The 10th House or the Midheaven: Your Public Appearances
How do you feel in public? Have noticed this comes into play as soon as you step out the front door tbh. It doesn’t have to be a career setting.
Sun in 10th or on Midheaven or Leo in 10th: you see the world as your playground. It’s where you shine yourself off. You feel vibrant, confident and ambitious in public. You also feel authoritative and like putting your own stamp on things, enforcing your own opinions on the world even. This confidence may sometimes bleed into arrogance.
Moon in 10th or on Midheaven or Cancer in 10th: you feel sensitive in public. You do not feel safe in public most of the time unless you can trust the people and the environment you’re in completely, which is rare. You feel vulnerable and like you need safety. You feel shy in public, you get easily flustered and bothered by emotions. But you feel emotional about it in general, so at times you really need to be out in the world and other times you really struggle. Your public appearances tend to fluctuate between highly active to invisible. The theme is trying to belong somewhere or with someone and that’s how you feel safe.
Mercury in 10th or on Midheaven or Gemini/Virgo in 10th: you feel quite rational and logical about public appearances. Unless there are contradicting influences, you handle it calmly and logically. You don’t feel too sensitive or get too flustered about being in public. You understand the situations quite well and don’t get too personal. You remain factual and understand what’s required of you, which is what gives you the authoritative edge over others in most situations.
Venus in 10th or on Midheaven or Taurus/Libra in 10th: you feel harmonious, diplomatic and concealed in public. You’re able to keep a poker face unless there’s contradicting influences. This is because you are trying to maintain the social harmony and the status quo, to not ruffle any feathers. So you’re able to hide your emotions quite well when making public appearances.
Mars in 10th or on Midheaven or Aries/Scorpio in 10th: contrary to Venus, you’re not able to hide your emotions in public. Similar to the Moon, your emotions are highly visible. You feel passionate and defensive in public at the same time. You feel energetic, determined, not shy like the Moon but very autonomous and independent in public. You don’t need your hand held in public, but you do still feel defensive - usually because you’re trying to enforce your autonomy in public at all times.
Jupiter in 10th or on Midheaven or Sagittarius/Pisces in 10th: you feel expansive in public. Your public appearances are about personal growth. You don’t feel small or like you’re shrinking, you feel like you’re opening up. You feel like the world is your oyster. You don’t shrink, you look around you for lessons and for meaning. You go with your feelings, where they take you. You keep getting bigger and similar to the Sun, you see it as your playground.
Saturn in 10th or on Midheaven or Capricorn/Aquarius in 10th: you feel a heavy weight of responsibility in your public appearances. You know that responsibility and leadership is placed on you, and you’re the one people look to to take charge and manage things. As a result, unless there are contradicting influences, public appearances aren’t usually fun. You definitely have authority and are by no means a servant to anyone, but you usually are the one doing the hard work for everyone else too. There’s also intense scrutiny upon your public image, and any trip ups are always noticed and exposed. You’re held accountable for every mishap, so in public you feel very serious and dutiful like you can’t do anything wrong. It’s not shyness or sensitivity though. More just burdensome.
Uranus in 10th or on Midheaven: you feel disruptive and chaotic in public. Your public appearances are also disruptive and chaotic. You bring innovation and change, which naturally means a disruptive and chaotic feeling which you also bring with you. You feel like breaking rules and social norms in public.
Neptune in 10th or on Midheaven: you feel compassionate in public. You feel lost in public, like you can’t retain or hold onto a strong identity or sense of self. You merge into the role others project onto you or you tend to act as a compassionate role model. An empath or spiritual person. You will find it hard to have a strong ego when you go out in public and if you do, it might constantly be punished until you develop a more spiritual outlook.
Pluto in 10th or on Midheaven: you feel emotionally intense and power hungry in public. You may also at times feel powerless in public appearances. Which is what may inspire you to try to grab power because of an inferiority complex/perceived superiority of others. You feel intense in public. Some of you may feel destructive when you go out in public (not all of you). The theme is trying to gain some sort of power when you’re in public.
