posted January 08, 2003 01:44 AM              

The ascendant or rising sign is the sign that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the exact time when you were born. It is essential that you know your exact time of birth to have an accurate reading. The ascendant is located on the cusp of your first house. On the horoscope the directions are opposite to those we traditionally know. In other words east is on the left side or 9 o’clock position and west at 3 o’clock. North is at the bottom or 6 o’ clock and south at the top or 12 o’clock.

You will often meet people who do not seem at all like their sun sign. This is the influence of the ascendant playing out. Your mannerisms and some personality traits can be attributed to your rising sign. The ascendant represents our outer personality and also our physical attributes. It is the image we project to the world. The sign on the ascendant represents the way we are seen by others, our facade.

The illusion that is created when we see planets rising in the east they seem larger than they really are. This is true for the meaning of the ascendant in the natal chart as well: It is the part of us that seems larger to others than it really is. It is also significant in that it describes how we interact with our surroundings. Your rising sign is the colored glass that others see you through.

The planet that rules the sign on the ascendant is known as the chart ruler. This is significant as the placement of this planet can give a lot of insight into the personality of the native.

Discussion topic:

As we will be looking at each sign in the next section we can talk in general about instances where others have remarked that you do not seem like your sun sign at all. What made them say that? I am cancerian with an aquarius ascendant and others often remark that I appear quite aloof and detached, whereas most of the cancerians they know are moody and emotional. This is normally the case with people who do not know you very well, more of a first impression.

posted January 08, 2003 03:28 AM              

This explains alot!

posted January 08, 2003 12:57 PM              

The Ascendant sign indicates the way we deal with the world and in some cases performs as a defensive mechanism to protect the fragital Moon sign personality.

double signs, Ascendant and Sun the same tend to display that quality from day 1. What you got, is what you get, so to speak.

I have a posting "3 aspects of man" on the astrology board that goes into this deeper.

posted January 08, 2003 10:20 PM              

Interesting, I have Cancer Rising and Capricorn Moon, the polar opposites of yours. Hmm, what do you think? I am using kindness and sensitivity to mask barren and frigid emotions? Just joking. I don't really know. Though I am curious as to what you think.

Thank you for the transit reading, by the way

Cheers,

posted January 10, 2003 07:08 AM              

Interesting thread, I've been reading it and I think you've pretty much said it all.

posted January 10, 2003 10:23 AM              

What if the ascendant is conjunct a planet?

I keep telling my friends and family in all seriousness that I'm very timid and insecure but all I get are laughs.I'm sincere when I say this.I am shy and very insecure ...now that fits with the the Scorpio ascendant and Pisces sun---you know all the water,emotions,illusions,high,lows,wariness,suspicions,etc.but people don't see that right away they believe after me knowing for some time.
I think it's the Jupiter conjuct my ascendant that throws people even more off.

posted January 10, 2003 12:41 PM              

As a child i was beautiful, naughty, played and laughed a lot, was witty. But then i was abused at age 10 and things changed a lot since then. In my teens , I was shy, scared of the world. Now i am 30 and let gone everything and moving on. Now I feel I do use charm again to attract my dates. I am very romantic. What a paradign shift i went thru in my life. I am very clingy inside , but very practical when it comes to matter of heart. I wish i stay this way and never show cancer traits of being clingy/attached. Lanny I hope you are proved wrong about the theory that we become more of sun sign as we grow old. I am sure it will not happen but i wish.

This is a great site to learn and discuss.
I am so glad I can vent it out all here . I love everyone here.

posted January 10, 2003 01:15 PM              

so i'm scorp asc and taurus sun. i guess part of the scorpio thing is that you dont know what's really going on under there, and i dont think i give too much away when i first meet people, hell, even when i get to know people. tho that taurus sun seems to placid and calm and collected, no one suspects there's a lot under or turbulence under there, even some of my closest friends. sometimes i feel as if im misunderstood, or that i badly express my self, or that i mean to act someway, or give some impression, but give none at all. must be the scorpio. plus i have pluto in the 12th, really hiding me away.

posted January 10, 2003 10:21 PM              

That IS interesting Trippy, I would feel so different all the time!