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The 8th Lord in the 2nd House
Ayur / Mrityu Bhava lord in the Dhana Bhava · the 7th from the 8th · twelve ascendants computed
The 8th lord in the 2nd house is the ruler of the 8th, the Ayur / Mrityu Bhava, placed in the 2nd, the Dhana Bhava. The 8th is a dusthana and the 2nd in none of them. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 8th, the 2nd is the 7th house, which from any house is a kendra position; counted back from the 2nd, the 8th is the 7th, a kendra position from it. The 8th and the 2nd face each other across the chart, so the 8th lord in the 2nd 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 8th lord in the 2nd reads the 8th’s matters — sudden change, occult and research, and inheritance — through the 2nd’s: savings and wealth, family of origin, speech and voice, and values. For the 8th lord in the 2nd 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 8th Lord in the 2nd, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 8th sign | 8th lord | In the 2nd | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Scorpio | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Taurus | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Gemini | in an enemy's sign | the 11th |
| Gemini | Capricorn | Saturn | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 9th |
| Cancer | Aquarius | Saturn | Leo | in an enemy's sign | the 7th |
| Leo | Pisces | Jupiter | Virgo | in an enemy's sign | the 5th |
| Virgo | Aries | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 3rd |
| Libra | Taurus | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Scorpio | Gemini | Mercury | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 11th |
| Sagittarius | Cancer | Moon | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | — |
| Capricorn | Leo | Sun | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign | — |
| Aquarius | Virgo | Mercury | Pisces | debilitated | the 5th |
| Pisces | Libra | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 3rd |
Across the twelve ascendants the 8th lord in the 2nd is in a neutral sign for Aries, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Pisces, in an enemy's sign for Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo and Capricorn and debilitated for Aquarius. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Sagittarius and Capricorn, where one of them is the 8th lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 8th lord brings with it to the 2nd.
The Reverse: the 2nd Lord in the 8th
Where the 2nd lord sits in the 8th in the same chart as the 8th lord in the 2nd, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. For all twelve ascendants the 8th and the 2nd have different lords, so the exchange is possible whatever the ascendant.
Related
The 8th lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 8th lord page; the houses themselves on the 8th house and the 2nd house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and our 8th house article.
Where is your 8th lord?
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