Mars in the Second House

Mars in the second puts heat and urgency on wealth, family, speech and what you consume.

What's actually going on

Mars applies force, appetite and a willingness to fight wherever it goes. Put it in the second house and that lands on savings, food, the voice, inherited values and the family you came from.

So this becomes the part of life you keep going back to, looking for a fight worth having and something to win. It is also the part you find hardest to leave alone.

What it gives you

• Courage, execution speed and technical precision, aimed straight at wealth, family, speech and what you consume
• Resources that accumulate and a voice people trust

What it costs you

• Anger, impatience and burnt bridges
• Here that usually shows up as holding on too tightly, or spending without noticing

Work and money

Money is made through voice, stored value and family resource. With Mars here, courage is what you bring to it.

Love and marriage

Family opinion carries real weight in your relationships.

What actually helps

Physical output, daily. Mars unspent turns into inflammation and argument. Give it a discipline before it picks one for you.

About the second house

The second house, the house of money and family, governs savings, food, the voice, inherited values and the family you came from. It also covers what you eat, the family you were born into, and whether money actually stays once it arrives.

About Mars

Mars, or Mangal, applies force, appetite and a willingness to fight. It is exalted in Capricorn and debilitated in Cancer, and it rules Aries and Scorpio. In the body it governs blood, muscle, inflammation, accidents.