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Midheaven Calculator

Astrolium's free Midheaven calculator finds your MC sign and 10th house from birth data, then reads career direction, vocation, and public reputation.

Birth data
Exact time and location are required for the Midheaven.

What is Midheaven?

The Astrolium Midheaven calculator finds your MC sign and 10th house from birth data, then reads what they say about career direction, vocation, and public reputation. The Midheaven (Medium Coeli, MC) sits at the highest point a planet reaches in its daily arc through the sky and marks the cusp of the 10th house of career and public role.

The MC depends on the Earth's rotation, so an accurate birth time and location are required. The sky rotates roughly 1 degree every 4 minutes, which means a 15 minute error in birth time can shift the MC by almost 4 degrees and sometimes across a sign boundary. Drop your birth data into the form to get the MC longitude, the sign on the cusp, and the planetary ruler that carries the 10th house theme across the rest of your chart.

Astrolium's Midheaven calculator finds the MC longitude, the sign on the cusp, and the planetary ruler of the 10th house from a native's birth date, time, and place. The MC (Medium Coeli) is the highest point a planet reaches in its daily arc and the cusp of the 10th house in Placidus, Koch, Porphyry, and Regiomontanus systems. In Whole Sign houses the MC may fall in a different house from the 10th, and the tool flags this condition explicitly. Output includes the MC sign, degree, ruling planet by sign and house, and a reading on vocation, public reputation, and the kind of work the native becomes known for. Birth time must be exact, since the MC shifts roughly 1 degree every 4 minutes. Calculations use Swiss Ephemeris with sub-arcsecond accuracy. Free, no account required.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the MC in astrology?
The MC, or Medium Coeli, is the cusp of the 10th house in most quadrant systems and the highest point a planet reaches in its daily arc through the sky. In modern Western practice it carries the themes of vocation, public reputation, and the kind of work you become known for. The MC depends on your exact birth time and location because the sky rotates roughly one degree every four minutes.
How does the Midheaven calculator find my MC sign?
The Astrolium Midheaven calculator computes the MC longitude from your birth date, time, and place using Swiss Ephemeris, then reads the sign on that degree. The 10th house cusp is identical to the MC in Placidus, Koch, Porphyry, and Regiomontanus. In Whole Sign houses the MC may fall in a different house from the 10th, which the calculator flags.
What does the 10th house say about career?
The 10th house describes the public face of your work: not what you do behind closed doors, but what you become known for. Planets in the 10th color the vocation directly. The sign on the MC sets the style of the public role. The MC's ruling planet, by sign and house, shows where the career energy gets sourced from across the rest of the chart.

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