posted March 27, 2006 05:42 PM            

Ten

The Tenth House

House of Capricorn Element: Earth

Ruling Planet: Saturn

Area of Consciousness Universal

Awareness through the experience of recognition and authority

Sun in House 10

When the Sun is in the 10th House, consciousness is gaining experience of having status and recognition and the responsibilities connected with this. A 10th House person is accountable to those who are able to confer authority and give him the recognition, which he craves. The cusp of H10 - the Midheaven - is the highest point of the chart: all that a 10th House person does publicly, if not privately, needs to be able to bear the scrutiny which he will be exposed to as a result of occupying this elevated position. In the 10th House a person has to abide by whatever rules he has chosen to live by or be broken by them. Unless the Sun is afflicted by Uranus or Pluto, this placement produces a pragmatic attitude to conformity. What matters to a person with the Sun in H10 are status, recognition and the leverage that comes from having a platform from which to work; in return for these he is usually prepared to play the game.

For a 10th House person a career is the customary route to recognition. On the ladder of his profession he expects to rise by dint of hard work. The prospect of promotion is his motivation. In the House of Saturn the rewards often come late and only as a result of considerable effort. A 10th House person who does not expect to work hard for recognition, has failed to under­stand something very fundamental about the nature of the success that comes through the 10th House.

For 10th House women, the yearning for recognition is every bit as strong, even if the opportunities are not so numerous. Societies the world over have been slow to extend approval to a woman with ambition. It has been said of the 10th House, that, if a person cannot have recognition he will settle for notoriety - and this, many women have had to do, although the fruits of this kind of fame tend to be rather bitter because there is something inherently conservative about the house of Saturn and a H10 person would rather be with the Establishment than against it. Tenth House women who have gained status through marriage also tend to feel that this is an ersatz commodity and may be deeply envious of their husbands.

Women with the Sun in H10 who do have careers are likely to fit motherhood around them. They are rarely content with domesticity over a long period.

There does not appear to be any one profession, which attracts 10th House people. They will be found wherever there is a career structure and the promise of stability and promotion. They are more likely to make employees than entrepreneurs.

posted July 20, 2006 11:08 PM            

I think this may be right that everything we do is likely to be very public and there seems to be no escape from that.

On the other hand, we are not all conformists to the authority others may or may not grant us. Particularly if that grates against our own principles. We will play the game up to a point

We have very high expectations of what is right and wrong and those in positions of authority need to live up to those expectations....or else.

We can be quite rebellious, even revolutionary against authority....when we firmly believe it's called for or necessary.

Of course, that's just me and I may not be representative of 10th House Sun people.

posted July 28, 2006 04:29 PM            

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