Davison Chart Mars in the 2nd House

The second house covers possessions and earning capacity, including what a person gathers for security.[1] Here Mars tends to push the couple toward making their own money and protecting what they have earned. Competition over who contributes more is a difficult expression, particularly when earnings become a measure of power inside the bond.

If progressed Mars approaches a station, the effort to earn or recover resources tends to become a longer negotiation. A transit that crosses this Mars repeatedly during retrograde motion often accompanies several rounds of the same spending dispute, with the decisive terms settled on a later pass.

Exalted Mars in Capricorn[2] favors disciplined effort toward a material goal. The couple often accepts an immediate cost for the sake of financial independence, especially when sustained work offers a way out of dependence on someone else.

Mars in Libra, its detriment,[2] must work through Venus. Preserving agreement can delay a necessary demand for payment, or keep the couple spending more than they can afford to maintain a social commitment. Affection then carries a price that neither partner has agreed to openly.