Rahu in the Second House

Rahu in the second puts hunger and distortion on wealth, family, speech and what you consume.

What's actually going on

Rahu amplifies hunger and aims it at whatever is unfamiliar 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 more, faster, and preferably from somewhere foreign. It is also the part you find hardest to leave alone.

What it gives you

• Obsession, unconventional advantage and sudden rise, aimed straight at wealth, family, speech and what you consume
• Resources that accumulate and a voice people trust

What it costs you

• Never-enough, shortcuts and a very convincing illusion
• 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 Rahu here, obsession is what you bring to it.

Love and marriage

Family opinion carries real weight in your relationships.

What actually helps

Name the hunger out loud. Rahu ruins people who pretend they are not ambitious. Give it a legitimate arena and it turns into an engine.

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 Rahu

Rahu, or Rahu, amplifies hunger and aims it at whatever is unfamiliar. It is exalted in Taurus and debilitated in Scorpio. In the body it governs toxins, undiagnosed conditions, addiction.