What are Rising Signs and Ascendants?
Your rising sign, or ascendant, represents your personality and is determined by the planet on the horizon on the day you were born in the place you were born. This changes approximately every hour. Knowing the month, day, time and city of your birth, astrologers can determine which planet was on the horizon and thus determine your rising sign and ascendant, which are synonyms. Most astrologers will tell you that your rising sign is as important as your sun sign. While the sun sign represents a person’s inner self and inner experience of life, the rising sign is generally interpreted as your outwardly appearing self. Many people, when guessing a person’s sun sign, might actually infer their rising sign and ascendant as they are so closely related to personality. Many things about a person that aren’t explained by birth sign are revealed by their rising sign.
