by Dawn Rose
So, you have a new crush, or you’ve been in a relationship for a while, and you are hyped to get some insight into the relationship.
You’ve learned about the significance of house overlays and are now impatient to explore what it means to have their Moon in your 2nd House in synastry (or vice versa).
The Moon is indeed a whole mini world in astrology to deeply explore and understand, both in your own natal chart and in your compatibility analysis with another person.
In its essence, the Moon as a symbol is the embodiment of our soul with all the joys, hurts, experiences, and wisdom it carries from our past lives.
The Moon is one of the most delicate points in our natal charts, and it is also the door through which we can access the emotional world of someone else (if we know how to). Indeed, we should thread softly in this venture, for which reason I need to draw your attention to a few things before I tell you what the Moon in 2nd House Synastry may or may not mean for your relationship.
Moon in 2nd House Synastry: When does it Actually Mean Something?
To get you started with house overlays, I must first tell you that they can mislead you greatly if you haven’t taken the initial few preliminary steps in your compatibility analysis.
Most importantly, the Moon in 2nd house synastry overview I am about to give you will mean very little for your relationship if you haven’t looked at each of the charts separately beforehand.
Gaining a good understanding of each other’s needs, desires, and approach to love and relationships separately is a key step that by no means should be skipped or overlooked.
The Moon, of course plays a significant role in this initial analysis, because its position by sign, house, and aspects will give you a very thorough understanding of each other’s hidden emotional needs, inner talents, and trauma that has to be dealt with.
I like to give the example of Moon square Venus, which is a classic example of a woman, who has issues in her early relationships, because of inborn insecurities she has and the inability to truly value and appreciate herself. A woman with this aspect usually projects her emotional instability onto partners and often attracts narcissists, who further enhance this skewed self-image she has of herself. By making the wound hurt, they empower her to finally deal with the issue and start practicing more self-love and appreciation. Although early relationships may be a good catalyst for ‘forcing’ someone with this aspect to work on it and overcome it, the best kind of partner for someone with this aspect would be an individual, who has a trine between these two planets, and can assist her in the healing process.
For men, this same aspect means that they have an inner contradiction of the type of woman they want for a long-term partner. They have an inherent draw towards very different types of women, and they often find someone, who they consider as ‘wife’ material, and another one, who they consider as a ‘lover’.
This is exactly the reason why, if your partner’s Moon falls in your 2nd house in synastry, it will mean one thing if their Moon is harmoniously placed by sign and by aspects, and completely another thing if their Moon is heavily afflicted.
The One Most Important Thing To Remember About Moon in 2nd House Synastry
The most important thing to remember about having someone’s Moon in your second house in Synastry is that it acts as a permanent transit to your second house!
This means that for as long as you are in this particular relationship, for as long as you communicate and exchange energies with this person, their Moon will be like a permanent transit in your second house.
Their Moon, with all it represents will be affecting your own self-esteem, your value system, the way you express your talents, your material resources, money and the way you spend them! If you have planets in your second house, their Moon will be further activating these planets, and the aspects they are making.
Let’s say you have Jupiter in your second house, which makes a trine to Venus. This is an extremely good aspect for abundance, which also makes you very aware of what you truly value in life. You have a very well-developed set of values and morals which you follow, you are likely to earn well and maybe even overspent a little bit if there are no restrictive aspects from Saturn.
In this case, when your partner’s Moon falls in the second house and activates this aspect, they can act like an emotional catalyst, encouraging you to further overspend, but also to make you even more passionate about your values and belief system! They will further illuminate the positive aspect, and in their presence you can become even more creative about ways to earn money, develop your talents, and gain more financial stability in your life. Still, even with a positive aspect your partner’s Moon in the 2nd house may be a bit de-stabilizing for your finances. They will make you emotionally prone to spend money on them.
But what if your Jupiter in the 2nd house makes a square to Venus? How will a partner’s Moon hypothetically affect you then? Well, it will make you very yielding and vulnerable when it comes to your set of values, and you may be instinctively prone to change and adapt them to your partner. You may also become ‘prey’ to them, spending your resources on them and being something like a ‘cash cow’ for them (especially if their Moon is afflicted).
I hope you can see why these things are critical to consider when making a proper Moon in 2nd house synastry analysis!
This is exactly the reason why it is absolutely vital that you FIRST have a very thorough and in-depth examination of their Moon in their own chart. And of course, your Moon in your own chart.
AND to know very well what the Moon symbolizes and what the Second House symbolizes.
I will review these for you here, but one easy and fast way to learn astrology basics in just a few hours is by Downloading The Fast Track To Astrology Cheatsheets.
Moon in 2nd House Synastry Symbolism
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One key thing to remember about the Moon when it comes to synastry is that it always shows our relationship with the mother. And this very first relationship we’ve had in our life will reflect ALL other relationships from now on. This is valid for absolutely everyone.
The Moon shows in a very expressive, almost ‘picturesque’ kind of way how our mother loved us, or more precisely – our perception of how we were loved.
And, this very first lesson on how to love is deeply ingrained in our subconscious mind, therefore, putting a mark on all of our relationships. Unless we mindfully and consciously choose to change something. This is why, when someone else’s Moon falls into our second house, they will bring this very strong ‘maternal’ energy into it, and whether this energy supports us in further developing our talents and resources, or projects pain and ruins our self-esteem, entirely depends on the Moon’s position by sign and aspects.
The Moon in the air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) is very light, communicative, and adaptable. It brings with it the need to communicate and to intellectualize feelings. Air Moons bring lightness, collaboration, and curiosity with them.
The Moon in fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) is passionate, direct, and very dramatic. It brings with it an energy of adventure, self-assurance, and the need to be noticed, loved, and appreciated.
The Moon in water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) is nurturing, intuitive, and imaginative. It brings with it the classic feminine energy of magnetism, depth of feelings, and the inborn need for emotional attachment.
The Moon in earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) is practical, grounded, and down-to-earth. It brings with it an energy of stability, maturity, and the need to show love through practical acts of kindness.
2nd House Meaning
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The second house represents our self-esteem and our talents.
It represents our material resources, properties, money we earn and spend.
It is important to note that although the second house, whose natural ruler is Venus, and represents the zodiac sign Taurus may initially sound like a purely materialistic house, it is not.
The second house has a spiritual side to it with it symbolism of us, having to build a very solid set of values and morals, which we adhere to in all of our dealings throughout our lifetime.
Consciously working on our second house can give us more stability in life, more self-assurance and confidence that each step we take is the right thing to do in this particular moment.
The second house also represents our energy and the amount of energy we accumulate in order to exist and then exert onto various creative endeavors.
This is why having the de-stabilizing, volatile influence of a partner’s unharmonious Moon in our second house can almost feel like we are being drained and/or losing the ground below our feet.
You can read all about Moon in 2nd House in our natal chart here
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2nd House Significance in Synastry
Synastric planets in nocturnal houses are perceived by a person essentially, but not very clearly, and to the greatest extent this applies to the second house, which represents the environment or background of existence, which can only be viewed with peripheral vision.
However, the environment plays a very important role in a person’s life, as well as his ethics of existence in the world as a whole. Therefore, if the planets of a partner activate my second house, this means that it is time for me to deal with it closely, otherwise losses, including energy and financial are likely to occur.
As always, it is important to start by analyzing the second house in the natal chart: is it weak or strong, harmonious or afflicted. A weak second house may result in the illusion, or at least the hope that the planets of a partner falling into it will improve their financial situation, increase the comfort of their environment, or form their missing set of values.
In reality, these hopes are not so easy to fulfill and although the partner (or the Moon person) will have an instinctive impulse to correct, strengthen and improve the other person’s second house, most likely their influence will be limited to advice or suggestions, which the house person will have to implement themselves. Still, both criticism and ideas for cooperation can turn out to be constructive – if the house person has the right predisposition.
If, on the other hand, if the second house is very strongly positioned in the natal chart, a Moon in 2nd house synastry aspect may be the cause of a collision. It may feel like the Moon person is invading their partner’s personal set of values, trying to influence the way they deal with money and resources, and having a de-stabilizing influence on their energy levels and self-esteem.
The house person may not consciously understand where this pressure is coming from, but may subconsciously react with resistance and aggression, in an attempt to defend their values and the sense of stability they have built for themselves. It should also be noted that being a house, ruled by a fixed sign, personal values are not something that can be easily mended or tampered with.
Moon in 2nd House Synastry Meaning
Moon in 2nd House Synastry when the Moon is well-positinoed and aspected:
When one’s Moon falls in the second house of their partner’s horoscope, which is the house where the Moon is considered to be naturally exalted, they may recognize in the house person a naturally stabilizing influence, and be instinctively drawn to helping them make the most of their resources.
The Moon person may have an instinctive flair for giving the house person the right advice as to where they should invest their savings and how best they can multiply their assets and conserve their resources.
The Moon person may also feel emotionally drawn to contribute to the house person’s well-being by helping them develop their talents, enhance their self-esteem, giving them presents, and demonstrating a good amount of generosity towards them. In some cases the motive behind such generosity may be that the Moon person gains pleasure through bringing the house person gifts.
The house person should always be careful to make the Moon person aware of their gratefulness and appreciation for their generosity, because the Moon person’s feelings will usually be very much involved in any services and involvement in the house person’s personal talents and material resources.
The Moon, with its instinctively maternal nature will try to nurture the house person’s talents and energy, but will, in return, require a ‘piece of the pie’. The house person will have to financially and energetically cater for the Moon person as if they were their child.
Moon in 2nd House Synastry when the Moon is afflicted:
If the Moon is involved in adverse cross-aspects, the Moon person may worry unduly about their partner’s financial problems and so become more of a hindrance than a help, suffocating her vitality even suggesting, perhaps unjustly, that the house person is not sufficiently appreciative of their help and generosity. The purpose of this behavior may be to arouse in the partner, whose second house is involved a true sense of gratitude.
The Moon person may also instinctively act in hidden and manipulative ways in order to win the house person’s trust in order to later take advantage of their energy and financial resources. A heavily afflicted Moon can literally suck the energy out of the house person with constant demands, nagging, and using emotional manipulation to receive what it wants from the other person.
If the house person tries to resist the pressure in one way or another, the Moon person can, with different type of means like facial expressions, intonation, and words, make the house person feel guilt, because of their ‘unethical’ and ‘ruthless’ behavior towards the Moon person.
The house person is endangered in having to completely restructure their own set of values and belief system in order to be able to serve their partner’s whims. If the Moon is strong and the person is unevolved, the Moon person will try to force the house person into believing that the greatest value in their life is serving the Moon person’s desires, catering for their health, and meeting their emotional needs, whatever it takes.
The type of scenarios with the Moon in second house can be very diverse, depending on each partner’s aspects and evolutionary level, but the house person is always endangered of being financially and energetically drained if the Moon person doesn’t sincerely have their best interest in mind.
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