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The 11th Lord for Libra Ascendant: Sun
11th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Libra rising, the 11th house is Leo, the 11th sign counted from Libra, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Libra ascendant the 11th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Libra ascendant it holds the 11th alone. The 11th is an upachaya.
The lagna lord, Venus, and the 11th lord, the Sun, count each other an enemy for Libra ascendant. The 11th’s matters are income and gains, friends and networks, aspirations and elder siblings; with Libra rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 11th House of Libra Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 11th for Libra ascendant, and it debilitates none. The house holds Magha (all four padas), Purva Phalguni (all four padas) and Uttara Phalguni (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; the Sun rules one of them, Uttara Phalguni, so for Libra ascendant the 11th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 11th. Opposite, across the chart, the 5th holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Libra Ascendant
Counted from Libra, the Sun is exalted in the 7th, debilitated in the 1st, and in its own sign in the 11th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Libra ascendant the 11th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 11th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Libra | debilitated |
| the 2nd | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
| the 3rd | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 4th | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 5th | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 6th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 7th | Aries | exalted |
| the 8th | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 9th | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 10th | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 11th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 12th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Libra is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Libra rising; where the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 11th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 11th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 11th house of Libra ascendant, 3 times in the table: 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (31 days), 17 August 2027 to 17 September 2027 (31 days) and 16 August 2028 to 16 September 2028 (31 days). Through Aries, the 7th house of Libra ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (31 days), 14 April 2027 to 15 May 2027 (31 days) and 13 April 2028 to 14 May 2028 (31 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Libra-rising chart’s 11th house at once.
The Other Houses of Libra Ascendant
The whole Libra chart, house by house, is on the Libra ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.