What does Eros in the 2nd House mean?
Eros in the 2nd house makes desire sensory and slow: touch, food, scent, comfort and the pleasure of things that last. You want in the body first, and you tend to want people who feel solid and worth keeping.
Astrology — Eros in the 2nd House
Eros in the 2nd House: Where Desire Finds You
Eros in the 2nd house shows the life area where desire tends to find you and how you pursue what you want. Meaning, gift, shadow, and how to find your Eros house.
Eros in the 2nd house makes desire sensory and slow: touch, food, scent, comfort and the pleasure of things that last. You want in the body first, and you tend to want people who feel solid and worth keeping.
Desire in the 2nd house
The 2nd house is money, possessions and self-worth. Eros here ties desire to security and pleasure to the senses. You are turned on by generosity, by being provided for or providing, by a partner who is physically present and unhurried. Wanting and valuing are the same act, and you often show love by giving things.
The gift
You make love feel safe and abundant. The people you desire tend to feel treasured, literally, and you are good at the long, sensual middle of a relationship that others rush.
The shadow
The shadow is possessiveness, and pricing love: choosing partners for what they offer, or holding on because leaving costs too much. Desire can go quiet when the money is tight.
Working with it
Separate wanting from owning. Give pleasure that does not need to be paid back. Notice when comfort has replaced desire, and when you are staying because it is expensive to go.
Questions
Is Eros in the 2nd House a good placement?
Every house has a version; the house says where desire finds you, not whether it will. At its best: You make love feel safe and abundant. The growth edge: The shadow is possessiveness, and pricing love: choosing partners for what they offer, or holding on because leaving costs too much.
How do I find what house my Eros is in?
Enter your birth details in the Asteroid Calculator to find your Eros sign, house and degree, plus Psyche, Aphrodite, Amor and six more, with every tight aspect they make to your Sun, Moon, Venus and Mars.