बुध · Labha Bhava · Panaphara · Upachaya
Mercury in the 11th house
Mercury in the eleventh gives gains through communication, trade and networks — one of the better placements for income. Friends are intelligent and useful, and the person is a natural connector. The texts are positive throughout, with a caution that desires multiply.
What it gives
- •Income through trade, writing, networks
- •Intelligent, useful friendships
- •Natural connector; brokerage
What to watch
- •Friendships judged by usefulness
- •Desires proliferate
- •Too many irons in the fire
Where Mercury 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.
Mercury right now
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Who has Mercury 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 Mercury 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 | Mercury’s dignity | Mercury rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Aquarius | Saturn | Neutral | 3rd, 6th |
| Taurus | Pisces | Jupiter | Debilitated | 2nd, 5th |
| Gemini | Aries | Mars | Neutral | 1st, 4th |
| Cancer | Taurus | Venus | Friend’s sign | 3rd, 12th |
| Leo | Gemini | Mercury(own house) | Own sign | 2nd, 11th |
| Virgo | Cancer | Moon | Enemy’s sign | 1st, 10th |
| Libra | Leo | Sun | Friend’s sign | 9th, 12th |
| Scorpio | Virgo | Mercury(own house) | Exalted | 8th, 11th |
| Sagittarius | Libra | Venus | Friend’s sign | 7th, 10th |
| Capricorn | Scorpio | Mars | Neutral | 6th, 9th |
| Aquarius | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | 5th, 8th |
| Pisces | Capricorn | Saturn | Neutral | 4th, 7th |
Strongest from Scorpio — Mercury is exalted in Virgo. Weakest from Taurus, where it falls in Pisces.
What it aspects from here
From the 11th house, Mercury aspects the 5th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects. 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
Mercury as a planet
Budh is the intellect — analysis, language, calculation, commerce, wit. He takes the colour of whatever he sits with, so he is a benefic in good company and a malefic in bad. Closest to the Sun, he is frequently combust, which is one of the most common and least-noticed conditions in a chart.
Nature: Variable · Karaka of: intellect, speech, trade and analysis · Day: Wednesday
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FAQ
Mercury in the 11th house — common questions
What does Mercury in the 11th house mean?
Mercury in the eleventh gives gains through communication, trade and networks — one of the better placements for income. Friends are intelligent and useful, and the person is a natural connector. The texts are positive throughout, with a caution that desires multiply. The 11th house (Labha Bhava) rules income and gains of every kind, elder siblings and friends, networks, groups and social circles, and Mercury is the karaka of intellect, speech, trade and analysis. Classically it is a panaphara, upachaya house, which shapes how a variable planet behaves there.
Is Mercury in the 11th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Scorpio ascendant the 11th house is Virgo, where Mercury is exalted. From Taurus it is Pisces, where Mercury is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Mercury aspect from the 11th house?
The 5th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects.
Which ascendant has Mercury in the 11th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Mercury currently occupies is the 11th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Mercury moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Mercury stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Mercury 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 Mercury rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.