Why the birth time matters
The MC moves about a degree every four minutes. A birth time that is half an hour off can shift it by several degrees, sometimes into the next sign.
Midheaven calculator
What is my Midheaven?
The Midheaven, or MC, is the point of the zodiac that was highest overhead when you were born. It is read as your public direction: vocation, reputation and what you want to be known for.
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Your Midheaven is in
Gemini
13° 20′ Gemini · 10th house
Known for ideas and words. Teaching, writing and connecting people suit you.
The Midheaven moves through the whole zodiac in a day, so it needs your birth time and place. It is calculated from apparent sidereal time and checked against horizon geometry. How ChartLumen calculates
Midheaven and the tenth house
In quadrant house systems the MC begins the tenth house. ChartLumen uses whole-sign houses, so the MC can fall in the ninth, tenth or eleventh house; the calculator shows which.
The Midheaven in each sign
- Midheaven in Aries
- Known for initiative. You do well where you can lead and start things.
- Midheaven in Taurus
- Known for reliability. Lasting work, craft and resources suit you.
- Midheaven in Gemini
- Known for ideas and words. Teaching, writing and connecting people suit you.
- Midheaven in Cancer
- Known for care. Work that protects, feeds or houses people suits you.
- Midheaven in Leo
- Known for presence. Creative or visible roles where you can shine suit you.
- Midheaven in Virgo
- Known for skill. Precise, useful work and helping systems run suit you.
- Midheaven in Libra
- Known for fairness and taste. Partnership, design and diplomacy suit you.
- Midheaven in Scorpio
- Known for depth. Research, strategy and transformation work suit you.
- Midheaven in Sagittarius
- Known for vision. Teaching, travel, publishing and big ideas suit you.
- Midheaven in Capricorn
- Known for authority. Building institutions and long careers suit you.
- Midheaven in Aquarius
- Known for originality. Technology, reform and collective work suit you.
- Midheaven in Pisces
- Known for empathy and imagination. Healing and the arts suit you.