राहु · Labha Bhava · Panaphara · Upachaya
Rahu in the 11th house
Rahu in the eleventh is his single best placement: the planet of desire in the house of fulfilled desire, in an upachaya house. Gains are large, often from foreign or unconventional sources, and networks are wide and influential. The classical caution is that the appetite grows with the income.
What it gives
- •Large gains, often foreign or unconventional
- •Wide, influential networks
- •Ambitions realised on a big scale
What to watch
- •Desires expand faster than income
- •Friendships that are transactional
- •Never satisfied by what arrives
Where Rahu 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.
Rahu right now
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Who has Rahu 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 Rahu 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 | Rahu’s dignity | Rahu rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Aquarius | Saturn | Neutral | — |
| Taurus | Pisces | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Gemini | Aries | Mars | Neutral | — |
| Cancer | Taurus | Venus | Exalted | — |
| Leo | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | — |
| Virgo | Cancer | Moon | Neutral | — |
| Libra | Leo | Sun | Neutral | — |
| Scorpio | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | — |
| Sagittarius | Libra | Venus | Neutral | — |
| Capricorn | Scorpio | Mars | Debilitated | — |
| Aquarius | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Pisces | Capricorn | Saturn | Neutral | — |
Strongest from Cancer — Rahu is exalted in Taurus. Weakest from Capricorn, where it falls in Scorpio.
What it aspects from here
From the 11th house, Rahu aspects the 3rd, 5th, 7th houses. Rahu 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
Rahu as a planet
Rahu is the north lunar node, a shadow with no body. He amplifies, distorts and obsesses: the house he occupies is pursued with unusual hunger and often reached by unconventional means. He rules foreigners, technology, intoxication and sudden rise — and sudden fall, because what Rahu gives he gives without instructions.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: obsession, foreignness and sudden rise
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FAQ
Rahu in the 11th house — common questions
What does Rahu in the 11th house mean?
Rahu in the eleventh is his single best placement: the planet of desire in the house of fulfilled desire, in an upachaya house. Gains are large, often from foreign or unconventional sources, and networks are wide and influential. The classical caution is that the appetite grows with the income. The 11th house (Labha Bhava) rules income and gains of every kind, elder siblings and friends, networks, groups and social circles, and Rahu is the karaka of obsession, foreignness and sudden rise. Classically it is a panaphara, upachaya house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Rahu in the 11th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Cancer ascendant the 11th house is Taurus, where Rahu is exalted. From Capricorn it is Scorpio, where Rahu is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Rahu aspect from the 11th house?
The 3rd, the 5th, the 7th houses. Rahu 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 Rahu in the 11th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Rahu currently occupies is the 11th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Rahu moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Rahu stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Rahu 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 Rahu rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.