केतु · Labha Bhava · Panaphara · Upachaya
Ketu in the 11th house
Ketu in the eleventh gives gains that arrive without being chased and a small, unusual circle of friends. Desires are few, which the texts treat as a kind of wealth. Income is adequate rather than large, and elder siblings may be distant.
What it gives
- •Gains arrive unsought
- •Few desires — contentment
- •Small circle of genuine, unusual friends
What to watch
- •Income adequate rather than growing
- •Distance from elder siblings
- •Little interest in networking
Where Ketu actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 11th house of only one lagna.
Ketu right now
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Who has Ketu in the 11th today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 11th house is a different sign for each — and Ketu is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 11th house sign | Sign lord | Ketu’s dignity | Ketu rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Aquarius | Saturn | Neutral | — |
| Taurus | Pisces | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Gemini | Aries | Mars | Neutral | — |
| Cancer | Taurus | Venus | Debilitated | — |
| Leo | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | — |
| Virgo | Cancer | Moon | Neutral | — |
| Libra | Leo | Sun | Neutral | — |
| Scorpio | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | — |
| Sagittarius | Libra | Venus | Neutral | — |
| Capricorn | Scorpio | Mars | Exalted | — |
| Aquarius | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Pisces | Capricorn | Saturn | Neutral | — |
Strongest from Capricorn — Ketu is exalted in Scorpio. Weakest from Cancer, where it falls in Taurus.
What it aspects from here
From the 11th house, Ketu aspects the 3rd, 5th, 7th houses. Ketu is a shadow body; many schools give it the 5th, 7th and 9th aspects, and some give none. Shown here as the widely used set. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 11th house
The eleventh is the house of gains — money that arrives rather than money kept, plus friends, elder siblings, and the networks through which opportunity moves. It is an upachaya house and, unusually, one where malefics do well: it rewards those who push.
Karaka: Jupiter · Signifies: income and gains of every kind; elder siblings and friends; networks, groups and social circles; fulfilment of desires
Ketu as a planet
Ketu is the south node, Rahu’s opposite: where Rahu grasps, Ketu lets go. The house he occupies is one a person is already skilled in and therefore bored by — mastery without interest. He rules spirituality, moksha, sudden loss and the kind of insight that arrives without being sought.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: detachment, moksha and past-life skill
Related placements
FAQ
Ketu in the 11th house — common questions
What does Ketu in the 11th house mean?
Ketu in the eleventh gives gains that arrive without being chased and a small, unusual circle of friends. Desires are few, which the texts treat as a kind of wealth. Income is adequate rather than large, and elder siblings may be distant. The 11th house (Labha Bhava) rules income and gains of every kind, elder siblings and friends, networks, groups and social circles, and Ketu is the karaka of detachment, moksha and past-life skill. Classically it is a panaphara, upachaya house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Ketu in the 11th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Capricorn ascendant the 11th house is Scorpio, where Ketu is exalted. From Cancer it is Taurus, where Ketu is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Ketu aspect from the 11th house?
The 3rd, the 5th, the 7th houses. Ketu is a shadow body; many schools give it the 5th, 7th and 9th aspects, and some give none. Shown here as the widely used set.
Which ascendant has Ketu in the 11th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Ketu currently occupies is the 11th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Ketu moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Ketu stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Ketu in the 11th house affect marriage?
Not directly. Marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. A 11th-house placement matters only through the houses Ketu rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.