posted October 31, 2006 01:23 PM            

I'll start...with example I suppose...
My IC is in Aquarius, My MC is in Leo.
-All my life, I've been part of the "odd" family within my extended. Our lifestyles are different, viewpoints, etc. We don't even talk with any other family members often, mainly because they see us as snobby/proud/arrogant (MC), and we see ourselves different and detached (IC) from them.

Mars is conjunct my IC- Parents argue a lot, mostly about social issues being from very different religions (Baptist vs. Muslim) and very different viewpoints., and finances (Uranus/2nd house..).

My IC/MC (parents) axis tends to flip flop as well... Both of my parents are aggressive and emotional (Mars/4th-Moon/10th). Both are super dramatic, yet are also detached.Both are workaholics (Moon/10th).

I'm not close to my father AT ALL, and he's kinda separate from my emotional needs (Aquarius IC). Yet also, my mother and I are so close we could almost be friends (Aquarius IC). My dad is super drama KING (Leo/10th house), my lord, and he's well rewarded in his career (Leo/10th). My mother views career choices as an extreme importance, over almost anything else in life (besides happiness). My mother is also quite dramatic, and loses her temper quite frequently..(Mars opposite Moon). My dad sees women the traditional way (should be nurses, work from the home... w/ children), however, views the women in his life as superior and almost goddess like beings that are to be worshipped (his mother, my mother, etc.)

I could go on, but I really wanna hear others responses!

posted October 31, 2006 01:44 PM              

The MC is like the flag you proudly wave from the highest tower of your castle that tells other folks something about who you are while they're still approaching from a great distance. Very often it reflects your chosen career or perhaps, some other avocation or interest to which you ascribe import. The midheaven closely resembles the Jungian term "persona". The persona is the outer, external mask that we each construct to protect the true inner core of our psyche (Imum Coeli, or IC) from the everyday, bumps and bruises of the external world. The danger (in Jungian thought) of the persona is when we sometimes end up identifying with the mask that we've constructed for society's sake. We start believing the protective mask we've constructed is the real us. We then ignore/repress many of our true needs, desires and wants. This refusal to give life (or expression) to our basic needs and desires then results in a whole host of problems.

posted October 31, 2006 03:44 PM              

MC in Aries
Sun conj. MC (8 deg. orb)
Sun, Mars, Mercury all in the 10th house

What does it mean? Not sure, but let me take a wild (WILD) stab…

posted October 31, 2006 04:53 PM            

Of course, you'd think I'd never see my dad with Saturn in the 4th but thats not the case. I had a great relationship with my dad. I think the Can IC is apt though, it was a very emotional household but at the same time difficult, this is what I see the Saturn in the 4th means. It also means that I try to structure my feelings, which I agree with.

posted October 31, 2006 11:57 PM              

At the nadir: Ive got Jupiter in Leo conjunct my IC....which translates to a big, dysfunctional, yet loving, there for each other family.

posted November 01, 2006 12:25 AM              

I also have Cappy MC and cancer IC!don't have any planets in either..hoping that it means those areas are gonna be smooth?!

23,I can relate to the 'mountain goat' thing..If u don't mind my asking,what do you do?
I am doing research and planning to do a doctorate in computers..right now not very succesfull though...

posted December 25, 2006 03:54 PM              

Well, in my case Libra had abs nothing to do with my home, except tht my Mom is a Libran. I have seen the Pluto energy manifest quite a lot, with constant fighting and the air always heavy with frustration, resentment and anger. I can't blame any one parent for it, they r just so different and stubborn in their own way. My father's anger was barely contained and erupted quite often, in the form or rages, while my mother had this way of harboring resentment and nagging and crticizing. and gosh, they r supposed to be Piscean and Libran respectively! My mom even has her moon in pisces!

posted December 25, 2006 09:11 PM              

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Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon, Libra Ascendent.

posted December 26, 2006 11:00 AM            

Taurus MC:
Don't know for sure, probably I long for stability and money in career, but who doesn't? I have Venus in 10 hs which I suppose means I am one of those people who need to LIKE what they do. It also could mean an arts-related career... not yet I also have Chiron conj MC but have no clue how to interpret this...

posted December 26, 2006 11:13 AM            

I don't get why the 4th represents the father and the 10th represents the mother. Doesn't make any sense to me but...oh well.

Aries IC. I have no planets in the 4th but the aries description totally fits my familia (atleast my mom's). Loud, passionate,sometimes hotheaded, open, gregarious, but not as obnoxious
I guess the fact that there are no planets in the 4th shows how close me and my dad are...lol.

I have libra MC with pluto in the MC. I think pluto modifies it a bit because I see nothing Libran about how I present myself to society. Most people won't even come near me....lol. In the "pics-elate your chart" thread, I put The Godfather as a pic for my Pluto in the MC.

As for my career, I don't know if the medical profession qualifies....but ok, there is the healing part.

posted December 26, 2006 12:37 PM              

I think it's quite fitting if I take my dad as the IC. My dad is a double Aries.

Even though I have no planets in the 4th, Sun and Saturn are opposite the IC. My dad played a huge role in my growing up years, and my household is (really) like bouts of fire.
What with a Scorpio mum and an Aries dad?

Sun/Saturn opp IC : Me opp my father (usually in speech)! But that does not detract from the fact that I love him.

I have Pluto on the MC as well, and I do understand the "godfather" part lol.. It's quite hard to balance detachment with intensity.