Saturn in 2nd House

Saturn in 2nd house of the horoscope: the second house of the horoscope represents our family, food we eat, speech, language, wealth, face, left eye, etc. It is an important house to assess the social standing of a person, as it is of our family as well as wealth. The two parameters on which a social standing of a person is assessed in today’s world. If Shani dev is placed here in a person’s chart, then that person tends to behave like Dhritarashtra. Such natives usually have issues with their eyes. They often also have family issues. Such natives have to tolerate a lot of pain, due to the family members. They feel that injustice has been done to them by the family. They also tend to remain quiet and accept the doings of the family members, thus leading to building frustration in their life. Such natives are not very good in decision making and tend to put it off, as far as possible.

Story of Dhritarashtra - We find mention of Dhritarashtra in the epic of Mahabharata. Dhritarashtra was the first born child of Vichitravirya's first wife Ambika. He was fathered by Vyasa. He was born blind, because his mother had closed her eyes on seeing Vyasa, who had bestowed upon her the boon of having a son by his yogic powers. Due to his shortcoming, when the time came for choosing a king for Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra was not made the king, instead his younger brother, Pandu was enthroned. This led to jealousy in the mind of Dhritarashtra. However, due to poor health Pandu died and then Dhritarashtra ruled Hastinapur.

Dhritarashtra fathered 100 sons and a daughter. These sons were collectively called the Kauravas. Dhritarashtra loved his eldest son Duryodhan, unconditionally and purposely turned a blind eye to his shortcomings. He wanted that the throne should be passed on to his son, however, he was forced to consider Yudhishtar (eldest son of Pandu) as he was elder to Duryodhan. When it was decided that half of the kingdom should be given to Pandavas, Dhritarashtra was unfair to them and gave them arid, unprosperous and sparsely populated lands.

Dhritarashtra was one of the many men present when Yudhisthira lost the dice game against Shakuni, Duryodhana, Dushasana and Karna. With each throw, the king lost everything gambling away his kingdom, his wealth, his brothers and finally his wife. Dhritarashtra was silent when Dushasana tried to disrobe Draupadi (the Pandavas wife) in front of the court. Thus, we can say that such native may witness the dishonouring of the family and remain quiet. Due to their affections, they are unable to stop the evil doings of the close family.

Sanjaya, Dhritrashtra’s charioteer was blessed with the ability to see the past,present and the future, narrated important events of the Kurukshetra war, a war fought between the Kauravas (the sons of Dhritarashtra) and the Pandavas, to the blind king. Dhritarashtra's sorrow increased day by day as an ever increasing number of his sons were slain. He frequently bemoaned his ineffectiveness in preventing Duryodhana from going to war. Sanjaya often consoled the bereaved king but reminded him every time that dharma was on the Pandava side.

At the end of the great battle, Dhritarashtra was overcome with grief and rage at the loss of his hundred sons. He had to bear the misery of losing his beloved sons. It is not a very good placement for the native.

• JyotishNidhi