Astrology
Midheaven (MC)
Definition
The highest point in a birth chart, the cusp of the tenth house — one of the four chart angles — representing career, public reputation, ambition, and life direction. Also called the MC, from the Latin medium coeli.
The midheaven — often written MC, from the Latin medium coeli ("middle of the sky") — is the highest point in a birth chart and the cusp of the tenth house. It’s one of the four chart angles, and it governs your career, public reputation, ambition, and the direction your life is aimed.
Where the ascendant describes how you meet the world personally, the midheaven describes how the world sees you — your public face and your vocation. Like the ascendant, it depends on your exact birth time, since it shifts continuously as the earth turns. The sign on your midheaven often says a great deal about the kind of work and standing you’re drawn toward.
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