The second house is money, possessions, and what one is willing to be paid for. Mercury there produces a person who calculates. Prices are remembered, comparisons made unbidden, and the native can say within a few pounds what any object in the room cost. Earning tends to come through talk, writing, teaching, broking, or selling — the native's living is made by moving information rather than goods, and often by knowing something a paying party does not.
Negotiation is a natural act rather than an ordeal. Such natives ask for the rate calmly, itemise, and are comfortable with the pause after a figure has been stated. Multiple small income streams suit them better than a single salary, and many keep two or three occupations running at once out of temperament rather than necessity. Books, instruments, and devices accumulate; these are the possessions that carry weight, and they are catalogued rather than merely owned.
The cost is the reduction of value to price. The native can state what a thing costs and struggle to say what it is worth, and the same instrument turned inward converts self-worth into a running tally of earnings. Overthinking small purchases wastes hours that the hourly rate does not justify. And there is a real susceptibility to the clever scheme — the arrangement that is intellectually elegant and financially unsound, entered because the reasoning was enjoyable.
What It Gives
- ◆Skilled, unembarrassed negotiation
- ◆Several income streams managed
- ◆Sharp practical numeracy
- ◆Turns knowledge into earnings
What It Costs
- ◆Value reduced to price
- ◆Drawn to clever schemes
- ◆Deliberates over trivial purchases
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