posted July 24, 2006 08:28 PM              

As a goal, think survivor first, pioneer second and, if you are spiritually inclined your ultimate goal may be to seed new ideas into the general consciousness (Seed Being).

posted July 25, 2006 07:24 PM              

The equal house system does not necessarily associate the edge of the 10th house with the Midheaven so the position of the Midheaven "floats" in the chart, similar to the way the positions of the Nodes float in the chart.

Midling,

posted July 26, 2006 11:08 AM              

The Midheaven still means the same, all that is different is where it is placed. So career interpretations of the Midheaven can still be used, it's just that the house the Midheaven is in will also have to be considered in any Midheaven interpretation.

As to which house system to use, that is up to you! Try the Placidus system, Koch system, Equal house system, Regiomantus, Topocentric and any other system you want and see how well these charting systems describe others.

The placement of the Midheaven in an equal house chart depends on the location of the person whose chart it is.

And, by the way, to make things more confusing, there are at least three kinds of equal house charting systems:
1. all house cusps equal the degrees of the Ascendant
2. all house cusps equal zero degrees (called a "whole sign" chart)
3. All house cusps equal the degree of the Midheaven

As for me, I am sticking to Placidus because it seems to work (although there are questions about its usefulness at the extreme northern or southern latitudes)...and I am too lazy to try all those other astrological systems!

Taking it and making it easy,

Tim

posted July 27, 2006 06:23 AM            

The MC usually represents 'the father' and the profession (because for thousands of years one person would always follow in the footsteps of father in terms of profession). It also signifies social status (again, it was the father's family and name that defined someone's place and value within a specific society).

some people say it is the point of max awareness - probably in view of the fact that your social stautus represent one's 'visibility'.

Along with the Asc, the MC is a very imp point in a chart. It is very sensitive to transits and Solar arcs, and any planets there become very important.

of course, you can elaborate from these.
In contemporary terms, it is no longer the father, but the parent who represented authority for the child. (the IC being the protective, nurturing parent). thus you can elaborate in terms of parental influence and ambition.

noel tyl elaborated an 'extension process' to establish professional vocation following the MC in its sin-> ruler, aspects, and rulerships. Tyl pointed out that the alst century brought forward the ideea of going beyond one's origin - moving up in the world. centuries ago, your father and is profession defined strictly your univers (how far you could dare to reach).

now - the american dream - everyone can aspire to become anything. Tyl proposed Pluto (a modern planet/concept as 'self-empowerment') in its aspects/rulership/etc to MC as being a sign of one's ability / ambition to extricate oneself form the original social situation and rise up in the world. (more precisely, Pluto in rel to MC, Sun and Moon, and Saturn; plz notice that Pluto-Saturn also means destruction, death; so guess it implys the great risks one takes to achieve greatly).