The Midheaven

Think of the direction your life keeps pointing in: the work you are drawn to, the role people see you in, what you want to be known for. Not always what you do for money, but what you are here to do in the world. That is the Midheaven.

The Midheaven is the point where the meridian, the line running overhead from north to south, crossed the zodiac at your birth: the highest point the zodiac reached. MC stands for medium coeli, Latin for the middle of the sky.

What the Midheaven describes

• Career, vocation and calling.
• Reputation and public image.
• Ambition and direction in life.
• Authority, and how you relate to it.

The angles are the most personal points of a chart. Two people born on the same day share most of their planets' signs, but if they were born a few hours apart or in different places, their angles differ.

Not always at the top

Here is something that surprises many people. The Midheaven is usually not exactly at the top of the chart, and not exactly 90 degrees from the Ascendant. The zodiac is tilted against the horizon, so the angle between the Ascendant and the Midheaven changes with the signs and with your birthplace's latitude. Far from the equator, it can be much smaller or much larger than 90 degrees.

What is rising in your chart?

Your Ascendant and Midheaven, calculated from your exact birth time and place.

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