Midheaven calculator
Your Midheaven is the sign at the very top of your chart at the minute you were born: your calling, and the reputation you grow into. It turns with the hour, so it takes your birth time. Enter your details to see it, with every planet in your chart.
How your Midheaven is found
The Midheaven is the degree of the zodiac crossing the meridian, the line through the top of the sky, at your birth. The sky turns through all twelve signs every day, each taking about two hours to cross it, so the Midheaven changes sign every two hours or so.
In most house systems it begins your tenth house, the house of calling and public life. Opposite it, at the bottom of your chart, is the IC, the root of your home life.
If you do not know your birth time
Without a time the Midheaven cannot be found: several signs crossed the top of the sky that day. A time from a birth certificate, a hospital record or a parent’s memory is enough, and your chart is cast again when you add it.
What your Midheaven means
The Midheaven is the most public point in your chart: the work you are drawn to, what you want to be known for, and how strangers see you. Its sign sets the tone, and the planet that rules that sign shows where your ambition gets its strength.
The Midheaven in each sign
Here is the Midheaven in each of the twelve signs in a few words, and a page for each that goes further.
Fire
Midheaven in Aries
The Midheaven in Aries is a calling to lead and begin. The world knows you as the one who starts things, and you do your best work with a challenge in front of you and a free hand.
Earth
Midheaven in Taurus
The Midheaven in Taurus is a calling to build what lasts. The world knows you as steady, skilled and trustworthy, and your best work grows slowly into something solid and beautiful.
Air
Midheaven in Gemini
The Midheaven in Gemini is a calling to talk, write, teach and connect. The world knows you for your quick mind, and your working life rarely stays on one road for long.
Water
Midheaven in Cancer
The Midheaven in Cancer is a calling to care for people. The world knows you as warm and protective, and your best work makes others feel looked after and at home.
Fire
Midheaven in Leo
The Midheaven in Leo is a calling to be seen. The world knows you for your warmth, presence and creative spark, and your best work puts your heart, and your face, in front of people.
Earth
Midheaven in Virgo
The Midheaven in Virgo is a calling to be expert and useful. The world knows you as the one who gets the details right, and your best work improves things quietly and well.
Air
Midheaven in Libra
The Midheaven in Libra is a calling to bring people together. The world knows you for your charm, taste and fairness, and your best work happens in partnership.
Water
Midheaven in Scorpio
The Midheaven in Scorpio is a calling to go deep. The world knows you as intense, perceptive and powerful, and your best work uncovers what others miss or will not face.
Fire
Midheaven in Sagittarius
The Midheaven in Sagittarius is a calling to teach, explore and widen minds. The world knows you for your vision and honesty, and your best work has room to roam.
Earth
Midheaven in Capricorn
The Midheaven in Capricorn is a calling to build and to lead. The world knows you as capable and serious, and your best work is a long climb to real authority.
Air
Midheaven in Aquarius
The Midheaven in Aquarius is a calling to change things. The world knows you as original and independent, and your best work serves a group, a cause or the future.
Water
Midheaven in Pisces
The Midheaven in Pisces is a calling to imagine and to care. The world knows you as sensitive and inspired, and your best work brings beauty, comfort or meaning into other lives.
Questions
What does my Midheaven mean?
It is your calling and your public face: the kind of work you are drawn to and what you become known for. It is the top of your chart, opposite the IC at the bottom.
Is the Midheaven the same as the tenth house?
In most house systems the tenth house begins at the Midheaven. In whole sign houses it can fall in the ninth, tenth or eleventh, and it still marks the top of the sky.
Why do I need my birth time?
The Midheaven moves through a whole sign in about two hours. Two people born on the same day in the same city, a few hours apart, have different Midheavens.
Is my Midheaven my career sign?
It is the first place astrologers look for calling and career, beside the tenth house and the planets in it. Your chart shows all three.
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