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

Wherever Rahu sits, it amplifies hunger and aims it at whatever is unfamiliar. In the second house, that lands squarely on savings, food, the voice, inherited values and the family you came from.

So this becomes the area you keep looking to for more, faster, and preferably from somewhere foreign. It is also the one you cannot leave alone.

What it gives you

• Obsession, unconventional advantage and sudden rise, applied directly to 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 it tends to show up as holding on too tightly, or spending without noticing

Work and money

Money is made through voice, stored value and family resource. Rahu colours all of that with obsession.

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.