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.

You're strongly individualistic, original, independent, inventive, insightful, and altruistic with Uranus in your tenth house. Working your way up the corporate ladder is not for you. You'd do best in an unusual career, one that goes against convention, and/or one that involves the masses in some way (like mass marketing). Computers or astrology are good possibilities, especially if Uranus is in major aspect to your Sun. Politics in general or being a revolutionary or activist in particular are other appropriate careers. Your approach to work—especially regarding how you organize or manage—is unorthodox. You are known for your electric energy.

Famous people with Uranus in their tenth house are/were Muhammed Ali, Loni Anderson, Clara Barton, Charles Boyer, Jeff Bridges, Pat Buchanan, William F. Buckley, George Carlin, Eldridge Cleaver, Judy Collins, Henry Ford, George Foreman, Vincente Fox, Judy Garland, J. Paul Getty, Andre Gide, Heinrich Himmler, Vivien Leigh, Bill Maher, Marie Antoinette, Karl Marx, Johnny Mathis, Joseph McCarthy, John McEnroe, Steve McQueen, Pierre Mendes-France, Joe Montana, Benito Mussolini, Olivia Newton-John, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Geraldine Page, Dolly Parton, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Ram Dass, Mort Sahl, Norman Schwarzkopf, Albert Schweitzer, Sissy Spacek, Susan Strasberg, Patrick Swayze, James Taylor, Lana Turner, Tina Turner, Lech Walesa, Earl Warren, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Shelley Winters, Steve Wozniak, and Andrew Wyeth.

If Uranus 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 Uranus 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 Uranus 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 Uranus expresses itself primarily— and ultimately entirely—through the tenth house.