Midheaven
The Midheaven, or MC (Medium Coeli) is one of the most important angles in the birth chart. The Midheaven traditionally indicates career, status, aim in life and aspirations.
The Midheaven is the name given to the point where the ecliptic crosses the meridian (line of longitude) which passes through the birth or event in question. It follows, therefore, that the Midheaven position will be the same for anyone born along the same line of longitude at the same time on the same day. In the Placidus house system, the Midheaven forms the cusp of the 10th house; in the equal house system it can be found in the 9th, 10th or 11th house. The other end of this axis, 'beneath' the earth, is the point known as the IC or Immum Coeli, which we will examine in a separate article.
It could be said that the Midheaven sign represents our life goal; the ascendant sign represents our way of achieving that goal, or our unconscious strategy for attaining it.
Whilst the Midheaven is traditionally thought of as indicating a goal in terms of career or working life, it is not confined to this type of goal, and can indicate very personal or spiritual goals too. The individual will identify with and admire the qualities of the sign on the Midheaven, whether or not they actually have those qualities themselves.
