If the 8th House is the house of intimate relationships with others, the 2nd House is the house of the intimate relationship with the self. The 2nd House is the house where one stabilizes the identity, and this stabilization requires an intimate self-awareness.
An interception in the 2nd House would show a struggle with sustaining one's identity. If you have an interception, look to the sign ruling the 2nd House instead of the intercepted sign. You can also use Whole Signs.
Aries ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by demanding independence and autonomy. You find out more about your needs when you fight for them. It's through your fights where you find out more about yourself.
Taurus ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by working for stability. You find out more about your needs when you work to keep consistencies. It's through these consistencies where you find out more about yourself.
Gemini ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by being willing to learn new concepts. You find out more about your needs with each new learning experience. It's through mentally stimulating thoughts and conversations where you find out more about yourself.
Cancer ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by making yourself comfortable. You find out more about your needs when you put yourself in familiar situations. It's through your emotions where you find out more about yourself.
Leo ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by placing a great emphasis on it. You find out more about your needs when you prioritize yourself. It's through your distinctive uniqueness where you find out more about yourself.
Virgo ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by micromanaging what bothers you. You find out more about yourself when you make yourself flexible to reality. It's through your awareness of your mental sensitivities where you can find out more about yourself.
Libra ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by bringing peace into situations. You find out more about yourself through fairness. It's through your interactions with loved ones where you can find out more about yourself.
Scorpio ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by looking beyond the surface. You find out more about yourself through digging past the peace to find jarring truths. It's through embracing the intolerable darkness and volatility where you can find out more about yourself.
Sagittarius ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by being open to adventure. You find out more about your yourself when you are open to numerous possibilities. It's through your personal journeys where you can find out more about yourself.
Capricorn ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by being attuned to the workings of reality. You find out more about yourself when you begin being realistic with yourself. It's through knowing your limits where you can find out more about yourself.
Aquarius ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by using it to distinguish yourself in the collective. You find out more about yourself when you look to see what social issues grab your attention. It's through connecting your uniqueness to a cause where you can find out more about yourself.
Pisces ruling the 2nd House: You sustain your identity by accepting the inevitable ambiguity present in life. You find out more about yourself when you are tolerable to what does not make sense to you. It's through embracing the mystery of your being where you can find out more about yourself.
*Note: If you have an interception in the 2nd House, you can often feel that self-peace is difficult to achieve. It can feel hard for you to feel secure within yourself.
Aries Risings can often get tired after a long day of fighting to get what they want. The Aries Rising views the world as a war zone, a place where they have to lead themselves. With Taurus ruling the 2nd House, being at peace and having the ability to sit in comfort and luxury can comfort the Aries Rising. When an Aries Rising is assured that they are safe, they are comforted.
Taurus Risings can feel stifled and choked up working hard to keep their environments stabilized, calm, and comfortable. With Gemini ruling the 2nd House, the Taurus Rising can feel even more at ease when they feel free to be dorky and funny with others. Having meaningful conversations and learning new things from others can help ease a Taurus Rising.
Gemini Risings can feel nervous and inconsistent when they feel like their environment isn’t calm, comforting, or deep in a sense. With Cancer ruling the 2nd House, Gemini Risings feel comforted when they are able to talk about their feelings as well as their thoughts. Gemini Risings feel assured when they don’t have the need to bounce around and be exciting for others.
Cancer Risings can feel tired and drained when they feel that they are emotionally nurturing others without rest. With Leo ruling the 2nd House, Cancer Risings feel comforted when their loved ones shower them with attention. The Cancer Rising feels at ease when their loved ones are comforting them rather than the other way around.
Leo Risings can struggle to feel calm when they feel that they constantly have to fight for the spotlight, especially if they feel that it’s not for good reason. With Virgo ruling the 2nd House, Leo Risings feel comforted when they know that their self-expression has proved to be useful somehow. Helping and serving others can be something that comforts the Leo Rising.
Virgo Risings are often very observant to the point where they can get very nervous and anxious with the world around them. With Libra ruling the 2nd House, being at peace and socializing with others can prove to comfort them. When Virgo Risings are assured that they will be fine under any circumstance, they feel comforted.
Libra Risings can feel exhausted after working hard to maintain peace and justice in their social environments. With Scorpio ruling the 2nd House, Libra Risings feel at peace when they are allowed to go past shallow social norms to be their true selves. Having intimate relationships and interactions can help ease a Libra Rising.
Scorpio Risings can often feel drained and exhausted after putting up a strong and secretive front to defend themselves from others. With Sagittarius in the 2nd House, Scorpio Risings feel at peace when they feel that they can be fun, outgoing, and even reckless. A Scorpio Rising feels at peace when they feel like they don’t have to look powerful.
Sagittarius Risings can often feel nervous when they feel their environment is rootless in a sense. With Capricorn ruling the 2nd house, Sagittarius Risings feel at peace when they can have a sense of reality and stability to keep them in tact. A Sagittarius Rising feels at peace when they feel like they have learned and applied their thoughts to something practical.
Capricorn Risings can often feel stifled and restricted when they feel that they have to assert an aura of power. With Aquarius ruling the 2nd House, Capricorn Risings feel at peace when they feel comfortable enough to be weird, quirky, and rebellious. Capricorn Risings are at their most comfortable when they feel that they can rebel and break the rules.
Aquarius Risings can often feel out of place when they constantly fight for their individuality. With Pisces ruling the 2nd House, Aquarius Risings feel at peace when they realize that their individuality is still kept even when their sense of self meshes with other people. Aquarius Risings are mostly comfortable when they gain a sense of belonging.
Pisces Risings can often feel confused or out of place when they find their self-expression to sometimes be indefinite. With Aries ruling the 2nd House, a Pisces Rising feels mostly comfortable when they feel that they can clearly assert themselves. Fighting and taking care of themselves rather than others is something that liberates the Pisces Rising.
Saturn in the 2nd House
There are numerous items that are represented by the 2nd House. Possessions, self-esteem, and money are products of the 2nd House. However, what the 2nd House truly represents at the core is how the native gains comfort and how the native maintains their sense of self. The 2nd House shows how the native deals with comfort and what and how they will go at the comfort they need and want.
Saturn in the natal chart can often show initial difficulty, but eventual success in the natal chart. Natives with this placement will often struggle to be comfortable with their environment. There may be a strong, powerful mindset of believing that they don’t deserve comfort until they fulfill a certain standard they often think is realistic or right. Often, this certain standard is unrealistic and the native will stay in a constant state of discomfort, feeling uncomfortable once they actually arrive in a state of comfort. Natives with this placement need to learn that they deserve to be comfortable and that it’s not wrong to indulge in yourself every once in a while.
The life lessons the natives need to learn is the true, healthy way to stabilize themselves, whatever it may be. Often through their domineering parent, these natives were already raised with certain values. These natives will usually use these given values to have structure in their lives, even if this structure is limiting and ultimately not helpful to them. Natives may even sacrifice their own personal values if they feel that it’s not practical in the long run. Some natives may even believe these values are right for them and can close themselves up to other perspectives. The values the native has over their lifetime usually stays the same, and it is very difficult to change these values. Lessons from certain situations are what causes natives to change their perspectives and values.
With a high standard on values, it’s no surprise that the native may have a high standard on themselves. With this in mind, the native can struggle with being confident, for they feel that they don’t have the right to be confident until they accomplish certain things or until they fulfill the high standard they or either their parents have set for them. The path to self-confidence and love for themselves is often a long one, the native encountering numerous trials when it comes to giving and receiving self-validation.
The reason why the native strongly focuses on the stability of themselves is often because there is a secret belief that their ego is sensitive, and perhaps weak. This is the reason why natives with this placement may actively try to restrict themselves - they feel that they are not strong enough to handle what life throws at them. While discipline on the self is good, the native can struggle to implement a discipline that truly works for them if they aren’t self-aware of their strengths.
However, these struggles stated above are what leads these natives to be strong, independent individuals. Through every struggle, these natives learn to be strong, financially intelligent, and independent. With the 2nd House representing the preservation of the self, the native often learns new ways to be confident through volatile situations. By going through various trials, these natives can realize that no matter what situation they’re in, good or bad, they still have the opportunity to love themselves completely, flaws and all. With financial struggles, the native can think of innovative, smart ways to stay financially afloat and maintain security in even the most unstable circumstances.
Saturn in the 2nd natives can have a fear of losing money because losing money can be seen as a threat to their security. However, when this fear is used positively, Saturn in the 2nd natives can develop smart, innovative ways to handle money. Natives with this placement often are financially intelligent, knowing or eventually learning smart ways to save and spend money. These natives are very frugal and thrifty, not requiring a lot of spending to keep themselves satisfied. Sometimes, spending can even make the native uncomfortable. However, it can be hard for these natives to realize that even with the most secure financial plans, their financial states are still unpredictable.
Saturn represents the domineering parent, or the father in the natal chart. The domineering parent can have a strong influence on the native’s views on being secure whether that be through money, values, and self-esteem. The parent can also strongly affect the native’s security itself for better or worse - either making or breaking them. The native could perceive the parent as someone who is strongly involved in being secure - whether it be through their career or the actions they act upon the child. Parents of these natives are often involved in jobs involving money, beauty, and other items that are commonly seen as comfort items.
The native’s parent could strongly invest in items that brings comfort to them, which can be anything - as long as it keeps the parent comfortable and secure. Depending on their item of choice, what comforts the parent can influence the native, the native initially mirroring the comfort item of choice from the parent. However, as the native grows up, they will often find their own personal outlets of comfort and what works for them. If these personal outlets of comfort clashes with the parent’s personal outlets of comfort, the relationship between the child and parent can be strained.
Saturn in the 2nd House is a placement that is meant to stabilize and strengthen the foundation of the self presented in the 1st House. The native will be repeatedly challenged to withstand the demolition of their securities. The native has the choice to either remain with seemingly strong, but weak walls concealing an unstable ego or learn to strengthen, embrace, and work with the strengths and flaws they have.