The ancient Egyptians placed great store on the eastern horizon. The favourable nature of the 11th House comes from a number of factors, including its relationship to the Ascendant and the various planets linked to it in the Thema Mundi. There are 12 houses in the circle that is your astrology chart, each a 30-degree segment that represents an area of life where energy is focused. Manilius contrasts this with the MC or Midheaven which, as the pinnacle itself, has nowhere to go but down. He describes a place that forever looks up, with hope and aspiration, towards the bigger prize: the summit or pinnacle. In these lines, Manilius succinctly captures the essence of the 11th House. Manilius succinctly captures the essence of the 11th House, a place that forever looks up, with hope and aspiration, towards … the summit or pinnacle. Marcus Manilius, author of the earliest available treatise on astrology, writes of the 11th House in the 1st century AD, “The temple beneath the summit of bright heaven, and … of braver hope, surges ever higher, being ambitious for the prize and triumphant over earlier temples.”

We’ll unpack the origins, meaning and expressions of the 11th House in this article, and restore its place in astrological practice. Modern astrology has reduced the 11th House to a mediocre sector, doing a disservice to what has historically been considered one of the most favourable houses.

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