Minderwiz
Ethereal said:what is in store for me regarding my recent reunion with a long-lost cousin?
(basically, how will things play out. will we continue a future relationship? Does it look like family (her and I and other cousins through her I am related to) will reunite and stay reunited long term? ..things like that. overall picture
There are two approaches to locating the relevant house. The first is to use derived houses. That would work as follows. Your father is signified by the fourth house. His father is the fourth from that house (counting the house itself as one) so that takes us to the seventh house of the radical chart. Now the cousin is descended from his sister, who would be signified by the third house (siblings) from the grandfather's house (radical seventh). That takes us to the ninth house of the radical chart. Her child would be the fifth house from the ninth, taking us back to the Ascendant. Her child's child would be the fifth house from there or the radical fifth.
Now that's an awful lot of linkages and derivatives, so I have serious doubts as to whether that will hold. The link seems tenuous. But I will use it.
The other method is much more straightforward and simple. It is to treat second cousins as part of the family at large and that is signified by the fourth house of the radical chart. Using it for your father is simply the process of taking him as the the key person from whom your sense of family is derived (that might not always be the case but in a patriarchal family system, it usually is). Again I'll use this and I'll take it first, as it's the clearest link to family and your question mentions other cousins who might become involved.
The chart has Cancer rising, so you are signified by the Moon, which is well placed in the ninth house, though peregrine, which usually denotes dependence on others for success. In this case the 'others' would be signified by Jupiter, ruler of Pisces, in which the Moon is placed. Jupiter is the benefic of Sect and is placed in Leo in the second. The Moon is also square to the Lot of Fortune and is about to perfect the aspect.
The cousins (family) are signified by Venus, ruler of the fourth house. Venus is paced in the twelfth conjunct the Lot of Fortune (ruled by Mercury). The twelfth is often linked to the hidden or secret or unknown. And from your question, these cousins were unknown to you till recently. The twelfth is also associated with travel that doesn't work out or has a downside to it - did you meet her through your father's funeral or something related to it?
There is an aspect between Moon and Venus, it's a square and it's separating. Now as you have already met, the separation simply confirms that the event has already happened. The square implies difficulties and delays but again I would treat those as past, because you already seem to have had difficulties and delays in meeting her.
Venus' next aspect is to the Lot of Fortune and then to Jupiter, who I've already identified as someone (possibly plural) who help you keep the relationship going. Venus is also in a mutual reception with Mercury the ruler of Fortune (both by sign and by ruler/term) The links to the Lot of Fortune are no guarantee of success but I think they point towards it and with the other factors, I think this will have a successful outcome.
The only issue is that Venus is in a partile Opposition to Saturn (though the aspect has just passed exact perfection). Saturn rules the eighth house and again that seems to relate to your father's death/will. So it seems to be one of the factors bringing you together rather than something that is a threat.
My feeling is that the relationship will last using the fourth.
The ruler of the fifth (the second cousin you have already met) is Mars. Mars is in Taurus and the Moon is applying to a sextile. Mars in Taurus is in the Moon's Exaltation, so there is Reception here. I think the relationship with her, specifcally, will work out. Mars is in it's own Detriment, so that might mean problems (that might be specifically hers) but I still see this working.
In summary, I think both elements of your question will work out. It might not be easy but it should happen. In particular, I think your relationship with the cousin you have met will last., with little problem.