Tenth house in astrology
- Theme
- Public life
- Kind of house
- Angular
- Corresponds with
- Capricorn
- Depends on
- Birth time, birth place and house system
The tenth house begins at the Midheaven, or MC (medium coeli), the point of the ecliptic that stands highest in the sky, where it crosses the meridian. It is the top of the chart and an angular house.
In tradition the tenth house is the house of public life: career, reputation, standing and the roles a person holds in the wider world. It corresponds by analogy with Capricorn and with Saturn. Planets there are read as highly visible in the chart.
The Midheaven is not always the cusp of the tenth house: in a Whole Sign chart the tenth house is the entire sign, and the Midheaven falls somewhere inside it. The chart calculator lists the Midheaven separately, with the Ascendant, whenever the birth time is known.
The Midheaven lies on the meridian, the line across the sky from north to south, and it is always exactly opposite the Imum Coeli.
Planets in the tenth house
- Sun in the tenth house
- The Sun in the tenth house is read as identity through public life: a visible path, ambition, and a reputation that feels like part of the self.
- Moon in the tenth house
- The Moon in the tenth house is read as feelings in public: a visible emotional life, a need to be recognised, and moods tied to one's standing.
- Mercury in the tenth house
- Mercury in the tenth house is read as a public voice: communication as part of the career, and a reputation built on ideas or words.
- Venus in the tenth house
- Venus in the tenth house is read as grace in public: a liked reputation, art or beauty as a vocation, and affection tied to standing.
- Mars in the tenth house
- Mars in the tenth house is read as ambition in action: drive for position and achievement, and a public manner that is direct.
- Jupiter in the tenth house
- Jupiter in the tenth house is read as growth in public: a confident career, a generous reputation, and faith in one's calling.
- Saturn in the tenth house
- Saturn in the tenth house, its traditional home, is read as ambition with structure: a career built step by step, authority earned, and responsibility in public.
- Uranus in the tenth house
- Uranus in the tenth house is read as an unusual path in public: a career with turns, reform as a vocation, and independence from authority.
- Neptune in the tenth house
- Neptune in the tenth house is read as a vocation with a dream in it: art, care or spirit as a public path, and an image others project onto.
- Pluto in the tenth house
- Pluto in the tenth house is read as power in public: ambition with intensity, a transforming career, and a reputation of weight.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.