Midheaven (MC) in Taurus, Midheaven (MC) in the 12th House

Midheaven in Taurus ♉︎ in the natal chart

Public Life: Those with their Midheaven falling in the sign of Taurus in their natal chart make a great first impression. People with this placement are often well liked and agreeable. You tend not to cause too much of a raucous, preferring stability, sensibility, and reliability when it comes to how you present yourself. You are artistic and also very physically aware making you suitable to work in fields that require an artistic eye but you can also do well in manual labor types of jobs as well. Your work environment is very important to you; often those with a Midheaven in Taurus require good benefits, job security, frequent breaks, and reminders that they are on task doing great job!

Career Possibilities: Some career possibilities for those with placement include office worker, builder, furniture mover, architect, accountant, stock broker, boxer, martial artist, fitness enthusiast, yoga instructor, make up artist, painter, crafter, seamstress, graphic designer, fashion designer, soldier, masseuse, baker, chef, jewelry or antiques dealer, sex worker, banker, or model. 

Ruling Planet: Your Midheaven’s ruling planet is Venus providing your career or public life path with opportunities to experience beauty in its many forms. You most likely enjoy looking your best, making a good impression, and are drawn towards careers that allow you to express beauty either with your own body or by creating it.

12th House

Keywords: The 12th house is associated with psychic abilities, spiritualism, multi-dimensions, the ocean, creativity, hospitals, prison, institutions, space, the vast universe, escapism, altered states of consciousness, meditation, traps, identity crisis, soul’s journey, mystery, secrecy. 

Cadent House Type: A Cadent house type is ruled by a mutable sign. Pisces is the mutable water sign overseeing the 12th house. 

The 12th house in astrology is the hardest part of your chart to get to know. It is often said about this house that everyone else see’s it before you do. In traditional astrology this house is often associated with “undoing” or self-sabotage. Another spin given to the 12th house is one of a very spiritual context; reaching states of complete freedom from one’s ego, merging with all of the universe. Escapist activities such as drugs, drinking, watching television, and compulsions are often found here in the12th house. 

This area of the chart talks about going on a journey to uncover your own secrets, subconscious, and psyche. It symbolizes pealing back the layers to reveal the authentic self underneath. Psychic gifts, spiritualism, and karma are also found here. The 12th house is often associated with the lesson of boundaries by experiences places that can make you feel “trapped” or “locked” in.