Located at the cusp of the 4th House opposite the Midheaven, the I/C or Imum Coeli (Latin for ‘bottom of the sky’) is one of four key angles in a natal chart. Representing the innermost foundational needs, the I/C is our celestial blueprint’s point of nurture and self-care, indicating what we need to feel comfortable within our inner world, family life and home environment. Working with the I/C is not always comfortable, straightforward, or easy. More often than not, the I/C describes some of the more difficult and subconscious parts of the psyche. This most vulnerable foundation of the natal chart highlights what role we played in the family constellation, what coping strategies we developed during early childhood and how we learned to conceal them for survival.
As the deepest point in the birth chart symbolizing roots, home life and innermost feelings – energies present at the bottom of the sky crystallize our sense of security, emotional foundation, heritage and ancestral lineage. Very much the inner sanctum of the chart, interesting that in Hellenistic astrology, the I/C was associated with the underworld and death. In contemporary terms, we might trade ‘death’ for ‘social suicide,’ as in, the I/C signifies the way we behave when no one is watching. More positively, the I/C by sign and house indicates what type of emotional nourishment we seek from our home environment, while encompassing our emotional needs, ancestral, geographic and psychic roots.
As the most private part of the chart, the I/C is an energy connected to our public life, status and reputation through opposition. While we hear much hype about the Midheaven, the natal chart’s point of ‘career destiny,’ what is less understood is the relationship between the roots of the tree (I/C) and the branches (Midheaven or M/C). While the Midheaven represents the energy we actively project into the world, the I/C represents the hidden family inheritance that has brought us there. Contrary to popular understanding, the Midheaven never stands alone, but rather is a direct result of early childhood grooming. While many assume the Midheaven represents our ‘job,’ or ‘social status,’ a better description of the M/C is the qualities we visibly embody in the world, what we have built from the ground up, the symbolic ‘fruits’ and ‘branches’ of our celestial tree. At the cusp of the Capricorn-ruled 10th house of achievement, the totality of the M/C encompasses public contributions as well as managing strategy, recognition, the part of us that is objective, detached, ambitious and disciplined. At the transpersonal level, the M/C represents government, infrastructures, big business, power players and authority figures. The more we come to understand the core of ourselves, represented by the roots of the family tree, the more we can integrate these two areas of life, ultimately leading to a greater impact in the world, fueled by equal parts emotional intelligence and internal authority.
Here, we find that doing the ‘inner work’ (I/C) connects directly to our life trajectory and how we present ourselves to the world through our professional life (M/C). As our innermost needs evolve in response to soul growth and inner healing, so too does our presence in the world. Once we fully and consciously designate what is important to our private life (I/C) in adulthood, our public life (M/C) becomes a stunning reflection of this. With both angles representing integral aspects of the personality, the key is in balancing the needs of our inner life and public reputation in an integrated and consciously self-affirming manner.
How do we begin to process and relate to the energy of the I/C? For many, the journey begins with inner child work. When we’re young and impressionable, we’re like sponges, soaking up the feelings, attitudes and assumptions of our home environment and caretakers. According to Karla Walsh in DailyOM, the following are signs that our inner child is screaming out for our attention: low self-esteem, childlike outbursts, challenges expressing needs or feelings, routine self-sabotage, feeling misunderstood or unheard, bouts of extreme irritation or annoyance, abandonment issues, fear of commitment, and difficulty setting boundaries. Once we bravely peel back the mask we show to the world and get in touch with our trauma body, we begin to reparent ourselves and develop healthier coping strategies. The more we create a stable base in alignment with the righteous roots of the cosmic tree, the more gracefully we unlock dreams, passions and natural talents we can manage to materialize ala the Midheaven’s path of career destiny.
According to the AstroTwins, popular astrologers of the blog ASTROSTYLE, the I/C is like our origin story. As the popular saying goes, ‘the roots create the fruits,’ meaning the source of our outward success stems from within. Perhaps your soul didn’t choose to incarnate in a stable family, disrupting your ‘attachment style’ and natural ability to bond with others early on in life. A deeper inquiry into the I/C by sign and house reveals not only the healing modalities that will serve the establishment of inner security, but what types of relationships make you feel ‘at home,’ and at the broader geographic level, what locations are the most fitting place to put down roots. While a Libra I/C might prioritize domestic harmony and aesthetics, a Leo I/C would rather turn their crash pad into a show-stopping entertainment complex. If you were to have an I/C in trigger-happy Aries, you may need a padded room at home to release all that pent-up anger. Alternatively, natives with a Cardinal Fire I/C in Aries can cool their jets by engaging in activism on behalf of a worthy cause.
According to the Celestial Bruja of Shaping Your Path Astrology, “The I/C is an untouched gold mine.” Writing that the I/C shows us what we need to feel grounded and where to begin our shadow work, she warns, “If the IC isn’t given conscious space to exist, it can unconsciously drive us towards things we don’t desire.” Once we learn to work with rather than against our karmic roots, we are rewarded by what the Celestial Bruja terms the “Blossoming Midheaven.” In addition to the knowledge acquired according to our I/C placement by sign and house, we can further qualify the I/C placement by modality (cardinal/fixed/mutable) and element. The Celestial Bruja reports that I/C in Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) benefits from physical activity at home, whether creative, expressive, or fitness-based. I/C in Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) benefits from nourishment and rest at home. While Air I/Cs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) are nurtured by a mentally stimulating environment, Water I/Cs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) require a personal sanctuary – free from social obligations – in which to slowly and gently process emotions.
Briana Saussy, of The Mountain Astrologer, refers to the I/C as a type of medicine point. In showing us how best to “unwind, relax, and revitalize,” the I/C is affirmation that “people relax and recharge in very different ways,” writes Saussy. For a Gemini I/C, reading, writing, thinking and learning are a form of self-care! For a Taurus I/C, self-care takes more Venusian avenues such as sensuous lovemaking, snacks, gardening and creature comforts like heavy petting.
Actually Jessica, writing for Little Golden Age, informs that if the M/C is where we ‘climb the ladder’ of social acclaim, the I/C reminds us we had better rest our ladder on solid ground! The higher we rise, the harder we fall, especially if we’re drifting rootless. Exploring the lower expressions and shadow aspects of the signs associated with our I/C and M/C helps us achieve the balance necessary to afford sustainable and emotionally fulfilling worldly success. Once we understand the holistic value of our roots and branches, we can zoom out to examine the natal chart as a whole, particularly the overall patterns that emerge and the influence of any planets in aspect to our I/C.
Speaking to the I/C as the downward moving energy of the four angles, Actually Jessica writes how the angles as a whole represent “realizing our potential,” that is, “integrating and coming to accept all of the aspects of ourselves…owning our energy and living fully the expression of it.” For example, a native with 4 Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) on the four corners of the chart, aka the angles, is working on self-actualization through initiation, while a person with 4 Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) is approaching self-actualization through dedication, unconditional love, talent and specialness. Alternatively, natives with 4 Mutable (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) on their angles are working on self-actualization through adaptability, or evolving the self through ideals, investigation, empathy, knowledge, faith, wisdom, health and healing.
While the I/C by sign tells us about the qualities of our deeper fundamental emotional fulfillment, the house placement indicates the symbolic stage upon which this energy plays out. After we’ve zeroed in on the core self’s karmic root, we zoom out to look at the planetary aspects made to the I/C – aspects being like the icing on the cake of our celestial roadmap. Planets in aspect to any of the four corners of the chart (Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, I/C) exert the most influence, as conjunctions to any of the 4 angles generate aspects to the remaining three. For example, if you have your natal Moon conjunct the Imum Coeli (I/C), this celestial merger fuses nurturing feminine qualities with ancestral roots and family dynamics, creating a profound union of emotional depth and belonging. I like to call this placement, ‘Crying at Home,’ as the Moon, astrology’s ‘Queen of the Night,’ constellates our emotions, instincts and subconscious. With this placement, there is a tendency to live with one’s parents for too long or run home when plans go awry, creating cycles of dependency into adulthood.
The key to unlocking greater independence with Moon conjunct I/C lies in taking responsibility for one’s own emotional reactions to life, in learning how to fill one’s own emotional void – without blaming others or playing the victim. Kim Kardashian, whose natal Moon in Pisces conjuncts her I/C, exemplifies the life of someone whose feelings of security and emotional well-being are strongly tied to her family unit and sense of belonging. With natal Moon also representing the maternal caretaker, it’s no coincidence that Kim came to prominence as the face of a family empire orchestrated primarily by her mother, turned manager, Kris Jenner.
If you have natal Sun conjunct I/C, I like to refer to this placement as the proverbial ‘Queen in Her Castle.’ Signaling a profound merging between one’s self-expression and roots, this celestial alignment fortifies a glimmering connection to one’s origin, heritage, core self, psychic roots, family and home. For this native, having and caring for one’s own sacred space fortifies self-esteem, as confidence emerges from a solid family life and a grounded home base. Exemplified in the life of Naomi Campbell, one of the first Black supermodel’s to achieve mega stardom, her natal Sun in Gemini in the 4th conjunct I/C speaks to the way in which Campbell became a central figure within the culture at large, a ‘household’ name that, having scaled the peaks of achievement, came to represent Black excellence to the masses and new possibility to all people of color. With the Sun-I/C conjunction indicating a heightened sense of one’s specialness or perhaps even dominance within the realm of cultural belonging, this placement often indicates the potential to become a standout star by drawing formidable strength and stability from the bosoms of heritage and hearth.
Let’s say that you were to have natal Venus conjunct I/C, making of you a ‘Romantic at Heart.’ With this aspect, there is a powerful impetus to create a comfortable and aesthetically pleasing living space, making domestic bliss top priority. When these energies enter celestial alignment, ideally, it creates a potent blend of love, comfort, and emotional fulfillment. Heightening their sensitivity to feeling, these natives quest for inner peace and security, centering their values on family and ancestry. With Venus also signifying ownership, luxury, and material gain, this placement is often associated with the acquisition of property, a prosperous family business, or valuing others that mirror back your own prestige and importance. What’s the shadow? There’s probably a lot riding on this native’s beauty, too much in fact. With a love of creature comforts, Venus conjunct I/C could have been raised as a pampered ‘Daddy’s Girl,’ the indulged princess that’s always used to getting her way.
Elizabeth Taylor, whose seven husbands, flashy hedonism, overspending and well-publicized addiction to fame, diamonds, pleasure and drugs is a more ironic embodiment of hardcore Venusian vanity rotting the I/C’s core of self. Which is not to say that Taylor’s natal Venus in Aries conjunct I/C overshadows her many accolades, stunning beauty, life struggles or positive attributes of character – only that, when the Goddess of Love kisses the roots of the celestial tree, it’s important to not let a love of beauty sink into superficiality, a love of possession lead to manipulation, or a love of adulation lead to exclusivity, laziness and compulsive eros. I’m speaking for all of us ’80s babies when I say that if glamorous facades are enlisted to mask heinous emotional wounds, the results are anything but pretty.
Now that we know Venus in relationship to the I/C, how about Mars? Flash forward to all those eighties babies raised on fake Hollywood glamour, now full-grown millennials. Who better to mobilize our unruly Pluto in Scorpio generation than Cardi B? With her Mars in Cancer conjunct natal I/C in the 4th, Cardi’s emotionally volatile personal life is variably on blast. With this celestial alignment, the action-oriented energy of Mars, the fiery warrior, amplifies the foundational, private areas of home, family and subconscious. Which begs the question, Power House or Power Struggle?
As one of the few Female MCs to gain massive appeal, Cardi’s known for her feminine courage and assertiveness, both in the public and behind closed doors, evidenced by her juicy, larger-than-life love affairs and ever-growing posse of offspring. Just as Cardi B found the strength to leave her unhappy marriage with the less-than-faithful Offset for a new and better love with NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs, Mars conjunct I/C in a natal chart suggests the ability to take bold action or make significant changes within one’s home or family life. Like an explosively cosmic excavation, when the fiery drive of Mars intersects with the roots of the celestial tree, secret passions are unearthed. Endowing this native with a ‘never give up’ fortitude, the private self is passionate, direct and prone to impulsive actions or anger. While this often materializes as power struggles at home, the higher road is shared goals amplified by major passion and vitality. To the degree that one can merge inner motivation with emotional empowerment, psychic roots and innermost desires converge in a potent synthesis of passionate action. If one can harness challenging situations to spark personal transformation, the reward is emotional maturity and the release of any internal conflicts blocking life goals.
If you don’t already know the sign and house of your I/C at birth, you’ll need to download a free natal chart HERE. To illuminate the I/C’s roots of the celestial tree, travel the Midheaven’s vertical line down to the bottom of the chart. Read on for personalized insights on the I/C through the zodiac, with roots Rx prescribed by Midheaven Or Nah.
I/C in Aries *Hyper Independent*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Yaya Dacosta
With I/C in Aries, you acquired survival skills at a tender age. A willful go-getter, you don’t let anybody or anything get in your way. Learning to act quickly, you may have cultivated hyper-independence in the face of abandonment. Home life was probably fiery and lacking nurture in some way. If you weren’t left to fend for yourself, then your caretakers may have enforced strict codes of conduct. Anger, yours or someone else’s, may have been an overwhelming theme – and the source of much upheaval. Whether acted out or suppressed, you’ve experienced firsthand the destructive force of aggression. Not necessarily a ‘crybaby,’ as a child, you probably tended to be vocal, emotionally expressive and action-oriented. Perhaps you felt you had to constantly assert yourself to be seen. While deep down you craved peace and harmony, what you seemed to attract most of the time was combat – aggressive and direct confrontations characterized your environment. Blessed with independence and courage, you’ve always been a trailblazer, finding comfort in your own self-reliance and initiative. With Midheaven in the opposing sign of Libra, your more public expression of self projects partnership and harmony, balancing out your independent core. A pioneering spirit with natural leadership skills, you may have a strong desire to create your own ‘family’ or home that reflects these same values of independence later in life. Beware of any internal pressure to always be ‘on’ – to optimize everything all of the time. Healing involves learning to connect with others without losing your sense of self. Work with your inner child to address old patterns of wounding.
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I/C in Taurus *Values Reclaimed*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Tracee Ellis Ross
Growing up living by everyone else’s rules, as an adult, you seek to individuate, figuring out what’s uniquely authentic for you. I/C in Taurus folks crave the creature comforts of good food, pleasure, chilling out, gardening, making art and relaxing. An expert at releasing stress and replenishing yourself, you’re quite picky about your wellness practices. Activities like massage, physical affection, sculpture, singing and plenty of time outdoors offer great boons. Leaving plenty of time for languorous sensual experiences, you will happily garden, cuddle or play with your rock or crystal collection for hours, simple gestures which offer precious calm and rejuvenation. Perhaps your parents were extremely set in their ways, employing black-and-white thinking. While this made home life stable, sometimes the rigidity felt confining. Chronically misunderstood, it wasn’t always easy to fully be yourself. Perhaps you felt that you were deserving of love because of what you did, rather than who you were. With parents or caretakers imposing their own set of values, it was hard for you to develop and integrate your own. If you continue to feel resentment, take some time for self-discovery, crystallizing your values inwardly. Expected to believe what your bullheaded parents taught you, you may have become bullheaded just like them in the process. While this may have imbued you with iron strength, you often felt like you had to ‘behave’ no matter how you felt. Don’t let the demands of others lead you astray. Release any pent-up anger you felt around being restricted to someone else’s playbook. Be cautious of becoming overly sedentary or self-indulgent, as this can be symptomatic of a deeper imbalance. A lack of activity can be just as draining as excessive activity. Rest until movement comes naturally, and vice versa.
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I/C in Gemini *Eternal Youth or Peter Pan Complex?*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Bettie Page
In Gemini, we learn that emotional security is deeply connected to our human instinct to share and communicate. Thriving in a mentally active and stimulating domestic environment, constant learning is your comfort zone. Embracing change, you’re naturally curious and always looking to expand your knowledge base. With an inherent desire to understand the world through logic and reason, intellectual prowess strongly influences your core emotional needs. Drawn to storytelling, jokes and media, you feel the most emotionally fulfilled when you can engage in intellectually stimulating dialogue. A sign of restlessness and change, perhaps you moved frequently or experienced an inconsistent home base during your childhood. While caregivers may have modeled adaptability and playfulness, they were likely also emotionally ungrounded, causing you great anxiety. With one’s sense of family and home not limited to your family of origin, you may find your deepest sense of belonging within your chosen community or ‘soul tribe,’ those people who satisfy your intellectual and communicative needs. A master of paradox and duality, your emotional foundation is built upon the need for constant mental stimulation and an ability to adapt to diverse situations. Emphasizing intellect over emotion, try to refrain from always rationalizing your feelings away. Taking a multidimensional perspective leads to both a rich inner life and a quality of indecisiveness. Is a constant need for variety making it difficult for you to settle down? Is it hard for you to fully commit or maintain a deep emotional connection? Don’t let restlessness veer towards superficiality. Preferring to keep things light and surface-level, this can be a hindrance to forming meaningful relationships. Vacillating between emotional distance and overexpression, your inconsistency confuses others, resulting in a lack of steady emotional intimacy.
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I/C in Cancer *Pearl of a Girl*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Kendall Jenner
Cancer’s natural rulership of the 4th house overlapping with the I/C, the celestial crab feels more than at home in this zone of the chart, reflective of roots, early childhood experience and ancestry. Tending to hearth and home for replenishment, cooking is an excellent way for you to unwind. Creating a sanctuary of your domestic environment, your actions scream home blessing ritual. Whether moon-gazing or writing poetry, creativity offers solace to your highly sensitive soul. Dreams and nighttime visions beckon. Driven by a need for privacy and security, be very clear about what you are ‘locking in’ as well as what you are ‘locking out.’ With an emphasis on home/family life, you’re capable of experiencing great joy in this area when not dealing with karmic issues, dependency, or crabiness. Expecting nurture and affirmation from your beloveds, you demand respect and require belonging. With food and mood intertwined, the ways in which you received nourishment as a child greatly impact your adult emotional responses. Very much the ‘rock’ of the roost, you’re not only potentially the hostess with the hostess, but deeply empathic and caring.
Many with this placement had a stay-at-home mother or otherwise very tight, supportive family system. Ask yourself, is dependency on caretakers or parents delaying maturity? Maybe it’s you who is taking care of fragile family members to the point of enabling helplessness or dependency. With a Cancer I/C, too close for comfort is a real possibility! Boundary work is key! Work to regulate moodiness, develop self-awareness around triggers and cultivate healthy family ties. With the Midheaven in Capricorn, your public face is that of someone who achieves. Entering positions of power that earn you respect and creating a legacy, you’re a natural leader whose impressive command is seeded in the emotional intelligence of the I/C in Cancer. Caution around becoming too ruthless in your pursuit of success, ruling with an iron fist or playing Zaddy. Capricorn is the Wise Crone. Rather than personalizing everything and operating from a place of reactivity, honor thee superpowers, channeling your long-perfected lunar feminine intuition and maternal energy wisely enough for your Capricorn Midheaven to truly rise to the top and lead.
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The crabbiest of all I/Cs, no better placement straddles the I/C-M/C polarity with such built-in integrity and grace. You may be the world’s greatest boss, or at the very least, living a professional life imbued with integrity and sensitivity to the feelings of others. The key is to ensure your upward momentum isn’t built on a shaky foundation. In the sign of lakes, ponds and streams, no better way to relax and unwind than with Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® Relax Bath Salts by Symphony Natural Health. Formulated by a certified aromatherapist using organic coconut and sandalwood essential oils, tension-relieving Bath Salts are one of the most ancient and universal healing techniques of all time. From the company on a mission to optimize your health journey, spend your mornings playing Boss Bitch and your evenings at home floating in a regenerative bath of bliss. Thanks to built-in circulation-improving minerals, the benefits of a soothing Himalayan Crystal Salt soak include relief for stiff muscles and joints, relaxation and stress reduction, improved skin health and reduced inflammation.
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I/C in Leo *In Praise of Shock Value*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Priyanka Chopra
I/C ‘bottom of the sky’ in Leo suggests early family life constellated around heart-centered creative expression and play, not without a hearty helping of sacred drama! For the Cat’s Meow of the Zodiac, did you know that the frequency of a cat’s purr can help accelerate cellular regeneration? Whatever gets the inner lioness purring, consider it an act of divine intervention. With one’s sense of emotional security rooted in creativity and self-expression, it is essential to feel special and acknowledged by one’s inner circle. Perhaps this is because you didn’t get enough one-on-one attention as a child. Maybe you had to compete for it with siblings or parents who often stole the show. Craving affection and warmth as a child, perhaps your family looked down on emotional outbursts, or you were punished when upset. Forced to vie for attention, you may have hid your true feelings, perhaps even disengaging from the more self-absorbed or overbearing tendencies of family members. Learning to become independent, you made your own fun.
As an adult, you come to understand just how larger-than-life your inner child truly is. Engaging in creative activities helps you stay grounded and emotionally stable. Individuating against early role models, you still find that you love to create, adorn and parade through life. Trying to perform your way out of life’s difficulties? Make sure you don’t avoid the work of feeling. When those things that once brought you joy no longer deliver, don’t be afraid to explore uncomfortable truths. With Midheaven in Aquarius, your public face and career trajectory scream humanitarian, enlightened detachment, networking and technology. A rebellious and potentially defiant spirit means you tend to play devil’s advocate, just avoid becoming uncompromising, bossy or controlling. Strike a healthy balance where Leo’s generosity and warmth meet Aquarius’s friendly inventiveness. Claiming your freedom situates you at the forefront of innovation.
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I/C in Virgo *Fairytale or Coping Strategy?*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Lady Gaga
Profoundly affecting your inner world, Virgo I/C suggests an early home environment which was practical, logical and focused on order and systems. Sensing and fearing impending chaos, order became your safety net. Perhaps you were raised by parents who were meticulous, analytical or overly critical, becoming self-sufficient at a tender age. When life felt out of control, you found something to sort, believing that the more organized, the more worthy of love and above judgment you became. Perhaps you felt that you were always hiding your inner baddie, suffering in silence as you attempted to only show others your best qualities. I/C in Virgo often feels judged or wrong as a child. Perhaps your parental figures were difficult to please, even if you were the ‘golden child,’ always watched with high hopes, which only drove you to become more perfect. No matter how much you excelled, you felt the heaviness of comparison, as the grown-ups around you weren’t an accurate reference. At a young age, you escaped into books, media, or fantasies, becoming a skilled analyst, processing your emotions through logic rather than open expression. Developing a tendency to rationalize and overthink feeling states, you felt compelled to fix yourself and everyone around you. Even in a stable home, you may have assumed a role as the helpful child, even when it wasn’t asked of you or required. When parading as your most controlled, perfected self becomes problematic, remind yourself nobody’s perfect and it’s not your responsibility to make everything right. Highly gifted I/C in Virgo often feels like an adult amongst their childhood friends, a perfectionist who took on more responsibility than age-appropriate. With a strong need to be practical and efficient, you feel connected to ancestry through a sense of duty, service and practical skills passed down over generations. With Midheaven in Pisces, you tend to seek the opposite career-wise, drawn to more abstract, imaginative and spiritual realms. Creativity is your remedy for the heaviness of life.
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I/C in Libra *The End of Self-Sacrifice*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Dorothy Dandridge
Growing up in a home that valued diplomacy and sociality, your I/C in the sign of the scales signifies a need for balance, fairness and partnership. The peacemaker of the family, I/C in Libra folks root their sense of security in partnerships. With an upbringing that likely emphasized cooperation, you probably became a mediator and negotiator from a young age. Maybe you felt like your family had to be conflict-free at your expense, that it was your job to make everyone else feel happy. Tending to follow, your caregivers taught you it was best to go along with the group. Maybe you were punished or disapproved of for having feelings. As time went on, you lost touch with how you truly felt. While things may have appeared peaceful, conflicts lurked beneath the surface. In maturity, you’re forced to work on personal boundaries, uprooting any patterns of self-sacrifice. Are you putting other people’s feelings above your own thoughts, values and emotions? When you’re not being who you think you should be, who are you?
Identify your own core values to reclaim the sovereign self. Midheaven in Aries suggests a public face involving action, bravery and self-assertion. In the workplace, you demand respect! A natural authority, you have difficulty taking orders and often find yourself speaking truth to power. Great at inspiring others to take risks and pursue their dreams, your Libran ability to see the beauty in all helps your professional life reach its highest potential. Aiming to create a welcoming living space that is central to your social circle, a natural appreciation for beauty, art and aesthetics helps you functionalize an exquisite living space. You just want to snuggle up and talk about art, politics or culture. Finding debate enlivening, a strong respect for law and order means you tend to play by the rules. Are you holding important issues at an intellectual distance without admitting you too have skin in the game? While impassioned discussions help you relieve mental tension, don’t play dumb when your sparring partners go ballistic. Vigorous discussion is not soothing to everyone. Fed by beauty and social graces, gender fluidity comes naturally. You might unwind at the museum and usually have at least a ‘best friend’ or two to accompany you.
Rx: No Cast Just Glow Collagen Sunscreen
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I/C in Scorpio *Powerful or Plentiful?*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Margot Robbie
With I/C in Scorpio, magic, ritual, and the sacred arts are your swan song! Home life growing up was filled with emotional intensity, power struggles and secrecy, especially intense since this I/C turns you into a psychic sponge. Forced to navigate intensely traumatic situations, you developed incredible emotional resilience from a young age, and tend to need loads of solitary time to process your emotions and unwind. Scorpion trauma often being too much for the conscious mind to bear, wounds are more likely deeply repressed, having made you shut down in some way. Feeling the lack of personal power, growing up, you internalized a feeling that vulnerability was bad. You learned that when you show weakness, others take advantage of you. Effectively burying your trauma, it’s still hard for you to open up later in life. Growing up in an emotionally chaotic home atmosphere filled with intense power struggles, you likely had to make adult decisions at a young age. There may have even been elements of alcoholism, abuse, death, trauma, sex, occult or manipulation involved. Maybe one of your parents had a mental illness, control issues, or went on power trips. As family members attempted to control one another, thing escalated out of control.
Your inner child work involves closely examining issues of power and control. Dig deep to unearth formative childhood traumas that need to be felt and resolved. With a focus on intimacy, familial bonds, family, death/rebirth, power dynamics, sexuality, transformation, mental health and the shadow self, therapy may be necessary. Beware of a tendency to push buttons and provoke others, as this often leads to power struggles and manipulative behaviors. Caution around paranoid thinking or reluctance to change. Are you stubbornly attached to what is comfortable and familiar, even if it is no longer right, good or correct? As an adult, your pursuit of stability and material success stems from this need to escape the intensity and trauma of early childhood. Challenge scarcity thinking and cultivate a relationship with a higher power to foster inner peace beyond material security. Ultimately, it is via Scorpio I/C’s emotional depth and true understanding of unconditional love and family values that Taurus Midheaven can reach its full potential, becoming a longed-for source of pleasure and material comfort to beloveds.
Rx: Save the Rainforest Performance Superfood
Speaking of family drama, assuming you made it through the holidaze in one piece, you were probably reminded how chaotic the end of the year can be. Stress spikes cortisol, travel depletes minerals. But it’s not just the matriarchs of the family that are being drained like a cup of hot apple cider; their invisible labor powering a world that takes them for granted. Mother Nature, the greatest ‘mother’ of all, is also drastically in need of urgent support. Did you know that the Amazon stabilizes the world’s climate? Home to one million indigenous peoples, whose lands contain nearly half of the region’s intact forests, the Amazon absorbs a quarter of the world’s CO2. That’s 1.4 billion metic tons of carbon dioxide every year. The Amazon also stores over half of the Earth’s rainwater, without which, drought would bring widespread famine and disease. Home to an amazing 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, did you know that 25% of our modern medicines originate from tropical forest plants? In the name of sacred ecology, from the brand on an extraordinary mission to save the planet, check out the plant-based protein bars made from sustainably sourced rainforest superfoods.
One of the few bars out there with truly clean ingredients, Save the Rainforest Performance Superfood by Shanti Balance is 100% organic and free from soy, refined sugars & gluten. With 15g of plant protein per bar and prebiotics to promote gut health, Save the Rainforest Bars come in Mango Cashew Turmeric, Blueberry Matcha, Mexican Chocolate Mulberry, Red Velvet Chocolate Chip & Cashew Cookie Dough. Not only is the company woman-owned, 5% of profits are donated to Rainforest Foundations US, the largest and most respected NGO working on rights-based forest protection worldwide – having already protected 29 million acres of Amazon Rainforest.
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I/C in Sagittarius *Freedom of Mobility*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Donald Glover
Driven by wanderlust, I/C in the sign of the centaur loves to discover new places, ideas, cultures, people and ways of life. Expanding your knowledge base is a source of deep replenishment. Feeling at home in academic, philosophical or spiritual centers, you are a proverbial student of life that loves to share what you know! Finding rejuvenation in activity, travel and discovery, caution around stretching oneself too thin. Childhood may have felt fueled by stimulating conversations, but lacking in concrete rules. Maybe you moved frequently or had parents that embodied the Sagittarius’ love of expansion, travel and learning. You probably feel at home in many places, the further from your culture of origin, the better! Drawn to all things bohemian and eclectic, a deeply ingrained need for freedom makes you a truth-seeker nomad. A lifelong thirst for knowledge fuels your pursuit of truth and wisdom. Valuing truth and honesty, you’re known for your straightforward enthusiasm and generosity. Don’t let restlessness lead to overlooking important details or a lack of consistency and reliability when it counts. A no-filter type, just try not to be so blunt that your words wound. Feeling most comfortable in environments which are open-minded, accepting and filled with diverse experiences and philosophies – you put great emphasis on intellectual and spiritual growth. Creating a home environment that reflects your spiritual beliefs, conformity is a major turn-off. Preferring an unconventional path, an infectious sense of optimism, an open-minded perspective, and a deep love of cultural diversity fuel lifelong, exponential personal growth.
Rx: Martlett Sandal – Lightweight Hiking Sandal
Without a license to roam, I/C in Sag feels lost. With your sense of security tied to independence, growth and adventure – your Roots Rx is the ultimate sole companion for rugged terrain and everyday comfort! Introducing the Lightweight Hiking Sandal by Amento.
Crafted with advanced arch support and a shock-absorbing EVA midsole, the Martlett Sandal delivers traction, breathability and style. Whether you’re exploring backcountry trails or walking through your favorite park, this elegant trail sandal is designed to move with you, wherever the day leads. Fully adjustable, Amento’s thoughtful design features recycled PET lining, a fast twist closure system (FTCS) and co-molded rubber outsole for traction. From the company revolutionizing ergonomic design and personalized fit, expect nothing less than exceptional comfort and functional durability.
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I/C in Capricorn *Boss Baby*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Hayley Kiyoko
Craving a stable, orderly home environment, you love setting strict routines and guidelines. A deep respect for tradition means you not only aim to contribute something of lasting value to the community, but also dutifully uphold ancestral ways. Capricorn I/C signifies a focus on building, structure, goals, achievements, manifestation and status. Just make sure not to neglect your emotional well-being in your pursuit of material success. Is ruthless ambition causing you to feel like a failure prematurely? Is competing and striving to be the best your only source of enjoyment? Is it difficult to take a day off from work? Emotional aloofness, while helpful on the job, can wring the life out of your relationships. Often appearing reserved or detached, it can be difficult for you to form deep emotional connections with others. A little vulnerability helps you open up more easily. As a child, you may have enjoyed playing ‘grownup’ – pretending you were going to work, getting married, or buying a house. You feel most comfortable when taking on difficult tasks and mastering them via will and discipline. With Midheaven in Cancer, one’s public face is imbued with themes of nurturing, emotional connection, home and security. Bringing a sensitivity and psychic intelligence to the workplace, caution around fear of rejection, oversensitivity to criticism and emotional reactivity. Practicality is key. A sense of hard-won achievement nourishes thy soul. Climbing to the top of the social ladder, you tend to find mountains and high altitudes soothing in general. Ultimately, it is through Capricorn I/C’s natural capability, practicality, pragmatism and vision that your Cancer Midheaven reaches its highest career destiny.
Rx: NAD+ Youth Repair
Seeking a secure position of authority, playing boss invigorates you, melting away stress. As you lovingly guide others toward their heart’s potential, make sure to extend that same loving support to yourself. When imbalances wreak havoc on the body, lean into the future of daily wellness with the YOUth Repair NAD+ Mini Patch by Barrière — a pill-free way to support energy, metabolism and healthy aging. In other words, vitamins that support cellular regeneration have arrived in sticker form! Powered by nicotinamide riboside (NR), a clinically researched NAD+ precursor, the Youth Repair patch delivers steady, all-day support through your skin, bypassing the gut for efficient absorption. Apply two patches every other day to feel more energized, focused, aligned and vital.
Barrière’s NAD+ patch utilizes a micronized formula that enables the active ingredients to pass directly through the skin barrier and into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system where most NAD+ is typically broken down before the body can utilize it. Delivering steady, all-day support through the body’s own metabolic pathways, NAD+ catalyzes cellular repair and resilience. Not only are the patches reasonably priced, but oh-so cosmic sticker designs like stars, spirals, moons, and suns also speak to Capricorn I/C’s chronically neglected inner child.
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I/C in Aquarius *Outsider Joy*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Courtney Love
An eccentric at heart, speaking truth to power and thinking outside of the box replenishes your spiritual heart. With technology as a key resource, one might be at the forefront of a critical social justice movement. Growing up, you were comfortable being rebellious for a cause, activating futurism and people power. Family or ancestors may have been innovative, eccentric or intellectual. Perhaps your early childhood was unconventional, technologically advanced, or rooted in community rather than nuclear family. Relaxing into groups and communities early on, you crave an alternative scene. Make sure you are not overlooking problems within the group to which you’ve pledged allegiance. Objectivity is key. With your sense of security rooted in intellectual freedom and strong social ties, you may struggle with being vulnerable and expressing deep emotions at times. With self-worth tied to your sense of group belonging, you are still learning how to shine and find your place in this world. As a child, you may have felt like you never quite fit into your culture or family of origin. Often, there is a sense of detachment and a need for independence coloring your relationship to family. Told that you needed to be like everyone else, you may have felt ashamed about who you were, even if on the inside, you needed to be different. Forced to follow rules you never agreed with, you felt unseen. Consider that negative self-judgment is really a reflection of a sick society, not your worth. In adulthood, you’re free to follow your heart! With Midheaven in Leo, your public face screams creative self-expression, beauty and play, performing arts, romance and parenting/inner child. Fueled by the Aquarius IC’s iconoclastic spirit, Leo Midheaven demands creative control! With a celestial tree rooted in innovation, technology, networking and humanitarian aims, freelance work or self-employment is ideal. Beware of playing the perennial outsider. Fortunately, it is via the Aquarius I/C’s inventive genius and humanity that Leo Midheaven can reach its full potential, helping others find their joie de vivre.
Rx: Kundalini Raj Infinity Life Course Teacher Training
For the most Aquarian of I/C’s, the Fairy Godmother of third eye awakening, your Roots Rx is a deep dive into the most ancient, potent and revitalizing yogic science of all time. If you don’t yet know Kundalini, it’s a priestess path designed to expand consciousness, harmonize heart and mind, activate intuition, balance and heal the body and integrate vibrational wisdom to align and command the voice – preparing you mentally, physically, and spiritually to lead your best life. Introducing the KUNDALINI RAJ 240-hour Infinity Life Course Teacher Training at TEMPLE143 in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. RAJ means ‘royal.’ Kundalini represents The Divine Maha (Mother) Shakti aka the atomic creative life force itself. Bridging Kundalini Yoga with timeless metaphysical cosmologies in an accessible and integrative curriculum, Kundalini Raj is about activating your highest destiny through a modern lens of the Divine Feminine. A self-initiating lineage, Kundalini Raj will give you the skills to cultivate your practice as an eternal journey, not a destination. With 180 hours of classroom instruction and 60 hours of at-home study, the course includes a daily Sadhana, online group check-ins, homework assignments, and practicums throughout its duration, from February 21st to June 7th. Led by Siri Rishi, Yogi Amanbir & Siri Pritam Shirley Johnson with guest teachers Elsa Mehary, Akhet Baily Rollins, Dejah Kirti Preet, Desirée Pais, and Alexandra Moga – this 240 yoga teacher training is now in its 8th session.
Unlocking Kundalini’s vault of timeless technology, you’ll be learning the science of breath (pranayam), the science of sound as medicine (mantra, mind, meditation), the science of the chakras, tattvas, subtle body and ten light bodies, the history of kundalini yoga and how to teach it, as well as the business of yoga. Ideal for those seeking to create a life of awareness, spiritual harmony, productivity, and prosperity, this practice requires deep self-awareness, devotional discipline, accountability and a commitment to the alchemical self. Affording the tools to stand in your power, you’ll be trained to facilitate this Aquarian Age technology in community as a Kundalini Priestess at the instructor level. Kundalini Raj is great for those who want to deepen their practice, develop a daily sadhana and teach professionally. Following the course, you’ll not only be certified by TEMPLE143 SCHOOL OF INIFINTY GLOBAL ALLIANCE, but crowned as a devotional steward and leader of the Aquarian Age. As a long-time student of Siri Rishi, founder of Temple 143, I not only wholeheartedly recommend this course, but have already enrolled myself! Held in person at Brooklyn’s TEMPLE143 and virtually via Zoom, click below when you’re ready to bring forth your life purpose with grace, intuition and divine alignment.
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I/C in Pisces *Divine Drifter*
Celebrity Doppelgänger: Diana Ross
Pisces I/C floods the world with spiritual service, compassion, empathy, benevolence and charity. Divine architect of the sacred arts, you tend to view life through rose-colored glasses. Highly sensitive as a child, the nest never quite felt stable. Perhaps you were kept in the dark about certain things, or caretakers avoided tackling issues directly. Perhaps it was your parents’ addictions, illicit affairs, emotional trauma or mental health issues causing all the confusion. Lacking a consistent routine and feeling detached from daily life, it was hard to see through the mists of enchantment. Perhaps it never felt like folks were saying how they truly felt, making it hard to clarify family issues. Fantasizing or telling yourself stories to cope, delusions were an easy escape from topsy-turvy reality. Perhaps you lacked a cohesive family unit or felt lonely. Maybe your family had weak boundaries, letting some unsavory characters in on good faith. Either way, it was hard for you to feel or express emotion because you never quite knew what might happen next. Without a secure home front, it felt like there was no retreat when you felt afraid, that you were always drifting. In maturity, the shadow rears its ugly head as a martyr complex, overextension as self-obliteration, addictions, or escapism. It’s time to get to the bottom of things. Avoid overcompensating with a too rigid sense of order. Turning to logic and reason to restore your sense of trust in the world, boundaries and structures help you feel safe again. With Midheaven in Virgo, you’re not only focused on serving others through purposeful work, but adopt organization and logic to cut through any delusions, recovering a solid sense of self. Cultivating a more critical and discerning eye helps your Virgo Midheaven reach its full potential. Avoid being taken advantage of and maintain equal footing in relationship by expecting others to return your loving generosity and loyalty.
Rx: Minimalist Leather Slipper
While your inner child cloaked trauma in Cinderella fantasies, the glass slipper always shattered and the pumpkin carriage evaporated at midnight. As the fruits and branches of your Earthy Midheaven flower, dailiness teaches you that every action taken at home offers an opportunity to reconnect with nature, with oneself and with the felt nature of embodiment. At CP Slippers, the brand taking a ground-up route to natural living, minimalist shoes remind us to connect with the earth beneath our feet. As the zodiac sign ruling the feet, Pisces I/C requires grounding. Handcrafted to replicate free, unrestrained barefoot bliss, Minimalist Leather Slippers are made without foam or synthetic barriers, allowing the classic beauty of natural leather to embrace your foot. At CP Slippers, adopting minimalist shoes is as much about unlearning as it is about learning. Made simply from Nobuck leather and linen thread, the benefits of minimalist shoes extend beyond the physical, touching upon mental and emotional well-being, emphasizing a connection to our environment that layers of rubber and synthetic materials have long dulled. This isn’t just a shoe, it’s a philosophy – integrated one grounded step at a time. With minimalist slipper anatomy (simple design, thin soles, and lightweight construction), less truly is more.
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