The Tenth House

Think of how people who do not know you personally would describe you: what you do, what you are known for, what you have achieved. Think of what you want to be remembered for. That is the 10th house: the part of the chart that faces the world.

The 10th house begins at the Midheaven, the highest point the zodiac reached overhead at your birth. It is the most public part of the chart, the opposite of the private 4th.

What the 10th house covers

• Career, profession and vocation.
• Reputation and public image.
• Achievement and ambition.
• Authority figures, and your own authority.

Every chart has all twelve houses. Yours may have several planets in the 10th house or none at all. Either way, this area of life is part of your story.

Where it sits

The 10th house is an angular house, above the horizon, on the eastern side. Angular houses (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) begin at the four angles of the chart. They are the strongest and most visible houses: what happens here happens out in the open.

The old name: the Midheaven

In Hellenistic astrology the 10th house was simply the Midheaven, the place of action and praxis. It was the house of what you do and are known for. It is where the Sun stands at noon, the moment of greatest light, and where your actions are most visible.

What fills this house in your chart?

See the sign on its cusp, the planets inside and the ruler that runs it.

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