midheaven

[ mid-hev-uhn ]

noun

, Astrology.

1. the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.

Midheaven

/ ˈmɪdˈhɛvən /

noun

1. the point on the ecliptic, measured in degrees, that crosses the meridian of a particular place at a particular time. On a person's birth chart it relates to the time of birth MC
2. the sign of the zodiac containing this point

Word History and Origins

Origin of midheaven¹

First recorded in 1585–95; mid- + heaven

Word History and Origins

Origin of midheaven¹

C16: initials MC represent Latin medium caeli middle of the sky

Example Sentences

And, as I watched the storm's banners hanging from midheaven, the chant ended, and, in silence, three chiefs arose and moved towards me through the smoke.

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In the meantime a new star had appeared in our dramatic horizon; by the time Lyne had closed his engagement, it was in our ascendant, astrologically speaking, and by the time it had reached our zenith, or midheaven, it had shed another halo over the Salt Lake Theatre and the drama in Utah.

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Black Gulf Cañon was below me, the moonlight shining bright into its very depths from midheaven, and casting shadows as black as death from the pointed rock, and all the sheer rock on the other side, overhanging the cañon, was in darkness.

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Meteors dart headlong through midheaven.

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The sun wavered in midheaven and was still.

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