Rahu in 11th House

Written by Sreenadh OGMonday, 13 July 2009 16:46 - Last Updated Monday, 13 July 2009 16:48

 

  Rahu in 11H indicates very interesting results. We know that 11H is usually positive for all theplanets. 11th is the house of gain (of wealth), and any planet (whether be malefic or benefic)placed in 11th should indicate gain of wealth as indicated by the significance of that planet. Butthis does not in any way tell us that a malefic in 11th will not destroy the things signified orindicated by 11th house itself. For example a malefic such as Rahun, in 11th can indicate a badresult and damage to the elder brother (signified by 11th house itself), but also can indicatemonetary gain to the native through the significance (such as shares, lottary, cheating,mediatership, brokerage etc)  indicated by Rahu itself. Therefore results indicated by Rahu in11th are neither totally positive nor negative - it would be a mix of the two. But as house of gain,11H discussion would be more centered upon wealth, the placement of any planet (whetherbenefic or malefic) is generally considered as beneficial (even though in truth, the same itselfcan indicate some monetary losses as well related to the significance indicated by 11th house).

Let us see what the sages have to say about the same. Garga hora states that –

Yasya labhagato rahur labho bhavati nischayat Mleschadhipatito noonam gajavaja radhadikam                                                                        (Garga hora)

[For the one for whom Rahu is in 11th house, fore sure gain of wealth would happen (this everybody knows - and is a general statement; a known result restated). (A special result to be notedis that) He will gain special rewards (in the form of heavy vehicles) such as elephant, horse,chariot etc from the king (of near by land; adjoining kingdom; place away from native land) whodoes not follow the vedic path]

  The word used is 'Mleschha Adhipatir' - which literally means lord of Mlechha lands. During theBC 1400 period of Garga, this word 'Mleccha' indicated in a de-generated form the people of'Meluha' (the ancient city of Harappa) that stopped being existence as a reputed land by aroundBC 1800 itself. Thus the word 'Mechha adhipatir' indicate the lord of Harappa or near by landswho followed ancient tantric cult. They were reputed for their astrological, architectural andsystematic knowledge; but was considered as de-generated cult as well to an extend since they(the Meluhans) were not the followers of Vedic or Jain wisdom. Please note that the majority of

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Rahu in 11th House

Written by Sreenadh OGMonday, 13 July 2009 16:46 - Last Updated Monday, 13 July 2009 16:48

Aryans at that time might have followed the Vedic path, which the Jains like Garga followed theJain religion.  Mleschha desa might have indicated Afghanistan, Pakistan or parts of Iran,Armenia, Tajakkistan, Baluchistan, Parts of India etc during that period. Thus the statement,"Will be rewarded by lord of Mlescha desa" indicate that "the native would be reputed andrewarded by the non-vedic  kings of near by countries, which does not follow the vedicpath".This can happen, if and only if the native itself does not follow and appreciate the Vedicpath but still would be a reputed scholar. Since he is a non-traditional scholar and followsinnovative non-traditional, non-conservative path - he will not be reputed by the conservativevedic scholars; but by the non-vedic kings of adjacent kingdoms who repute freedom of thoughtand presentation of innovative ideas.  Another reason for the reputation by lords of adjacentlands could be his success as a middleman, trades man and human being with crooked intellectto suit the situation. The individual with Rahu in 11th is usually ready to take his chances anddoes not value his money - and usually wastes money on investments and businesses. He isdaring and success comes to him for sure at one time or the other. Going abroad to earn andreap success is not a necessity for him (due to his confidence in his own ability and willingnessto follow any method to amaze wealth and success), but usually he does this (i.e. goes abroad).

 If Garga only indicate such results with the simple mention of  Mleschha king (lord of near bynon-aryan lands), Chamatkara chinamani clearly states them in the following quote –

Sada mleschato artham labhet sabhimanascharet kimkarena vrajet kim videsam Pararthannartho haret dhurtabandhuH sutotpatti soukhyam tamo labhagaschet                                                     (Chamatkara Chintamani)

[If Rahu is in 11th, native will always gain wealth from the lords of near by foreign lands. He willalways travel with reputation along with his followers and servants. But in truth why should bego abroad? (there is no need that he should go abroad). He is the friend of money wasters (andwastes money himself as well in business and innovative ideas and investments), and will lossown money but will become wealthy by robbing the money of others (here robin points togenerating money through cheating and business, basing oneself on the investment of others).He will have children (don't assume that he won't have children since Ketu is in 5th house; anddon't think that he will not have elder coborn since he has Rahu in 11th; definitely he will haveelder coborn), if Rahu is in 11th house] 

  Yes - all that is good guidance. With out such clear guidance we might have assumed that thenative will not have elder coborns and children or that Rahu in 11th will give only beneficialresults and nothing malefic. Now we know that even though generally beneficial monetarily -

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Rahu in 11th House

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Rahu in 11th can indicate much bad results as well - such as wandering, money wasting,interest in shares-playing cards-lottery etc i.e. that is anything that demands intuition andguesswork, not getting proper income source during early stages of life  (planets in panapara indicate moderately  late results), bad company, non-cooperation and lack of help from thepeople of native place, cheating others, poverty and suffering at times and so on. Gainingreputation, appreciative abilities,  innovative thinking, willingness to travel to gain success,knowledge of human psychology etc stands as the positive result indicators.

 Since in brief, the placement of Rahu in 11th is beneficial, Sage Bhrigu only briefly mentionsthe results for Rahu in 11th as –

  Putra samriddhaH dhanalabha SamriddhaH (Brigu Sutra)

[If Rahu in 11th the native will have many children, and will have much wealth]

  Note that the above quote is also intended as correcting some of our possiblemis-understandings –

·         If Rahu is in 11th (and Ketu in 5th) the native WILL HAVE children: Thus the advice isthat, don't assume that he will not have children since Ketu is in 5th and don't assume that hewill not have elder coborns since Rahu is in 11th. This is not so.

·         If Rahu is in 11th he will accumulate much wealth: Thus the advice is that, don't assumethat he will have wealth since there is a malefic in the house of gain. It is not so - the native willaccumulate wealth by utilizing the qualities and things signified by Rahu itself.

  Interesting are the lessons taught by the sages! The true perspective regarding the ancientastrological knowledge can be accumulated only if we start learning utilizing the ancient textsitself, and start trying to see things from their perspective. Trying to understand the perspectiveof the sages, and understanding their knowledge base only will give us the true understandingof ancient indian astrology - half baked knowledge and trying to learn new things withoutspending enough attention to the foundations is not going to help.  Let us bow to the sages and

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the path they have shown.

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