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Jupiter · house 10 · angular
Jupiter in the tenth house
In the tenth house Jupiter is visible: career, reputation and public standing all benefit from its enlargement. Advancement tends to come through goodwill, sponsorship and a reputation for decency as much as through effort. Work often involves education, law, medicine, religion or advisory roles, and the person is trusted with responsibility earlier than expected. Standing is generally good and recovers well from setbacks. The risk is complacency, or promising publicly what will be difficult privately. The obligation that comes with this placement is honouring the trust, since a reputation built on other people's confidence is maintained the same way.
What the tenth house covers
Profession, rank, reputation and the standing a person holds in public life. The full tenth house →
Which sign holds it
Under whole-sign houses the rising sign settles every other house at once. If you know your Ascendant, this is the sign your tenth house holds and the planet that rules it.
| Aries rising | Capricorn · ruled by Saturn |
|---|---|
| Taurus rising | Aquarius · ruled by Saturn |
| Gemini rising | Pisces · ruled by Jupiter |
| Cancer rising | Aries · ruled by Mars |
| Leo rising | Taurus · ruled by Venus |
| Virgo rising | Gemini · ruled by Mercury |
| Libra rising | Cancer · ruled by Moon |
| Scorpio rising | Leo · ruled by Sun |
| Sagittarius rising | Virgo · ruled by Mercury |
| Capricorn rising | Libra · ruled by Venus |
| Aquarius rising | Scorpio · ruled by Mars |
| Pisces rising | Sagittarius · ruled by Jupiter |
Quadrant systems such as Placidus cut the houses by the angles instead, so a planet near a cusp can land in a different house from the whole-sign answer. The chart page shows both.
Reading it in context
A keynote is a starting point, not a verdict. What Jupiter actually does in your tenth house depends on its sign, its aspects, its dignity, and whether it is in sect. Two people with the same placement and different charts around it live it differently.