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The 2nd Lord in the 8th House
Dhana Bhava lord in the Ayur / Mrityu Bhava · the 7th from the 2nd · twelve ascendants computed
The 2nd lord in the 8th house is the ruler of the 2nd, the Dhana Bhava, placed in the 8th, the Ayur / Mrityu Bhava. The 2nd is in none of the four classes and the 8th a dusthana. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 2nd, the 8th is the 7th house, which from any house is a kendra position; counted back from the 8th, the 2nd is the 7th, a kendra position from it. The 2nd and the 8th face each other across the chart, so the 2nd lord in the 8th aspects its own house with the 7th-house drishti every graha casts.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 2nd lord in the 8th reads the 2nd’s matters — savings and wealth, family of origin, speech and voice, and values — through the 8th’s: sudden change, occult and research, and inheritance. For the 2nd lord in the 8th that is a frame, not a forecast; what it comes to depends on the graha, its dignity below, and the rest of the chart.
The 2nd Lord in the 8th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 2nd sign | 2nd lord | In the 8th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Taurus | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 7th |
| Taurus | Gemini | Mercury | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 5th |
| Gemini | Cancer | Moon | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | — |
| Cancer | Leo | Sun | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign | — |
| Leo | Virgo | Mercury | Pisces | debilitated | the 11th |
| Virgo | Libra | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 9th |
| Libra | Scorpio | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 7th |
| Scorpio | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Gemini | in an enemy's sign | the 5th |
| Sagittarius | Capricorn | Saturn | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 3rd |
| Capricorn | Aquarius | Saturn | Leo | in an enemy's sign | the 1st |
| Aquarius | Pisces | Jupiter | Virgo | in an enemy's sign | the 11th |
| Pisces | Aries | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 9th |
Across the twelve ascendants the 2nd lord in the 8th is in a neutral sign for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Pisces, in an enemy's sign for Cancer, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius and debilitated for Leo. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Gemini and Cancer, where one of them is the 2nd lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 2nd lord brings with it to the 8th.
The Reverse: the 8th Lord in the 2nd
Where the 8th lord sits in the 2nd in the same chart as the 2nd lord in the 8th, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. For all twelve ascendants the 2nd and the 8th have different lords, so the exchange is possible whatever the ascendant.
Related
The 2nd lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 2nd lord page; the houses themselves on the 2nd house and the 8th house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and our 8th house article.
Where is your 2nd lord?
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