I think a lot about money. I think a lot about money because I am looking for it. This topic is complex and, I think, taboo.
I have Jupiter in my 2nd House. Money feels good to me. This probably sounds strange to say, but why not say it. I like the way it feels in my hands. I’m a Cancer. I’m all about SECURITY. It’s not materialism (I own very very little) it’s the IDEA of having something if… God forbid calamity happens etc etc etc and calamity does happen, from small to not so small.
Money is support, like friendship: there for you when crisis comes.
I also think about money because I *come from* a place of lack and not having and I’ve begun to focus on living my chart more which includes more money.
Money is energy, it’s what we exchange: this for that. Very 8th House, eh?
And that where Jupiter is in our charts is where we find pleasure, perhaps EVEN MORE than Venus. Jupiter in our charts is where we want to be big; it’s where we are big.
I asked an astrologer friend not long ago: hey, I have Jupiter in the 2nd house …. where’s the money? He mumbled something about not reaching my potential yet and truth is…. before I even asked him that question… this was back in…. the winter of last year I decided to commit to making money (instead of making art), to taking control of my finances… instead of feeling powerless, helpless, which is how I’ve felt since… well… for a pretty long time. Hello Saturn transit through my second house!
But making money is no less creative than writing a book or painting a painting — it’s the same urge, the same instinct: making something out of NOTHING.
2nd House: what we earn, what we value, possessions. 8th House: famously known as other people’s money, also that which we share most intimately, like sex. Inheritance, legacy. Taxes. There’s an exchange whereas the 2nd House is more about MINE and ME. I OWN.
I once counseled a woman with Chiron in her 2nd that she needed to BUY and SPEND on herself — for her own good!
For my chart, money is a spiritual pursuit. Why? How? Because when I work on making it, I am living my chart and when any of us try to live our chart to the highest… we engage the highest parts of ourselves, which is especially connected to Spirit. Also my Jupiter sextiles, exactly, my Venus in the 12th House which is not only the house of restriction but the house of compassion for those restricted.
What are your thoughts on money? What did your family teach you? Got planets in the 2nd/8th?
xoxo
6 thoughts on “Money Is Spiritual And The 2nd House/8th House Axis”
I have Taurus/2nd House, and I have a Saturn Mercury conjunction with my Sun there. I also have Scorpio/8th House with Neptune being the lonely planet there.
I have always felt a limitation with self-esteem, earning potential, and security. Yes, I do have nice tastes, but I have a great eye and always wait for a great deal. 😉 It’s only lately that I’m realizing I can make and live a better life. I’m not sure what Neptune represents for me. I’ve never had problems with overspending because the Taurus in me hates outstanding debts. My grad student loans these last three years has caused me many sleepless nights.
I immensely love money. I used to work at a bank until I got sick of their ridiculous rules and regulations. I’m like Mr. Crabs from Spongebob. The problem is my Neptune in the 8th house – just ask me about my student loans, holy crap. No planets in 2nd or 8th otherwise, though. I think it’s all my Taurus that loves the $.
Taurus def loves “nice stuff” — that’s what I always say. I think that’s one Cancer Taurus difference. Cancer just wants to hide some bills under the mattress and have a bag packed when the bad guys come 😉
And yeah. Student loans. Yup. But I am going to embrace my student loans. Find the joy in making money, find the joy in paying bills 🙂
My teacher used to say…. “well if the pennies scream whenever they leave your hand…”
Something about money being free to come and go…. THAT is true law of attraction. Pay the bill with a smile and a pretty stamp (I sound old lol sending bills thru the mail) and trust that more money will come around to you.
(Do I sound delusional? hahah)
I don’t know that character btw but know what spongebob looks like–
no one commented on this post otherwise (I think) — it’s *that* taboo perhaps. Money, debt, etc… And I have very little for someone in the US…. Not kidding when I say I own almost nothing – nothing that I could be sued for anyway 😉
I’ve got Chiron and mars in second in airies and neptune in the eighth in sag – I have great difficulty in manifesting and receiving abundance. Drives me crazy ….
Neptune in 2nd. Recently read somewhere (i believe ruby slippers) that the 2nd ruler matters more than the house contents. So, mine is Jupiter-ruled and natal Jupiter is in the 9th. Too optimistic?
From JCainer: we have to make psychological space for money. If you’re good at getting by with little (like me), there’s no big need that has to be fulfilled. I guess Jupiter makes me feel like there will be enough for whatever I need and so I dont put much thought into it. There’s no space for big money.
I’ve never in my life felt entirely stable and secure about having enough $. Wonder what that feels like 🙂