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Ketu · 2nd House (Dhana/Wealth)

Ketu in the 2nd House

Ketu in the 2nd strips the house of display: speech is blunt or sparing, money is handled with detachment and family traditions feel distant, and the texts mention irregular wealth and complaints of the mouth, teeth or eyes.

The house
2nd House (Dhana/Wealth) — Wealth, accumulated assets, family, speech, early education, food habits.
The planet
Ketu: the Moon's south node, a shadow planet — the significator of detachment, intuition, spirituality, research and sudden separations; like Rahu it gives the results of its sign lord and of its house
Kind of house
a panaphara or apoklima house
Directional strength
Not counted for the nodes
Aspects from here
the 6th, 8th and 10th houses (5th, 7th and 9th from itself)
Its mahadasha
7 years

What the classical texts say

Rahu sits in the 8th.

Careful speech and a fixed savings plan are the remedies; languages and research suit it.

How the sign changes it, lagna by lagna

Which sign falls in the 2nd house depends on the lagna, and the sign changes Ketu's strength there. For a Libra (Tula) lagna this house holds Scorpio (Vrishchika), where Ketu is exalted; for a Aries (Mesha) lagna it holds Taurus (Vrishabha), where it is debilitated. The texts disagree on the nodes' exaltation signs; the table follows the convention the site's kundli uses, and a node also gives the results of its sign lord.

Ketu in the 2nd house, lagna by lagna
LagnaSign in this houseDignitySign lord (dispositor)Yogas and roles
Aries (Mesha)Taurus (Vrishabha)DebilitatedVenusDebilitated — check for neecha bhanga
Taurus (Vrishabha)Gemini (Mithuna)—Mercury—
Gemini (Mithuna)Cancer (Karka)—Moon—
Cancer (Karka)Leo (Simha)—Sun—
Leo (Simha)Virgo (Kanya)—Mercury—
Virgo (Kanya)Libra (Tula)—Venus—
Libra (Tula)Scorpio (Vrishchika)ExaltedMars—
Scorpio (Vrishchika)Sagittarius (Dhanu)—Jupiter—
Sagittarius (Dhanu)Capricorn (Makara)—Saturn—
Capricorn (Makara)Aquarius (Kumbha)—Saturn—
Aquarius (Kumbha)Pisces (Meena)—Jupiter—
Pisces (Meena)Aries (Mesha)—Mars—

Yogas this placement can form

  • The Rahu-Ketu axis: Rahu always sits exactly opposite, in the 8th house — read Rahu in the 8th house with this one.

When it gives its results

Ketu mahadasha runs 7 years. This placement speaks most clearly then — in Ketu's own mahadasha, in its antardashas inside other mahadashas, and in the dasha of the lord of the 2nd house. Saturn's and Jupiter's transits over this house, or over the planet itself, wake it too.

Ketu mahadasha: what its 7 years bring · See your own dasha — the dasha calculator

Remedies

  • Chant the Ketu mantra: Om Sraam Sreem Sraum Sah Ketave Namah. Sit facing east after sunrise — Tuesday is the strongest day for it. Chant 4 malas a day (432 repetitions), keeping count on a 108-bead mala. Keep it up for 40 days without a break — that completes the traditional 17,000.
  • Give a Ketu donation. Give horse gram, multicoloured cloth, blanket on Tuesday, before noon. Offer it to a sadhu, or feed a stray dog, or to anyone in genuine need. Give quietly, in person, without expecting thanks.
  • Daily practice for Ketu. Care for dogs; keep faith in what you cannot yet see. Keep it up every day for 40 days — consistency is the remedy.

Remedies for all nine planets · The Ketu mantra in full

See your own placement

Make your kundli and open the card for the 2nd house: it shows the sign there, where its lord sits and which planets occupy it — so you can see whether Ketu really is in this house for you, and in which sign. The row of the table above for your lagna is then yours.

Make your free kundliTry the interactive kundli on a sample chart

Other planets in the 2nd house

Ketu in the other houses

Common questions

Is Ketu in the 2nd house good or bad?

Not by itself. Careful speech and a fixed savings plan are the remedies; languages and research suit it. It is exalted here for Libra (Tula) lagna and debilitated for Aries (Mesha) lagna.

Which lagna gives Ketu in the 2nd house its best result?

Libra (Tula) (exalted) lagna. The full table above gives every lagna.

When does Ketu in the 2nd house give its results?

In Ketu mahadasha (7 years), in Ketu antardashas within other mahadashas, and in the dasha of the lord of the 2nd house.

Where is Rahu when Ketu is in the 2nd house?

Always in the 8th house — Rahu and Ketu are exactly opposite each other, so the two houses are read together.

What are the remedies for Ketu in the 2nd house?

Ketu's free practices — its beeja mantra, a donation on its day and one daily act — are listed above. No gemstone is suggested from a single placement.