Midheaven (MC) in Capricorn, Midheaven (MC) in the 4th House

Midheaven in Capricorn ♑︎ in the natal chart

Public Life: The Midheaven point in Capricorn in the natal chart is a very strong placement as Capricorn is often associated with one’s career and life in the public. Capricorn represents leadership, parenthood, and a desire to do things the “right” way. If your Midheaven is placed in Capricorn this can indicate you are very driven towards the development of your career at the expense of all else. You like to work in situations where you are in control as you believe in your ability to make sound decisions. 

Career Possibilities: Some careers suitable to this Midheaven placement include business owner, hospice nurse, teacher, police officer, soldier, priest, administrator, dentist, chiropractor, midwife, economist, financial advisor, physician, witch doctor, architect, historian, headmaster, occultist, writer, risk analyst, military commander, teacher, professor, researcher, physicist, geneticist, botanist, chocolatier, contractor, child care worker, gardener, and security guard. 

Ruling Planet: Saturn is the ruling planet of your Midheaven in Capricorn. Saturn is associated with discipline and obstacles. With this ruling planet you may feel that you have more obstacles to overcome than others when it comes to developing your career. Prominence is often found later in life after many attempts, trials, and errors. You feel rewarded by hard work and dedication.

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.