Rahu in the 11th house
The results given by Rahu in the eleventh house of the horoscope
Rahu in the 11th house. This is the best position of Rahu, indicating people of great willpower. Their work exerts an influence on many, they are able to control their feelings and their eating habits, they have few children, earn well, and give assistance to affairs relating to the human soul. They may have weak hearing and there may be periods of disorder in the fulfilment of material desires. (Tom Hopke)
Rahu in the 11th house and Ketu in the 5th house: Rahu strives to fulfil its desires by the easiest means. The 11th house is responsible for the fulfilment of desires. Therefore for Rahu this is the very best place. Rahu in the 11th house gives great material growth when the mahadasha or antardasha of Rahu begins. It is not enough simply to have Rahu in the 11th house. In order to receive its effects, it is important that the Mahadasha of Rahu should begin at an active age of the person. Often this person is born the eldest in the family. In the ‘Jataka Parijata’ it is written that if Rahu is in the 3rd, 6th, 11th house under the aspect of a benefic planet, all the harmful influence disappears “as cotton is carried away by the wind”.
Rahu in the 11th house is good for the fulfilment of all desires. But Ketu in the 5th house is not favourable for the birth of children. It is difficult for them to have children. If there are children, difficult relations will develop with them. The 5th house shows romance and love affairs. Ketu here does not allow one to experience enjoyment in love. Love relationships are interrupted for some reason. The person falls into depression; for a long time he cannot forget his past relationships. In love they do not feel a return from their partner. (Mahesh Dharmadasa)
Rahu in the 11th house
Wealth, prosperity, fame, success, the fulfilment of desires, few children, a long life, high patrons, fortune through foreigners. (Indubala)
Rahu in the 11th house: capable, well-to-do, devoid of a sense of shame, keeps his emotions and mind under control, devout. A long and comfortable life, journeys abroad, good deeds and posthumous fame. Problems with the ears. (Shri Govind Swarup Agarwal)
Rahu in the 11th, Ketu in the 5th house: the karmic task
This combination also prompts the person to rush from one extreme to another. An illustration of this placement of the nodes may be the Phoenix, reborn from the ashes.
As often happens with the placement of Ketu in the first half of the horoscope, the first half of life brings little joy. As a rule, there is a break in the process of formal education, even if under social pressure the native successfully finishes some educational institution.
When Ketu is strong, it gives the person a very perceptive mind. Such people receive knowledge rather from within through some mystical process than from without.
If the lord of the Lagna joins Ketu in the 5th house, then the native prefers platonic love to all kinds of love. As a rule, in youth the native meets with disappointment in love, which prompts him to relate negatively to love as such.
This placement of Ketu is not very favourable for the birth and raising of offspring, except in those cases where the 5th house is very strong and receives favourable aspects, especially from Jupiter. In women's charts Ketu in the 5th indicates a difficult childbirth.
The placement of Rahu in the 11th house is considered favourable, since it allows all the native's desires in this life to be fulfilled, but, as a rule, this happens after 40 years.
Rahu in the 11th makes the native ambitious and if something does not work out for him, he is greatly upset. But on the whole, Rahu in this position strengthens such indications of the 11th house as purposefulness, expectations, elder relatives or friends, sources of income, philanthropy, idealism, the ability to share, relations in the collective.
Elder brothers and sisters (if there are any), as a rule, become a source of income for the native (or on the contrary, he helps them to obtain profit), if the other indications of the horoscope confirm this. Rahu in the 11th is a source of great income, but this must be confirmed by other indications of the chart.
The karmic task with such a placement of the nodes is to balance egoism and the interests of the collective, personal ambitions and public goals; to learn to achieve results and to share them. Friendship is a key link in the life of such people, and this should help to overcome excessive egoism. If this egoism is not transformed, this may strike the native himself, since those who help him to achieve his goals may become disappointed in him and part with him because of his egoism. It has been noticed that if such a person receives large profits by dishonest means, they are quickly spent in not the best way.
Examples: Osho Rajneesh, Queen Victoria.
“Bhrigu Sutra” 8.29-30
The owner of the horoscope will be blessed with children and rich.
Other opinions concerning Rahu in the 11th house:
“Phaladipika”: Rahu in the 11th house — wealth and a long life. The owner of the horoscope will have few children and will suffer from illnesses of the ears. Ketu in the 11th house — the owner of the horoscope will accumulate wealth, will live in comfort and will achieve success in all his undertakings.
“Chamatkar Chintamani”: Rahu in the 11th house — happiness from children and wealth through foreigners await the owner of the horoscope. Ketu in the 11th house — the owner of the horoscope will have enormous income. He will become educated and fortunate, but his descendants will not obtain happiness.
Note: Bhrigu Muni gives the same characteristics for the placement of Rahu and Ketu in various houses. His opinion is based on the fact that these planets are always in the seventh house from each other and both exert an influence on the house. However the other classical texts, apart from the “Brihat Jataka” and the “Saravali”, which do not describe the results of the placement of the shadow planets in the houses of the horoscope, hold a different opinion.
We should like to add several important remarks concerning the placement of Rahu and Ketu in the houses of the horoscope. Concerning the characteristics of these planets there are three main opinions: 1) they act as the lord of the sign that they occupy, 2) their nature is like that of Mars and Saturn, and also 3) the view of Kalidasa given below. An experienced astrologer intuitively understands what influences the shadow planets conduct when he analyses a horoscope or draws up forecasts.
Relying on the famous classical work of Kalidasa, the “Uttara Kalamrita”, it may be said that, being shadow planets, these planets are not regarded as the lords of any houses or signs. If Rahu and Ketu are in conjunction (in the same sign) with a planet, then they take on its qualities, become conductors of its energy, and in their periods, or bhuktis, act like that planet. When the shadow planets do not enter into a conjunction — they give the results of the planet aspecting them. And only when Rahu and Ketu are neither joined nor aspected by planets do they act as the lord of the sign in which they are placed.
If one of the two nodes and the lord of a triad are placed in conjunction in the 9th or 10th houses or if one of them is in the 9th, and the other in the 10th, a favourable yoga is formed, which will bring prosperity to the owner of the horoscope. If at the same time a malefic planet enters into a conjunction with or aspects one of the shadow planets, then the bhukti [sub-period] of the yoga-karaka will prove unfavourable.
And a last remark. Rahu and Ketu become beneficial when they occupy the positions of a triad or of a kendra from the lagna. The shadow planets also prove beneficial when they are joined with the lords of a house of a triad or of a quadrant. But if at the same time the lord of the 9th house also owns the 8th (in the case of Gemini rising), or the 12th (in the case of Libra rising), and also if the lords of the 9th or 10th houses are joined with the lords of the 8th and 12th houses, the beneficial results of the yoga are lost.
“Bhrigu Sutra” with commentaries by Indubala
«Jataka Bharanam» 17.97
The results of the placement of Rahu in the 11th house
If Rahu has entered the 11th Bhava, then the person will receive profit in everything, great happiness, fame thanks to the king, clothes, gold, four-legged animals and victories.
Comments: A person in whose birth chart Rahu is in the 11th Bhava [house] will receive special wealth from commerce with foreigners. In order to obtain more profit in business and to achieve his goals, he does not care about the purity, decency or honesty of the means. He forms connections with people in various spheres. Rahu in the 11th house will cause illnesses of the ears, an abortion for the wife and a disorder of health for the elder brother.
Such a person loves to invest his money in shares, to play the stock exchange, to spend on lotteries, races and the like.