The 10th House

The 10th house is your public self — career, reputation, ambition and the role you're known for. It's the peak of the chart: what you're building for the world to see.

The 10th house at a glance

• ThemeCareer & Reputation
• Natural signCapricorn
• Natural rulerSaturn
• ElementEarth
• Governsyour public self and what you're known for
• Keywordscareer, reputation, public role, ambition

What the 10th house is about

The 10th house governs your public self and what you're known for. Traditionally associated with career, reputation, public role, ambition, authority, achievement, legacy, it's the part of the chart that colours career & reputation. Wherever a planet or sign falls in your 10th house, that energy tends to express itself through this area of life.

A question to sit with

If your work were remembered for one thing, what would you want it to be?