Houses · 2 of 12
The 2nd house: Dhana bhava
Wealth, family, speech, food, the face, the right eye and early education.
- Sanskrit name
- Dhana (wealth)
- Signifies
- Wealth, family, speech, food, the face, the right eye and early education
- Karaka (significator)
- Jupiter
- Kind of house
- a maraka (house that can bring endings); an artha house
The 2nd house in Jyotish
The 2nd house, Dhana bhava, governs wealth, family, speech, food, the face, the right eye and early education. In whole-sign houses, the house is the 2nd sign counted from the ascendant; its sign, its lord, the planets in it and the planets aspecting it together describe these matters.
Its natural significator (karaka) is Jupiter. Parashara’s rule is to judge a house from its lord, from the planets in it and from its karaka together.
It is a maraka (house that can bring endings); an artha house.
See which sign and planets fall in your 2nd house in your free kundli, or explore it with the life areas guide. Chapter 4 covers all twelve houses.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.