Significations of Second House 

  • Family, 
  • Face, 
  • Speech,
  • Right eye,
  • Food,
  • Riches, 
  • Literary talent, 
  • Manners, 
  • Origin of death,
  • Self-acquisition,
  • Optimism.

Some general results related to the Second house

  • If the ruler of the 2nd is exalted and Jupiter aspects him, the native will be a wealthy man.
  • Eyesight will be good and the facial expression appealing if the Lord of the Second is exalted and quadrants are aspected by benefics.
  • If Jupiter is conjunct the lord of the second, or if the latter is aspected by Mercury, or if Venus is in a favourable position, one becomes an orator and affluent.
  • If the lord of the second is weak, debilitated, or aspected by malefics, poverty will strike the native.
  • If the Lord of the Second is in quadrants aspected by malefics, the individual will appear ugly and hideous.
  • If the lord of the 12th joins the 2nd and the lord of the 11th joins the 12th in the 6th, 8th, or 12th, penalties must be paid to the government.
  • Wealth loss by thieves and rulers can be predicted if the lord of the 2nd is aspected by or paired with Mars in debilitation or cruel navamsa.
  • Malefics occupying the 2nd imply that the individual becomes a swank, and the time must be forecast based on the Dasa of these planets.
  • When Jupiter and Venus have good aspects in the 7th house held by the lord of the 10th, the native makes a lot of money during their periods.

Significations of Twelfth house

  • Suffering, 
  • Disappointments,
  • Expense,
  • Wastage,
  • Luxury, 
  • Compassion, 
  • Devotion,
  • Spiritual Enlightenment,
  • Devotion,
  • Mukti (ultimate emancipation), 
  • The state after death.

Some general results related to the Twelfth house

  • If the 12th lord is looked upon by the 7th lord and both of them are powerful, the money and influence of the Native will be spent by his wife.
  • If the lord of twelfth is a wicked planet and a malefic is placed in the 12th and, then money will be wasted for immorality.
  • The person has deformable limbs if the weak lord of the twelfth is placed in unfavourable navamsa.
  • The person will die in divine meditation when the Lord or 12th is Jupiter and has no malefic effects or aspect.
  • If the Lord of the twelfth is Mars and Saturn is in the twelfth, death is caused by piles and bleeding illnesses.
  • Money will be wasted on pointless litigation if the lord of the 12th is weak and is viewed by the ruler of the 6th.
  • The native will be a dunce if the Sun and Moon are both in the 12th house with no favourable aspects.
  • If the 12th is occupied by benefics or its ruler accompanies them, the person will die surrounded by close relatives.

According to Laghu Parashari:

 à¤²à¤—्रात् व्ययद्वितोयेशौ परेषां साहचर्यतः । 

स्थानान्तरानुगुण्येन भवतः फलदायकौ ॥८॥

अन्वयः लग्नात् व्ययद्वितीयेशी परेषां (अन्यस्थानाधिपानां) साहर्यतः (तथा) स्थानान्तरानुगुण्येन फलदायको भवतः ॥८॥

Meaning: The rulers of the second and twelfth houses from the Ascendant produce fruit based on their association with other house lords (together) and the placement of their second zodiac sign.
In the previous two verses, the nature and character of the Trine (houses 1, 5, and 9), Tri-Shadaya (houses 3, 6, and 11), and Kendra (houses 1, 4, 7, and 10) were discussed; now, this verse describes the attributes of the twelfth and second places from Ascendant. They have no noble traits because their lord is the lord of these regions, and they produce outcomes according to the planets they are placed with and the place where the second zodiac falls.


The auspiciousness or sinfulness of Kendras is determined by their other zodiac signs, according to pre-verses, but the auspiciousness or sinfulness of the second and twelfth lords is determined by the association of other planets in addition to their own second zodiac sign.

Because the planets linked with the second and twelfth lord are distinct in each person's horoscope, the second and twelfth lord's attributes cannot be discerned by just one verse. Now the issue arises: if this occurs, all of the planets will have their own outcomes, and the second and twelfth lords will also have influences on them.

The explanation is that according to the book Laghu Parashari, a planet's 'Karak' status is determined solely by the relationship between the Kendradhipati and the Trikonadhipati, and no other houses are taken into account.

Karakatwa is available only to those Trishyadhyadhis who being the Kendra lord is relate to Trikona lord or being the lord of Trikona is relate to a Kendra lord.

Example:

In the chart of Gemini Ascendants, Moon is the second lord and is not the lord of any other houses. If Moon is present in the second house itself and is not making any connection with any other planets then it becomes a Maraka.

It will give evil results when it comes to Maraka and neutral results for other contexts. It will be auspicious Markesh if this moon is connected to the 5th lord Venus, but it cannot be a 'Karaka'.

Similarly, in the Cancer Horoscope, the twelfth lord Mercury (a Tri-Shaday lord) cannot be a 'Karaka' by associating with anyone.

Moon and Mercury in Leo ascendant, Sun in Virgo, Saturn in Sagittarius ascendant, Jupiter in Capricorn ascendant, and Saturn in Pisces ascendant cannot achieve 'Karakatwa' since they are neither Kendra nor Trikona lord.

Conditions when second and twelfth lord becomes Karaka in the Chart

  • If the second and fifth lord Mercury in the Taurus Ascendant horoscope is related to the ninth lord or twelfth lord,
  •  in Virgo Ascendants if the second and ninth lord Venus is related to ascendant and tenth lord Mercury or if it related to Saturn,
  •  in Libra Ascendant if the second and seventh lord Mars makes a connection with fourth and fifth lord Saturn or makes a connection with Mercury,
  •  in Scorpio Ascendant if second and fifth lord Jupiter is related to Saturn or Moon,
  •  in Sagittarius Ascendant if twelfth and fifth lord Mars makes a connection with ninth lord Sun or Mercury or Jupiter, 
  • in Capricorn Ascendant if the ascendant and second lord Saturn if makes any connection with Venus or Mercury,
  •  in Aquarius Ascendants if Saturn makes any connection with the Kendra or Trikona lords,
  •  in Pisces Ascendant if Mars makes a connection with Mercury, Jupiter or Moon, 
then in all of these cases, the twelfth and the second lord can become 'Karak' in the chart.