The House and Planet of Friends

The house of friends is the 11th. It also holds gains, income, and elder siblings, so a friend reading and a money reading share a door. Jupiter is the karaka of allies, teachers, and the goodwill that becomes a network. Mercury signifies peers, conversation, and the colleague who is not yet a patron. The 7th is the spouse and the business partner, a bond with a contract. People who look for friends in the 7th are looking for a spouse or a firm.

A strong 11th lord in a kendra or in the 11th itself describes a chart that can gather people. Rahu in the 11th describes an unusual, restless network and is one of Rahu's better houses.

Friends as events show up in the mahadasha of the 11th lord, of Jupiter when Jupiter links to the 11th, and of a planet sitting in the 11th. Jupiter's period is 16 years. If Jupiter rules the 11th, those years are both counsel and the friend-circle. For Aquarius lagna the 11th lord is Jupiter, and Jupiter also rules the 2nd, so friends and savings share a lord. For Cancer the 11th lord is Venus. The planet changes. The house does not.

Saturn in the 11th can delay the circle and then make it durable. Ketu in the 11th, which means Rahu in the 5th, thins the network while romance or speculation runs hot.

Because the 11th is income, a beautiful friend house can also be a chart that confuses affection with advantage. Read the 11th lord's nature. Venus spends the house on pleasure and agreement. Mars spends it on competition and enterprise. If you want the supportive ally specifically, look at Jupiter's aspect on the 11th. Jupiter aspects the 5th, 7th, and 9th from itself, so it reaches the 11th only from the right seat.

The Navamsa of the 11th lord shows whether the circle holds in private or only in public.