If relation is
not working come out.

Mangala in bhava-2 indicates that one's family of origin is dynamic, active, and driven. The family
lineage may contain engineers, pioneers, athletes, warriors, divers and drillers, surgeons, or
inventors. Bhratrukaraka Kuja suggests that the brother-figures typically have a dominant role in
defining the family lineage. The vocabulary of competition and innovation may be a salient feature
of the family identity.

This family = pioneering, competitive, muscular, sexual, military and athletic. They see themselves as
noble "first people", champions, and "winners ". They value speed, innovation, military prowess, and
the power to initiate action.

If Mangala is unbalanced, this robust family culture may produce warlike interactions, including
violent or aggressive speech.

Family culture promotes individual selfishness. Life is a race with few winners! Every man for
himself!

Family lineage produces athletic musculature and dominating personalities. It includes penetrating
personalities who become psychiatrists, surgeons, police detectives, deep-sea divers, explorers,
miners, military invaders, gold-medal winners, and emergency first responders.

Family culture validates competitive winners such as athletes, engineers, beauty queens, hunters,
soldiers, and race drivers. Mangala's drishti upon the relative 5th may indicate miscarriage or
otherwise limit the number of children.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Marsso aries or scorpio- Mars is desire and
aggressive. You have been taught to fight for relations. You are possessive about money and family,
dont want to share.

DM Astrology says if Mars is placed herealways some problem with relations. Nature of saying
something on the face, a high-handedness. It aspects 5th, 8th and 9th house- so it will affect relations
with father, children.
Budha in bhava-2 indicates that one's family of origin is communicative, interpretive, and
mentalized. The family lineage may contain students, craftspeople, entrepreneurs, managers,
announcers, printers, publishers, or writers. The vocabulary of commerce, news and information
may be a salient feature of the family identity.

This family has the gift of gab. They are gifted in speech and historical song, wonderful story-tellers
and conversationalists, able to recount historical tales with flash and flair. When they sing, their song
tells a scripted story.

This family much prefers to talk about current events and business schemes. Unlike Chandra-2, they
welcome friends and coworkers into their holiday gatherings.

This family often includes clever accountants, sales and marketing agents, craft and technical
specialists who like to "talk shop"; also detail-oriented business administrators and commercial
agents.

The family culture may value rhetorical form more than moral content. Budha is a narrative genius
but He may be somewhat ambivalent or manipulative in the task making definitive judgments.

The lineage validates those descendants who make money through planning, writing, talking,
reporting, arguing, explaining, describing, and producing media-messages. The lineage may produce
talkers, singers, inventors, and attorneys.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Mercury--- family is intelligent. You and your
family is intelligent. Mind is applied. Communication with family is intelligent. Gemini is dual, so it
will have both the family and communication as well as wealth. Krishna has this. Manipulative, he
calls it.

DM Astrology says if Mercury is placed herevery tactful planet, will try to manipulate. Keeps good
relations. Group leaders will have mercury associated.

Guru in bhava-2 indicates that the culture of one's family of origin is philosophical, generous, or
expanded (physically, artistically, socially, or financially). The family lineage may contain professors,
dogmatists, preachers, ideologues, theorists, or globalists. The vocabulary of paradigms of belief
may be a salient feature of the family identity.

family history features abundant hoarded wealth and large amounts of stored knowledge. The
lineage contains numerous bankers, mixed with storytellers, curators, herders, priests and
professors. Family culture values wisdom (or apparent wisdom), humanistic (not technical)
education, inclusiveness, sacred doctrine, and generosity of spirit.

Such a family is vociferously verbal and the native carries out this entitlement to pontificate with
great confidence and quite liberally, perhaps entirely unconstrained by the facts of the case.

Splendid resource for singers and musicians - bhava-2 = song, melody voice, stories.

Typically the family enjoys significant knowledge of its own history, tracing their storied lineage
through many generations. Often the family genetics produce large, even corpulent, bodies, tending
toward a dark-reddish complexion (relative to the overall gene pool).
The lineage validates reproduction and is normally quite fertile, generating abundant offspring -
depending naturally on Guru's state. Guru-yuti-Ketu, for example, "cuts " the reproductive flow in
favor of other forms of abundance.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Jupiter- he expands. So family is more and
more extended. You will keep relations with third cousin also.

DM Astrology says if Jupiter is placed hereexpands everything. Relations and money. But karaka
bhava nasha. You are unable to enjoy the money or the family or save money.

Ryan says Jupiter in the second- speaks wisdom all the time

Zukra in bhava-2 * indicates that one's family of origin is musical, artistic, and luxury-seeking. The
family lineage may contain musicians, perfumers, vintners, refiners, bankers, traders, singers, or
treasure-collectors. Women may play an important role in the family history. The vocabulary of
values, finance, design, and diplomacy may be a salient feature of the family identity.

This family attracts (Zukra) wealth and sense- pleasures.

The family members are generally collectors and storytellers, sensualistic, self-indulgent, and
concerned with harmonious relationships.

They enjoy talking about art, music, relationships, and money.

This family culture favors gracious, diplomatic speech and generally dislikes any discussion of
unpleasant truths.

The lineage produces fashion mavens, architects, perfumers, design engineers, musicians, singers,
hair stylists, fine-artists, bankers, diplomats, and cuisinistes.

Typically the historic line attracts handsome people with fair complexion (relative to the gene pool)
and balanced features.

Fashion, style, design, financial wealth, sweet foods and attractive appearance are some of the
highest values in this family culture.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Venussensual pleasure. Selfish. Try to use
the relation and money for pleasure. They will call cousins to come and enjoy the pleasure.

DM Astrology says if Venus is placed hereselfish. Venus in the second is not good for marriage.
Affairs are possible.

Ryan says Venus will give soothing speech

Shani in bhava-2 * the duro-karaka (hardness-agent) indicates that one's family of origin is an
unhelpful obstacle, burden, or impediment (Shani) to one's own well-being (2). The lineage may
seem old-fashioned, rigid, or fearful. Shani delays, but typically He does not deny. Therefore, while
the family traditions may delay the unfoldment of the truth-values truth-values which provide well-
being, with the passage of time the truth often survives. Durokaraka Shani suggests that elders may
play an important role in the family's ability to accrue a treasury. The vocabulary of limits,
restrictions, and social approval may be a salient feature of the family identity.
A family narrative of fleshdeath, pressure of time and social judgment, genetic survival and historic
limitations. Professor Shani teaches the way of hard work, respect for lawful structure, and "neutral
separation" as the most effective method for the native to interact with the family's internal culture.

The family of origin often has social-material survival karma which manifests in a family culture of
materialism, pragmatism, common sense, conformity, and resistance to new information. Professor
Shani's methods are dedicated to maintaining the existing law, but He does not tolerate innovation.

Scarcity is a leading theme in the family narrative: no matter how hard they work, little acquisition
seems to manifest. (And they work hard.)

The family may seem "stuck" in position despite expressing a desire for more material acquisition.
Life is a struggle to "get ahead" but the goal of social mobility seems unattainable. It does not occur
to the family that Shani's conservatism and staunch resistance to movement is the very feature that
prevents social mobility.

Family culture promotes resistance to spoken truth - as if the truth threatens the rule of law . Hear
no evil; see no evil; speak no evil. Especially, speak no evil - and ideally, just don't speak.

The family lineage grants a high value to conformity, lawfulness, and uniformity of appearance.
Often the family strongly identifies with conservative hierarchies such as Church, Sahangam *
sangha, class or caste system, corporate institution, or national government. Validation of merciless
judgments and harsh consequences for failure to follow the RULES.

The script may include a punitive judgment upon the family's public reputation which causes the
family to become "downwardly mobile" losing the increase in social rank that was conferred by the
previous generation. A difficult or socially forced second lifepartnership may be required for legal
propriety or for survival.

In particular, bhava-2 = 6th-from-9th suggesting conflict with the father and a perpetual (Shani)
disagreement with the indoctrinators of the historic lineage who impose an orthodoxy of
belief. Shani provides substance of conflict in areas of physical and social survival, common sense
and conventional behavior, social structure, rank and caste.

Shani-2 may also suggest health concerns for the father arising from his rigidity, materialism,
workload, scarcity, social oppression, and resistance to change (Shani).

The lineage history may harken to dry, mountainous, cold, land-locked or rocky areas of the Earth.
This lineage produces primarily workers, materialists, skeptics, carriers of burdens, mechanics and
engineers, practical and pragmatic, concerned with paper, brick, concrete, asphalt, roads, structures,
skeletons, stones, and bones.

If Shani rules or occupies bhava-2, the overall family situation may improve modestly with the
passage of time.

DM Astrology says if the second house is ruled by the Saturnlong period. So relations are long
term. Money is long term. People will get bored of you. The initial stage of relations or money it fails.

DM Astrology says if Saturn is placed herehe says very good. slowly and delayed but it gives very
good result. Long term relation and money. It wont allow you to spend money, relations try to take
advantage of money.
Rahu in bhava-2 * the chiplo-karaka (slippery-agent) suggests that one's family of origin is perhaps
not telling the real truth about their genetic lineage nor about the contents of their accumulated
treasuries. Clever illusions and delusions of historical acquisitions and containment. The family may
appear (Rahu) to promote a specific set of lineage values while expediently pursuing a completely
different set of values, motivated by desire for prestige accumulations. Persons of exotic or
ethnically-mixed origin may play an important role in the family history. The vocabulary of ethno-
cultural mixing, ambition, and opportunism may be a salient feature of the family identity.

When evaluating the effects of Rahu-Ketu, it is essential to note the character of the planetary lord
of R-K *plus* any yuti-graha before making a final judgment.

The family lineage hosts a history of ambitious acts fueled by the quest for social mobility. Often
upwardly mobile, in flagrante. Interruption (Rahu) of the regular family traditions via taboo-breaking
passions, irregular deaths (2), ormisappropriations of financial wealth (2)with possibility of
disruptive agency via a taboo second marriage.

In particular, bhava-2 = 6th-from-9th suggesting conflict with the father and an ambitious (Rahu)
disagreement with the indoctrinators of the historic lineage who impose an orthodoxy of belief.

Rahu seeks to obtain social privilege without slogging through Shani's orderly process for earning
entitlements. Slippery Rahu usually can avoid tests and examinations; therefore much of what He
says is unverified or unverifiable.

Rahu in bhava-2 suggests a family culture of expedient speech, camouflaged lies,falsified historical
memory, instrumental use of knowledge, exotic libraries or irregular use of treasuries. Rahu-2 tends
to use language for deceptive or ulterior purposes, and His goal is always advancement along a quick
trajectory toward highest entitlements - sans effort or examination.

Fast-track Rahu-2 shows the overall family ambition for "upward mobility". Also within the family
history may be found exotic interlopers and poseurs, fabricated stories, and lubricated credentials
that allow Rahu to slither quickly toward acquisition of treasuries.

Ryan says- Rahu or Mars in the second- maybe harsh nasty vocabulary. But Rama has Rahu in the
second, so it is better to say it is forceful, powerful speech.

Ketu in bhava-2 * the chidra-karaka (cutter-agent) indicates that one's family of origin is
disconnected from reality, perhaps spiritually detached but often mentally disoriented or
simply absent. Persons of mentally deranged character, or those of spiritually surrendered nature
such as wanderers and mendicants, may play an important role in the family history. The vocabulary
of pilgrimage, dispersion, witness-perspective, or abandonment may be a salient feature of the
family identity.

When evaluating the effects of Rahu-Ketu, it is essential to note the character of their planetary lord
AND any yuti-graha before making a final judgment.

Family lineage may be significantly disconnected.

Family culture may exhibit apathy, ambivalence, distancing, or disinterest. Family life may be
enervated by drugged numbness, mental illness, or a historic dissociative pattern.

This lineage validates a state of uncertainty about the family surname, detaches the connectedness
to an fixed set of values, and scatters the perceptions resulting in fogginess about the conditions of
origin.

General ambivalence about the process of accumulating valuable goods and conserved knowledge,
but Ketu does not block family wealth, knowledge, speech, or song. Ketu-2 may be found in the
nativities of some uber-wealthy HNWI.

Ketu has no opinion about family assets.

Ketu does not care whether the asset-treasury comes or goes. For this family, the real excitement is
Rahu-8 with its knowledge of secret empowerment and occult truths.

Some food for thought

2 is 6th from the 9th- yes?

Material wealth acquision (2) may be accused as the root of all evil(although it probably is
not) but clearly bhava-2 for wealth is 6th-from-dharmasthana - the fixation upon
making cintamani * mani * moneyconstitutes a natural adversary toward the holding of
agreed beliefs (9).
There is a natural domain conflict, a natural and normal imbalance, between the values
which underlie advanced social morality such as equitable distribution of treasuries , and
value which underlie the tradition of each family accumulating wealth for itself.
There is natural animosity between the call to tribal or cultural priesthood, which requires
the native to communicate ritually with the spirit world full of beings who lack human
bodies, versus the call to cultivate financial wealth which has predominantly material
properties.
Consider the similar natural domain conflict between the parochial, localized education of
bhava-4 and the cosmic, universalized education of bhava-9.
If a person applies all their attention to cultivating the local morals of their region, they will
have no energy left for dealing with people and spirits who are different from them.
By the same token, if a person focuses exclusively on a universal view which is so inclusive
that all sentient beings - perhaps all beings of any structure - are recognized and respected,
there is no energy left to protect or promote the local folkways, ancient customs, and
established cultural norms, and one becomes a stranger in one's own home.
Such is the natural animosity or permanent competition for attention and resources into
which dhana and dharma are permanently juxtaposed.

2nd from any bhava indicates of the family of the relationship of that bhava. So Bhava 7 is usually
spouse. 8th is 2nd from the 7th. So Bhava 8 indicates family of the husband. The in-laws.

7th-from-2nd

= family of the mate from the first marriage = "in-laws "

of the business partner, the legal advocate, the contractual partners

If there are graha in bhava-2, the family drama with"in-laws " may be very complex. Ketu in 8
indicates early severance of relationship to spouse's family, and relatively little meaningful contact. If
no graha in bhava-2, looking to the bhava-pathi and its characteristics for information about one's
family.

Bhava 9 is 8th from the 2nd. So what?

8th-from-2nd

indicates identity-transforming changes which may occur in the native's life in reference to the
family of origin, and the emergence of a second family that provides additional guidance to the
native. So it indicates our teachers.

Bhava 11 is 10th from the 2nd.

10th-from-2nd

social rank and public reputation of the family of origin. Its level of respect and recognition.

From the 12 houses of the Horoscope- some more thought provoking words

Along with the 4th, 6th, 8th, and 12th Houses, the 2nd House has a very esoteric meaning. Thus it has
two dimensions, one is very material and the other is very spiritual.
The Essence:
Esoteric: Can you calm down and be present, to realize that you already have it all?
Intimate: Can you be strong within and love yourself, not needing to lean so much on others?
Material: Can you provide for all of your material needs by yourself?

Esoteric/Spiritual significance: The highest fulfillment of this house is inner peace, grounded and
relaxed in the body in the present moment. That is why this house can be so difficult, because every
deep issue, addiction, and external distraction that prevents us from this rest is met here. For most
people, events in this house often coincide with relationships, because relationships are often
misused to prevent us from being able to be self-sufficient.

The Danger: Depending on a drug, leaning too much on our relationships, not slowing down, Over-
indulgence, Avoiding your feelings.

Intimate significance: This is one of the big houses that involve relationships, in addition to the 4th,
5th, 6th (read below!), 7th, and 8th. This is usually a more negative house for relationships, like the
6th. That's because many of us form very interdependent relationships with others before being
sufficiently independent. But unlike the 6th, the 2nd doesn't have to be negative zone for
relationships. If two people really love their own selves first, and are strong within their own selves,
then the 2nd can be a very solid place for relationships. If two people need each other and
are addicted in and to the relationship, then the 2nd refers to this negative kind of relationship.

Material significance: This is the traditional house of money, finances, and resources. Basic material
selfsufficiency and bodily wellness is the issue. Can you save money? Do you have a mature
approach to your finances? Can you make money? Can you provide for yourself, enjoying a
comfortable and beautiful home? Can you take care of your body? Can you relax and take-it-easy?
Can you slow down?

Hard transits to the 2nd house are likely to bring crises and challenges of our self-sufficiency, usually
in our relationships. Through these experiences we are challenged to either find some peace and
strength solely within ourselves, or we put off these positives by turning more deeply to the
addictions that distract us. Material opportunities and/or material challenges are another major
ingredient of 2nd house transits.
For more on the 2nd house, read my article: Taurus, A
Holistic View
Vedic Notes: The 2nd House in Vedic Astrology is also about at least two other interesting things. 1)
the happiness of the family, and 2) speech, including the mouth itself. I do
not use these significations for the 2nd House in Western Astrology, however.

To read the second house-

Who owns it? Who occupies it? What sign is present? Where is the lord of the house? Where is
Jupiter? Where is L2 and Jupiter in the Navamsha? Who is aspecting the house? Who is the
significator of L2?

How does this person speak? How is this person provided for? Is the family wealthy? What are the
relations with the family?