The Ascendant, or Rising Sign

The Sign rising over the horizon at the time of your birth is called the Ascendant, or Rising Sign. This, the first house of the horoscope, changes approximately every two hours. Even twins born as little as five minutes apart could have different ascendants, which would make a real difference in their horoscopes and so in their personalities.

The Rising Sign governs the first house, so its ruling planet is usually designated the ruler of the horoscope. Unless poorly aspected or otherwise weak in comparison with other important planets, such as the planet ruling your Sun Sign (the Sun-ruler), this planet is the most important one in your chart.

How to find your Rising Sign

The Ascendant or Rising Sign governs your outer personality and physical attributes. It represents your self-image and, to a considerable extent, how others see you. To some extent it also describes your health and the type of illnesses you may experience.

To find your true rising sign you need to have your horoscope or birth chart calculated by an astrologer (click here to order your birth chart from this website), but you can work it out yourself without complex calculations by a rule of thumb, if you know your time of birth.

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When you know your Rising Sign, click below for Rising Sign Interpretations...