Enigmatic and Mysterious 11th House

Dr. Amar Aggarwal, Chandigarh Chapter

Each and every person attached to astrological pursuits holds very high opinion
whenever the 11th house of the horoscope comes into picture. Under these
circumstances calling this house as enigmatic and mysterious sounds ridiculous. But
when carefully analyzed under the various norms one will find that this house is worst
among the 12 houses of horoscope. Through this article I would like to share my
findings with the fellow astrologers, students of astrology and persons in any capacity
related with this sacred subject. First of all I would like to quote some classics and the
views of the seers which are as under:
The lord of 11th house or any planet posited therein or the planet / planets associated
with the lord of 11th house during its dasa or bhukti is capable of improving natives
acquisitions to a better extent but at the same time during this dasa or bhukti the same
planet / planets give difficulties, litigations and serious diseases etc. The tendency of
giving such effects applies to the main dasa of any of three planets and the bhukti of
the others. The careful study of 11th house reveals as under:
(a) The 11th house is 2nd from the 10th house hence it is a central point for ones gains
through the Karmas of present birth.
(b) The 11th house being 6th from the 6th house is an epicenter of diseases, litigations,
punishments and debts etc. hence malefic effects predominate over the beneficence.
Before coming to the essence of article I would like to discuss all the twelve houses in a
systematic way to prove that out of the 12 houses of the horoscope it is 11th house
that stands out to be the worst house:
The lords of angles (Kendras) and trines (Konas) which are six in all and the lords of
these six houses are generally considered auspicious apart from those who suffer from
Kendradhipati dosha which are capable of doing some good apart from the harm they
are destined to do. After these six houses we are left with the remaining six houses and
their lords and these are 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th. Even by implication these
are adverse houses and so are their lords. Regarding this Sage Parashara is very much
clear about this. In the chapter 34 and Sloka 4th of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra the
sage states as under:
Trishadaayaadhiya Sarvegrahah Paapphalah Sma Tah
Meaning by whosoever owns 3rd, 6th, and 11th will produce sinful effects i.e. such a
planet is inauspicious and trouble maker. The term Sarvagraha used include all the

planets that have lordship over the said house without giving any relief to even Jupiter,
Venus or Mercury as well.
Note: It is very important that the above said views should not be confused with the
word Upachayas. In this regard the benefic results pertaining to the Upachaya
houses would apply to the planets occupying these houses and not to the lords of these
houses and in most of the cases when benefics occupy these Upachayas give rise to
so called Vasumati yoga. As regard the Upachaya lords the Sage has exempted the
10th house since it is the best angle (Kendra) in any horoscope. More so the concept of
occupants of three out of four Upachayas viz. 3rd, 6th and 11th being auspicious
stands demolished if one applies the rule as suggested by the sage.
Thus out of six houses viz. 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th, Parashara, removes three
house from the list labeled as good ones and calls three houses as the evil houses. The
remaining three houses are 2nd, 8th and 12th, according to Parashara and are not as
bad as the 3rd, 6th and 11th. Parashara further comments that the houses 2nd, 8th
and 12th tend to modify their attributes according to relationship the lords of these
houses establish with another planet who is lord of a good or bad house. Vide Sloka 5th
of Chapter 34 the sage quotes as under:
Vyayadwiteeya Randhreshah Saahcharyaat Phalpradah
The word O;; used in the Sloka represent 12th, f}rh; 2nd and jU/kzskk the 8th and the
word lkgp;kZr means association. Thus one has to infer that the lords of 12th, 2nd and
8th (one should strictly adhere to the order of these lords) will prove auspicious if they
are associated with the angular or the trinal lords. But they become deadly inauspicious
by their association with the lords of 3rd, 6th, and 11th. While grading these two
groups the sage states the intensity of malfeasance will increase in the ascending order
ie. 6th lord is more harmful as compared to 3rd lord while 11th lord is most harmful /
inauspicious of the three. Thus suitable inference may be made pertaining to the lords
of 12th, 2nd, and 8th houses in this very order and their relationships with favourable
or unfavourable lords give good or bad results as detailed below:
2nd lord when associated with an favourable planet is more auspicious as compared
to the 12th lord associated with the same favourable planet.
2nd lord when associated with an unfavourable planet will be more harmful as
compared to the 12th lord when associated with the same unfavourable planet.
8th lord in association with a favourable planet will be more favourable as compared
to the 2nd lord if associated with the same favourable planet.
8th lord will be more harmful when associated with an unfavourable planet as
compared to the lord of 2nd house in case it is associated with same unfavourable
planet.

Sage Parashara gives some relief to the lord of 8th house but with certain conditions.
That the said planet should have simultaneous lordship over a trine i.e. Saturn in case
of signs Gemini rising in the lagna, Jupiter in case of Leo lagna and Mercury in case of
Capricorn lagna. Here the sage is silent about the Mercurys lordship over 8th house
and simultaneously its lordship over a trine viz. 5th house in case of Aquarius lagna and
the reason for dropping this planet from the above list can be the exaltation as well as
mooltrikona sign of Mercury falling in the 8th house. In this regard one can refer to
Sloka 6 of Chapter 34 of Brihat Parsara Hora Shastra which is as under:
Tatra Bhagya Vyeyashatvaadrandhesho Na Shubhpradah
Trikadaayadhishatvedho Konpatve Tu Satphalah
The Sage is highly critical and condemns the 8th house lordship of a planet while the
same planet simultaneously has lordship over either of these houses viz. 3rd, 7th, or
11th. For Pisces lagna Venus while becoming the lord of 8th house has lordship over the
3rd house, for Virgo lagna it is Mars while owning 8th house becomes the lord of 3rd
house and finally for Cancer lagna Saturn though owns 7th house, an angle (Kendra)
but it has lordship over the 8 house also.
Sloka No.7 of Chapter 34 of Brihat Prashara Hora Shastra states as under:
Laabhaadhidashaakaal Laabhovighno Athrogabhi
Means that the dasa of 11 th lord will be gainful (Laabho) but it will cause obstacles
(Vighno) and diseases (Rogabhi) also.
If we further refer to Sloka No.18 of Chapter No.34 of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra,
which is as under:
Trishadlaabhagataanam Va Yutaanaam Tadadhishvareh
Sataamapi Na Bhognaam Twashubhdaamatah
Meaning by that the dasa of the lord of 3rd (Tri), 6th (Shad) and/or 11th (Labha) and
the dasa or bhukti of planet/planets joining (Yutaanaam) with the lords of 3rd, 6th,
and /or 11th will be inauspicious (Shubhdaamatah). Since the focus of the article is
11th house hence from the above sloka it can be deduced as under:

That the dasa of 11 th lord will be inauspicious.

That the dasa of planet/planets occupying the 11th house will be inauspicious.
That the dasa of planet/planets joining the 11th lord will be inauspicious.

Mantreshwara in his book Phaladeepika, vide Sloka No.41 of Chapter No.20 states as
under:
Triveribhavyaay Dhapyanarthpradah

Means the lords of 3rd (Tri), 6th(Vairi) and 11th (Bhavyaay) produce evil. Thus the
views are almost identical to those of Sage Parshara. Vide Sloka No. 20th of Chapter
No.20 of Phaladeepika the author further states as under:
Shravanamshubhvaachaam Bhraatrikashtam
Sutarti Bhavavayari Daitya Vachchanam Karnarog
During the dasa of 11th lord one begets evil news (Daitya Vachchanam). His co-borns
will undergo troubles (Bhraatrikashtam). His offspring (Sutarti) will fall ill. The native
himself/herself be miserable, be cheated and may suffer from ear diseases (Karnarog)
Thus the author is more critical about the 11th house than the 3rd or 6th house.
To prove the above findings we will give few examples but restricting to the role of 11th
house and its dasa. We will not divulge in various combinations, which caused disease
or misery, present in the charts/horoscope since that is not the part of the article and
we leave it to the readers to find those.
Male Native
DOB. : 31.01.1957,
TOB.11:25 AM,
POB : Ambala(Haryana)

The Native was born with sign Aries rising in ascendant and Mars the lord of lagna
placed in lagna itself which means the native will be long lived and maintain a good
health. The native is an MD(Ayurveda) doctor and working as senior professor in a
prestigious Ayurvedic Institute in Chandigarh. Native was BAMS only at the time of
joining service and aspired to do MD. He appeared in the entrance examination to do
MD in the mahadasa of Jupiter, lord of a trine, but could not qualify. In June, 2000 when
the native was under the mahadasa of Saturn and bhukti of Saturn the native got
selected for MD which he completed in a stipulated period without any hassle. However
in March 2000 native suffered a massive heart attack. Thus as discussed in the article,

on the onset of Saturns maha dasa( 11th lord) native suffered healthwise but at the
same time he got professional elevation.
Male Native
DOB:29.12.1972, TOB:03.05,
POB: Chandigarh.

The native was born with Libra sign rising in ascendant. The native is very well
educated and working with a multinational software company and earning a very
handsome
amount. His married life is very good. In the
beginning of year 2005 when the native was under the mahadasa of 3rd lord Jupiter
and under the bhukti of 11th lord Sun, he suffered a paralytic attack which effected the
lower portion of body. Before this mishappening native got an elevation in the job with
sufficient increase in his emoluments.
Male Native
DOB:30.11.1964,
TOB:20.55,
POB: Delhi

The native was born with sign Cancer rising in ascendant. Moon, lord of lagna is very
well placed in conjunction with 4th and 11th lord Venus thus forming a powerful
Rajayoga. Another powerful yoga is caused by the relations of 2nd lord Sun and 5th and
10th lord Mars. Further 9th lord Jupiter is placed in 10th house in sign Aries and lord of
10th house viz. Mars is aspecting the 9th house by its 8th aspect thus forming a
relation between 9th and 10th lords giving rise to the most powerful Rajyoga. All these
combinations took the native to dizzy heights. Without any technical education and with
simple graduation the native is placed as an executive director with a multinational
company. It was during the maha dasa of Saturn, 7th and 8th lord, and in the bhukti of
11th lord Venus without any previous history the native was detected of so many
complications viz. diabetes, rise in serum cholesterol, rise in blood urea and serum
creatinine. But during this bhukti only native got a good jump in his emoluments.
The crux of the article is that the 11th lord is capable of professional rise but at the
same time it gives diseases.