The four angles
Rising, midheaven and their opposites. The skeleton of a chart.
Four points in a chart carry more weight than the rest. They are not just house starts but the load-bearing axes: where the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses begin.
The four angles, one by one
- RISING (1st) — the point coming up in the east. Where you meet the world.
- MIDHEAVEN (10th) — the top of the sky. Career, reputation, visibility.
- DESCENDANT (7th) — opposite the rising. What you look for in a partner.
- IMUM COELI (4th) — opposite the midheaven. Roots, home, private life.
A planet near an angle
A planet sitting close to one of these four gets an outsized say in the chart. A Saturn near an angle speaks much louder than a Saturn parked in the middle of a house.
In the app
Open in Celestine Your own rising sign — where your chart begins — is below.