The 2nd House Diet
Diet Type Hints Pitfalls Appeals To... Because...
Preplanned, "eat this" types, i.e. Nutrisystems; Slim Fast

"Fat Farms"

Personal Trainers

 Pamper yourself with harmless indulgences, e.g., a candlelight bubble bath with soft music and incense, on a regular basis.

Find dessert substitutes like fresh fruit topped with yogurt to control cravings.

Take note of what you're eating and the quantities so you can continue to consume a similar amount of calories when you go back to "normal" food.

Don't cut out your favorite foods entirely.  Either cut back on quantity or find substitutes.  Depriving yourself long-term will result in binges.

 Does not change your eating habits as required for permanent weight loss; tendency to go back to the way you ate before when you decide to quit dieting.

Depending on how long you need to diet, can be expensive or boring.

If you're really lazy and  don't start an exercise program, you'll gain back everything you lost when you go back to eating "normally" again.

 

Taurus:  You like comfort, convenience and being pampered.

Gemini:  Who has time to mess with all that menu and calorie counting crap?

Libra:  It's too hard to make up your mind with all those choices on other diets.

Scorpio:  It's hard enough to diet.  Let someone else do as much work as possible.

 

If you want to lose weight because you're finally fed up with feeling tired and not being able to tie your shoes, then you're either pregnant or have a 2nd House motivation.  This House drives your possessions, which includes your body.  It also covers sensual pleasures such as gourmet food, fine beverages and hot oil massages.  In this House you are only thinking of how you feel about yourself.  You're not trying to impress anyone, you just want to feel good and like what you see in the mirror.  You're taking care of yourself, as you would any other valued possession; kinda like taking your car in for an oil change. 

If this is where you're coming from you'll want to initiate your diet when there is significant astrological activity in your Natal or Natural 2nd House.  Your Natal 2nd House depends on what time you were born and is shown on your Natal Chart.  If you don't have one and are too cheap to buy one, then you can get some help from your Natural House, which you can determine from the chart at the bottom of the page.

The Universal 2nd House belongs to Taurus.  As most people know, this sign likes comfort and nice things but is also somewhat cheap.  I mean frugal.  Very frugal.  This puts another spin on diets that relate to this House.  For example, those size 5s in the closet are not from Walmart because you like things that are soft and fit well.  Right now they don't fit at all.  Since your budget won't allow buying more right now, however, you simply need to lose weight so you can fit into existing clothes and save money.  (These would obviously be the Slim Fast folks and not those with personal trainers.)

If either of these sounds familiar, then the 2nd House approach is probably for you. 

Your Sign Your Natural 2nd House Sun in 2nd House Full Moon in 2nd  New Moon in 2nd
Aries Taurus April 21 - May 21 November 13, 2008 May 5, 2008
Taurus Gemini May 22 - June 21 December 12, 2008 June 3, 2008
Gemini Cancer June 22 - July 22 December 24, 2007 July 3, 2008
Cancer Leo July 23 - August 23 January 22, 2008 August 1, 2008
Leo Virgo August 24 - September 22 February 21, 2008 August 30, 2008
Virgo Libra September 23 - October 23 March 21, 2008 September 29, 2008
Libra Scorpio October 24 - November 22 April 20, 2008 & May 20, 2008 October 28, 2008
Scorpio Sagittarius* November 23 - December 21 June 18, 2008 November 27, 2008
Sagittarius Capricorn December 22- January 20 July 18, 2008 January 8, 2008 & December 27, 2008
Capricorn Aquarius* January 21 - February 18 August 16, 2008 February 7, 2008
Aquarius Pisces February 19 - March 20 September 15, 2008 March 7, 2008
Pisces Aries March 21 - April 20 October 14, 2008 April 6, 2008

*Be aware that some aspects may actually be contrary to losing weight, especially if they involve Venus or Neptune, which can make you lazy or delusional respectively.  This pair is likely to make you think you can take off that flab by eating nothing but chocolate as long as you watch Oprah daily.  Currently Neptune is in Aquarius, which doesn't bode well for Capricorns, and Venus is in Sagittarius for most of January 2008, which is bad news for Scorpios.  For Cappies to overcome this particular problem, try using that Neptunian idealism to visualize yourself the way you'd like to be when you lose that weight and then use your Cappy practicality and goal setting abilities to stick to your diet and exercise regimen as if your financial future depended on it.  For Scorpios to get past Venus, just focus on pleasures other than eating, which shouldn't be too difficult, based on the Scorpios I've known.