सूर्य · Labha Bhava · Panaphara · Upachaya
Sun in the 11th house
The Sun in the eleventh gives gains through position and powerful friends. It is an upachaya house, so the malefic does well: income rises steadily, elder siblings help, and networks open through status rather than charm. Ambition is the engine, and the risk is that friendship becomes useful rather than warm.
What it gives
- •Steady gains through position
- •Influential friends and networks
- •Ambitions largely fulfilled
What to watch
- •Friendships judged by usefulness
- •Distance from elder siblings
- •Never quite enough
Where Sun 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.
Sun right now
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Who has Sun 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 Sun 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 | Sun’s dignity | Sun rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Aquarius | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 5th |
| Taurus | Pisces | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 4th |
| Gemini | Aries | Mars | Exalted | 3rd |
| Cancer | Taurus | Venus | Enemy’s sign | 2nd |
| Leo | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | 1st |
| Virgo | Cancer | Moon | Friend’s sign | 12th |
| Libra | Leo | Sun(own house) | Moolatrikona | 11th |
| Scorpio | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | 10th |
| Sagittarius | Libra | Venus | Debilitated | 9th |
| Capricorn | Scorpio | Mars | Friend’s sign | 8th |
| Aquarius | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 7th |
| Pisces | Capricorn | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 6th |
Strongest from Gemini — Sun is exalted in Aries. Weakest from Sagittarius, where it falls in Libra.
What it aspects from here
From the 11th house, Sun 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
Sun as a planet
Surya is the atmakaraka — the soul in the chart. He rules the father, authority, government, bones and the eyes, and gives dignity, confidence and the will to be somebody. Classified a malefic because he burns: planets too close to the Sun are combust, and the house he occupies is lit brightly but scorched at the edges.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: the soul, the father, authority and vitality · Day: Sunday
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FAQ
Sun in the 11th house — common questions
What does Sun in the 11th house mean?
The Sun in the eleventh gives gains through position and powerful friends. It is an upachaya house, so the malefic does well: income rises steadily, elder siblings help, and networks open through status rather than charm. Ambition is the engine, and the risk is that friendship becomes useful rather than warm. The 11th house (Labha Bhava) rules income and gains of every kind, elder siblings and friends, networks, groups and social circles, and Sun is the karaka of the soul, the father, authority and vitality. Classically it is a panaphara, upachaya house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Sun in the 11th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Gemini ascendant the 11th house is Aries, where Sun is exalted. From Sagittarius it is Libra, where Sun is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Sun 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 Sun in the 11th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Sun currently occupies is the 11th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Sun moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Sun stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Sun 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 Sun rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.