Midheaven (MC) in Scorpio, Midheaven (MC) in the 5th House

Midheaven in Scorpio ♏︎ in the natal chart

Public Life: If your Midheaven is in the sign of Scorpio in your natal chart then you will often have a very hypnotic energy to your public persona. This placement indicates some potential for notoriety or fame in your chosen field. You are often an expert in the work that you choose approaching your life’s work or “magnum opus” with great reverence, time, and research. Other’s may have trouble trusting you at first when it comes to business or sales but you somehow always find way to win over the crowd. You find the work you do may be in the evening, overnight, or graveyard shifts. 

Career Possibilities: Some career possibilities with the Midheaven in Scorpio include: surgeon, butcher, investigator, psychologist, waste manager, undertaker, social worker, psychiatrist, psychiatric technician, sale person, banker, chemist, scientist, lawyer, chef, tattoo artist, piercer, astrologer, tarot reader, sex worker, bartender, hotel night manager, phlebotomist, crisis worker, case manager, hospice worker, emergency room nurse, inventor, or civil engineer. 

Ruling Planet: The ruling planet of your Midheaven is Mars and Pluto. Mars is associated with knives and sharp objects which is why you may find yourself in careers involving these tools (butcher, surgeon, piercer). Pluto is often associated with death indicating you are well suited for careers that deal with this subject matter.

5th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 5th house include love affairs, romance, sex, sexuality, creativity, art, dating, play, playfulness, children, spontaneity, fun, diversity, and the spotlight. 

Succedent House Type: The Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Leo is the fixed fire sign ruling the 5th house. 

The 5th house in astrology is symbolic of creativity, sexuality, and children. The reason all of these themes come together in the 5th house is due to the fact that they all of them are related to making or creating something outside of oneself. Creativity brings forth something new and imaginative. Your relationship to sexuality or how you express your sexuality can be a creative act or viewed as the reproductive act that creates babies. 

Having an emphasis of planets or lack of planets in the 5th house speaks more to what you make and create in life and less literally to how many children you will or will not have. When you are playing in the 5th house it is all about finding your creative spark, what enlivens you, and how you can bring your true identity forward. 

The focus of the 5th house is what unique experience do you want to share with others, what makes you special. The 5th house is also associated with affairs, flings, and romance due to the playful and often spontaneous nature of this area of the chart.