The 10th House .. I Am My Profession
| Second in the importance only to the Ascendant/1st House, the 10th reveals the nature of one's career, overall potential contribution to society, and level of success in the material world. If the 1st House speaks about who you are, the 10th tells what you may achieve as an individual. The ascendant reveals potentiality while the midheaven (cusp of the 10th house) expresses the maturation and ripening of that potential. There is a very close and positive relationship between the 2nd house, the 6th, and the 10th. The 2nd speaks about our personal values, talents, abilities, and material resources. The 6th shows us how we handle the affairs of the 2nd. In the 6th, we acquire techniques, processes, and skills for putting our various abilities to best use. The 10th shows how this interplay culminates in a defined career and place in society. The 10th gathers together our potential and actual resources, integrates them with the processes that we have developed through our 6th house jobs, and then synthesizes all of this into a cohesive package. The 10th house is also the House of the Father, as it is the domicile of all authority figures that have played an important role in one's life .. teachers, guides, employers, and older people in general. It is also the house of the government, and it reveals how an individual copes with society's rules and regulations. The 10th is opposite the 4th, the House of the Mother. It is a much less personal house than the 4th, which reveals so much about our psychological dynamics as anchored in our family roots. If the 4th cusp (the IC) represents our roots, then the 10th cusp (the MC) is the flowering of our fruits. If the roots have been well nourished, than the tree of our being will produce abundantly. If the roots have been stunted, than the individual will have to struggle to produce in the world. |
Planets in the 10th House
| Sun Even if it is poorly aspected, the Sun here is always beneficial in some respect. When it is well-aspected, it denotes success in the chosen profession, honors, authority, and independence. Your hunger to achieve may draw you into the public eye where you thrive on the authority and power you have. Excellent for CEO's, political leaders .. prominence. Moon You experience fluctuations in your career, business, and employment. You are able to read the tide of public opinion, which gives you a terrific advantage in your work. Women and family are supportive of what you do and helpful in attaining what you desire. Mercury This is a good position for novelists, reporters, teachers, and metaphysical professions in general. Your diverse interests can turn into several separate and distinct careers. You can communicate with virtually anyone, so you tend to get along with employers and bosses. Venus Writers, artists, musicians, diplomats, actors, and entertainers of all sorts are indicated here. You are popular and well-liked and your social ease is an asset in whatever you do. Your professional ambitions incline toward the arts and finance. Mars When you want something, you go after it full steam. Your self-motivation drives you relentlessly and can make you reckless and extreme. It is best to occasionally kick back and evaluate where you are, where you are going, and what you want before you make major career decisions. Jupiter This is about as good as it gets! Jupiter's placement in the 10th indicates success in your career, with few if any set-backs. This is particularly true if Jupiter is the highest point in your chart. This placement attracts recognition and awards like a magnet. Saturn Your career ambition is probably one of the primary driving forces in your life. You may feel that you came in this time to accomplish something very specific. Even if you don't know what it is yet, you bring discipline and perseverance to your work, certain you will achieve whatever it is you came here to do. Success may come after the age of 40 but when it does, it sticks around for a long time. Uranus The traditional meaning for this placement relates to freedom from restrictions. Sudden and unpredictable change, in terms of your career, are possible. Uranus here brings a unique and eccentric slant on the way you make your living. You may become an overnight celebrity, then recede from the public eye for a while. Your methods may smack on genius. Excellent for astrologers, writers, hypnotists . Neptune You are capable of winning recognition for some unique achievement. The knowledge that allows you to do this comes through the higher self, almost as if you channel the material. An illusion of some sort surrounds your career, some element of self-deception. Good for mediums, poets, musicians, artists. Pluto You evolve through your worldly ambitions. Depending on the aspects to Pluto, you may reach the celestial heights of your profession or plunge into humiliation .. or both. North Node You don't miss! It is as if you are divinely protected. Your timing in career matters is impeccable. You evolve through your career and profession. South Node A wake-up call. Get out of your shell and look around. What are other people doing? What are they reading and talking about? What films are they seeing? You need to become aware of the public pulse and use what you learn in your career. Part of Fortune This one is very lucky! You have a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Who you know and connect with is as important as what you know and do. |