Meghan - 11th House

Here’s the penultimate installment of “The Meghan Project”. For once, the word limit is about right!!, but please still let me know what you think is most interesting … (Don’t forget to use the glossary if there are terms that are unfamiliar).

11    Eleventh House

The eleventh house represents gains, ego validation, social networking, aspirations and older siblings.  The 11th House has mixed indications for success as the houselord is in adult and there is aid from 2 benefic rasi aspects and Jupiter’s manifesting support.  However, there are 2 malefic rasi aspects and the houselord is asleep and not aspecting her own house.

11.1    Person’s Life Experience

Meghan has two older half-siblings on her father’s side.  She is well connected with famous friends and was a member of the Soho Club (see previous blog post Section 3.4.1).

11.2    Sign

The eleventh house is taking place in Taurus.  Taurus is a fixed, earthy, artha sign.  Taurus’s grounded qualities have helped Meghan achieve real world success in the areas of social networks and her brand website, which focused on earthy things like food and taste.

11.3    Planet

The qualities and situation of Venus are described in a previous blog post (section 4.3).

Venus’s karakas of diplomacy and good taste are a natural fit for social networks such as her own brand website “The Tig” and the Soho Club (see previous blog post, Section 3.4.1).  As the role of Venus is to direct a person to higher fulfilment, it would be natural for Meghan to see social inclusion and influence as being important to her success.  However Venus is debilitated in Virgo in the chart and this is a reminder that too much indulgence in earth and materiality can lead Venus astray.  (The location of Saturn with Meghan’s lord of health – Jupiter – seems to have ensured that Meghan’s approach to indulgence is tempered and constrained by balance – Libra).

Venus represents Meghan’s older half-siblings.  Criticism of her by her older half-sister Samantha is well documented (Windle 2019).  As Meghan is a Cancer ascendant, her rising planet has ‘no enemies’ because it is the Moon.  But it can be noted that the Moon is located in Venus’s sign with Venus sharing its full Shad bala with the Moon.  Venus is also in the competitive 3rd House and giving rasi aspect to the 6th house of enemies, the 9th house of marriage and the 12th house of losses.  Venus continues to be debilitated in the 11th house of D10 making Meghan famous for having an unhappy older sibling.

As Venus rules Meghan’s house of inner happiness this antagonistic relationship must be causing significant suffering.  Jupiter is also located in this 4th house and is perhaps guiding Meghan’s forgiving and non-engagement approach to her older sister.  (See previous blog post, section 6.4.1).

11.4    Bhava Yogas

11.4.1    Ascendant Yogas

Venus connects the 4th and 11th houses in this chart.  This links social recognition with happiness.  Venus can excel in this combination due to its qualities of good taste, refinement and diplomacy.  However, this is also a yoga that can lead a Cancer ascendant astray because it can place too much importance on gaining approval from others.  Or of only being happy when others are publicly happy with the person.

11.4.2    11th in the 3rd

Venus as the 11th lord in the 3rd house is providing a mixture of positive and negative experiences.  For example, Venus as the 11th lord is supporting a great love of crafting the written word and this is seen in Meghan’s interest in calligraphy and hand-written letters.  It is also helping Meghan be socially recognised for her own efforts and this can be inspiring for others.  However it can make siblings jealous of the success of the person.  This seems to describe the source of Meghan’s half-sister’s criticisms.  “Samantha’s daughter has claimed Meghan put Samantha in paroxysms of jealousy” (Grigoriadis 2018).  It can lead the public to recognise that the person did something disgraceful in the self-effort they employed to be successful.  Samantha uses this angle in her statements about Meghan (Bird 2020).

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