This house signifies finances, bank position, material resources and assets and how important these assets are in your life, family, early age or boyhood, speech, servants, friends, self earned wealth, second marriage, poverty, food or diet, intellect, power of speech and writing. Parts of the body indicated by this house are eye sight, memory, nails, tongue, nose, teeth, cheeks and chin. This is the Artha house( wealth). Jupiter and Mercury are the significator of this house.
Aries
The influence of Aries in the second house makes very aggressive, impulsive and competitive to acquire monetary and material resources and gives a drive to work hard to earn money. While spending money you put a little forethought and display an attitude of easy come and easy go.
Taurus
Venus, the significator of love and passion is the ruler of Taurus. Thus the influence of Taurus in the second house suggests strong drive to earn money and a passion to own financial and material resources. The influence of Taurus, an earthy sign, on the house of money and possession indicates practical and down to earth approach in the matters of money and financial possessions. Most probably you prefer to live within your means and spend your money where you get full worth of it.
Gemini
Mercury the planet of intelligence is the ruler of Gemini. The influence of Gemini on the house of material and financial possessions indicates making money by intellectual means. You are very active in financial affairs. You may tend to assess the worth of everything and everybody in the material sense rather than viewing the achievements on the basis of social and cultural values.
Cancer
The influence of Cancer in the second house shows your emotional attachment to your financial assets and possessions. It indicates that you are very much protective of your financial assets and possessions and you are not extravagant. You are extremely caring for your family, very careful about their requirements and needs as well as very much adaptable and receptive to them. Your source of income may be from trade and commerce.
Leo
Leo is ruled by the Sun. The Sun denotes self-esteem. Your financial condition and your earning capacity may be closely associated with your self-esteem and self worth. You strive to accumulate material resources and have a natural concern for long term financial security. You are very smart in financial affairs and your major objective may be to attain financial and material possessions to insure your security. You know what the public wants, and how to profit from this knowledge.
Virgo
Virgo on the cusp of the second house suggests that you are very particular and careful with your financial affairs. You earn money with your intelligence spend it very carefully. You become tensed when your financial condition is not in good order and this may even affect your health. Thus you should not be extravagant and should be careful while spending money on luxuries and expensive entertainment especially when your financial condition is not in good order .
Libra
Libra on the cusp of the second house suggests that you are fond of luxury and have a willingness to spend money for pleasurable and social activities. Libra is the sign of balance and harmony thus there is a balance and harmony in the material affairs when Libra influences the cusp of second house. You are very efficient and take utmost care to save and spend in proper proportion of the total income. You become very upset when you can not keep the budget in order for one reason or other. Libra on the cusp of the second house shows your taste for finest workmanship and highest quality.
Scorpio
Scorpio on the cusp of the second house shows that you are very secretive regarding your financial affairs. You dislike anyone interfering into your financial affairs. This may be due to a sense of insecurity that diminishes sharing tendencies. There can be frequent ups and downs in your financial life.
Sagittarius
The influence of Sagittarius in the second house shows that your very generous in the financial affairs and have a willingness to spend for those who are in need. You are very efficient in doing whatever you have decided to do in a material sense. You may be a risk taker but have a goal oriented approach to life and your income may be the result of your long range planning.
Capricorn
Capricorn on the cusp of the second house shows you are very prudent and practical in handling money matters. You are very careful while spending money and always careful how to spend it. You are also very practical, cautious and careful while investing your money.
Aquarius
The influence of Aquarius on the second house suggests that you are spontaneous in your earning, very impersonal about your possessions, and material factors are secondary on your life. You may have unstable means of earnings and most of your earnings may be from creative and free lance methods. While investing money you are very judicious and inventive.
Pisces
You may be lax and impractical in your financial matters. You spend on your dreams, schemes and projects but become emotionally disturbed and upset when you do not get desired results. You should be very careful while signing financial contracts and documents and scrutinize them very well before you sign them. You have a very generous spirit. You appreciate for the better things in life but you are never greedy and materialistic.
