The tenth house represents our ability (or lack thereof) to establish ourselves in and contribute to the outside world: our social image. It rules role models, guides and authority figures that have assisted us in exteriorizing ourselves in the world. Here is our career or profession, the dominant parent who guided us into the world, and our orientation toward society based on his or her example. Here are people in power over us (such as bosses and employers), our honor and reputation, and how we play out these roles in relation to others (our being a father, guide, or disciplinary figure). Planets in the tenth house show by the houses they rule which areas in our life depend on our reputation or professional role for the fulfillment of their needs. Many planets here indicate a need to achieve and be recognized as an important person, a strong father orientation, or to have others dependent on us.

Astronomically speaking, the tenth house is that one-twelfth sector of the local sky counter-clockwise from the Midheaven (see above picture) occupied by planets two hours before they culminate.

Jupiter in your tenth house brings success, prosperity and good fortune in your career. You have high ethical standards (unless Jupiter is afflicted in Gemini, Scorpio or Capricorn), and do well in professions of service helping those less fortunate than you. Your boss or those in power around you like you a lot and treat you as special. A strong desire for achievement coupled with your expansiveness and self-confidence attracts people and honors. Your generosity in your career serves you well. You love to teach and instruct others, either because you actually are a teacher or professor, or because you just can't help it. This placement can also indicate a religious or spiritual profession—especially if Jupiter is in Sagittarius or Pisces—or a career involving travel or distant lands.

Some famous people with Jupiter in the tenth house are/were Muhammed Ali, Arthur Ashe, Lucille Ball, Drew Barrymore, Candice Bergen, Truman Capote, David Carradine, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby, Kevin Costner, Richard Crenna, Salvidor Dali, Geena Davis, Miles Davis, Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford, David Frost, Gil Hodges, Julio Iglesias, Carole Kane, Lisa Kudrow, John Malkovich, Paul McCartney, Zubin Mehta, Charlie Mingus, Manuel Noriega, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Pablo Picasso, Bonnie Raitt, Tony Randall, Auguste Renoir, Maximilien Robespierre, Richard Rodgers, Linda Ronstadt, Kurt Russell, Dinah Shore, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin, Harry S. Truman, Rudolph Valentino, Andy Warhol, Denzel Washington, Sigourney Weaver, Orson Welles, Duke of Wellington, Bruce Willis, and Walter Winchell.

If Jupiter is within 10° of the midheaven it is conjunct the tenth house cusp, and much of the previous paragraphs is even more strongly emphasized. If Jupiter is in the ninth house AND within 4° or 5° of the midheaven, then it said to be on the "dark side" of the tenth house, and its influence will be felt in the tenth as well as in the ninth house. The closer a ninth house Jupiter is to the midheaven, the more it will be interpreted as being in the tenth house; if less than 3° from the midheaven, a ninth house Jupiter expresses itself primarily— and ultimately entirely—through the tenth house.