bhava lord
The 2nd Lord in Each of the Twelve Houses
Houses here are whole signs: the ascendant’s sign is the 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on round the zodiac. The 2nd lord is the graha that rules the sign falling in the 2nd, so it changes with the ascendant — Venus for Aries, Mercury for Taurus, Moon for Gemini, Sun for Cancer, Mercury for Leo, Venus for Virgo, Mars for Libra, Jupiter for Scorpio, Saturn for Sagittarius, Saturn for Capricorn, Jupiter for Aquarius and Mars for Pisces. In the Parashari method a bhava lord carries the matters of its house to wherever it sits; for the 2nd those matters are savings and wealth, family of origin, speech and voice, and values.
Each page below takes one placement and works it out for all twelve ascendants: which graha, which sign it lands in, and its dignity there. None of them is a forecast. A placement is one factor; the graha’s aspects, its dispositor and the running dasha decide what it comes to in a chart.
| Placement | From the 2nd | Exalted for | Debilitated for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd lord in the 1st | the 12th (dusthana) | — | Virgo |
| 2nd lord in the 2nd | own house | Leo | — |
| 2nd lord in the 3rd | the 2nd | — | Scorpio |
| 2nd lord in the 4th | the 3rd (upachaya) | Libra | Cancer, Capricorn |
| 2nd lord in the 5th | the 4th (kendra) | Taurus | Sagittarius, Pisces |
| 2nd lord in the 6th | the 5th (trikona) | Aquarius | Aries, Gemini |
| 2nd lord in the 7th | the 6th (dusthana, upachaya) | Virgo | — |
| 2nd lord in the 8th | the 7th (kendra) | — | Leo |
| 2nd lord in the 9th | the 8th (dusthana) | Scorpio | — |
| 2nd lord in the 10th | the 9th (trikona) | Cancer, Capricorn | Libra |
| 2nd lord in the 11th | the 10th (kendra, upachaya) | Sagittarius, Pisces | Taurus |
| 2nd lord in the 12th | the 11th (upachaya) | Aries, Gemini | Aquarius |
The 2nd house itself, with the grahas that occupy it, is on the 2nd house page; every lord in every house is on the lordship index, and the method on the 12 houses guide.