NIHILISTIC HOROSCOPES
House II: The House of Value / Gate of Hades
Where Material Worth Meets Existential Worthlessness
Domain of Influence
House II governs all aspects of material possession and perceived value in our fleeting existence:
- Financial resources and the illusion of security they provide
- Material possessions that temporarily distract us from the void
- Self-worth, or the elaborate pricing system we assign to our temporary existence
- Earning capacity and the futile pursuit of wealth
- Values and priorities in an ultimately meaningless universe
"We fill our homes with things, our banks with numbers, yet the void within remains unmoved by these material distractions."
Psychological Implications
The Second House represents our relationship with the material world and our desperate attempt to find meaning through possession. It reflects:
- The comfort we seek in accumulation
- Our attachment to temporary objects
- The false sense of security provided by material wealth
- The endless cycle of wanting and acquiring
- The ultimate futility of ownership in the face of mortality
Karmic Lessons
Through House II, we learn:
- All possession is temporary
- Material wealth cannot fill existential emptiness
- The paradox of seeking permanence through impermanent things
- The hollow nature of financial security
- The arbitrary nature of value in an indifferent cosmos
When Planets Transit House II
Different planetary energies in the Second House manifest as various forms of material delusion:
- Sun: Illuminates the emptiness of our possessions
- Moon: Emotional attachment to meaningless objects intensifies
- Mercury: Mental gymnastics to justify material pursuits
- Venus: False comfort in aesthetic accumulation
- Mars: Aggressive pursuit of temporary wealth
- Jupiter: Expansion of material desires and their futility
- Saturn: Harsh lessons about the limitations of ownership