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

Midheaven in Libra ♎︎ in the natal chart

Public Life: Having your Midheaven point is in the sign of Libra in your natal chart can indicate a  very pleasing and attractive public persona. People tend to respect you and deeply appreciate your objective point of view. This position indicates someone who is involved in organizational tasks or careers that require a great deal of cooperation and teamwork. You like to appear put together, likable, and fair. 

Career Possibilities: Some careers that are well suited to a person with this midheaven include jobs in which you can bring people together to “fight” for a common cause. You may be found working as a lawyer, paralegal, counselor, marriage and family therapist, psychiatrist, artist, museum curator, military commander, judge, arbiter, computer engineer, events organizer, interior designer, philanthropist, musician, singer, professor, pilot, law enforcement, social worker, vlogger, stylist, entertainer, sale person, business manager, or social media manager. The most important aspect of the career you choose will be creating a sense of comrade and collaboration with your co-workers, business partners, and the public. 

Ruling Planet: The planet ruling your Midheaven is Venus. This planet is working with the principle of attraction. The work you do and the public persona you represent will need to be something that blends, creates, and produces harmony between people.

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.