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Ascendant or Rising Sign

ASCENDANT & RISING SIGN

The Mask that is your Ascendant or Rising Sign

Ascendant or rising sign as it is known astrologically as the “mask”, you assume when dealing with the world around you. But it is a thin veil that separates you from everything else. Moreover, it is based upon early childhood factors, environmental upbringing and to a large extent your genetic make-up. And this projection of self to the world is woven into an intricate tapestry using all these different threads.

However, the Sun, Moon and rising sign all have a part to play in shaping your character. Therefore these three factors of the Sun, Moon and rising sign are the astrological tripod of your personality. Sun is your willpower and essential character type according to your star sign at birth. Moon represents the instinctive and often, hidden areas of your nature. So, this is why the unconscious attachment to the rising sign can be spiritually detrimental. But your level of awareness may be deduced from the position of the Moon, Sun and ruler of your rising sign. In addition, harmonious or challenging aspects and planetary dignities are also studied to fine-tune the results.

understanding and insights

A primary understanding in Ascendant or Rising Sign is that the projection of yourself or the mask in the world on a day-to-day basis is a fabrication. However, this insight is the beginning of true self-understanding. For the most part, people are caricatures of themselves and believe they are the personality which inhabits a physical body. With the dawning of understanding and use of astrological insights, you are pointed in the direction of your spiritual nature. And you will come to see the mask or rising sign as a limitation of who you really are.

The Zodiac sign which is rising at the time of your birth will reveal much about the mask and your interaction with the world around you. And this rising sign also has a great deal of relevance to other areas of your life including your physical body and your luck. Also, according to some astrologers, your career and destiny.

Ascendant or Rising SignCertainly, Earth is spinning on its axis and every 2 hours. As a result, if you take a look at the eastern horizon of any location one. And other of the 12 signs of the zodiac will be rising. In other words, this precise point is known in astrological terms as the Ascendant or rising sign.

According to astrologers, the rising sign is pivotal to an understanding of the horoscope. On the other hand, the personality of an individual because it reflects what an individual presents to the world around him. Further, many astrologers refer to this as “the mask” we assume.

Certainly, the Sun is our basic willpower, the Moon our emotional or instinctive response. However, the mask is what we prefer the world to see and what we project to our environment. And that is why it is so important to study this point in the horoscope. Likewise, often we get caught up in the appearance rather than the reality of what is.

Consequently, a person may have the rising sign of Aries which is considered energetic, full of self-confidence and impatience. And, the Sun sign may be the sensitive Cancer. In this case, we may completely overlook the true motivation or character of the person in favour of what is superficially presented to the world around them.

For instance, the person may not necessarily be as outgoing and confident as we would assume. But we would be projecting this almost as a means of overcompensating for oversensitivity, past hurts. Or could be rooted in childhood mistrust or abandonment.

In addition, you would need to look at many other factors to draw that conclusion. But here,  the rising sign presents a very different picture about the person to what they may actually be.

That is to say, the sign of the Zodiac which represents the rising sign is of course important but we must need to also look at other factors that colour this fact. What are those factors? Consequently, each rising sign has a ruling planet and it’s essential to study the placement of that planet.

For instance that we are looking at here with the rising sign of Aries, Mars, the ruling planet, can be on any other side of the Zodiac. Therefore, if it was located in Capricorn, and this is considered the most powerful point or what is known as exaltation. Moreover, Mars with the function is best and Capricorn is the 10th house from Aries that would indicate a powerful professional drive. And a desire to be well known and recognised for one’s talents.

On the other hand, the same Mars for the rising sign of Aries was to be found in the sign of Cancer. And this would weaken Mars as Cancer is the debilitation sign for it. In addition, as you can see would have diametrically opposing drives yet with the same rising sign.

And as well as looking to the placement of the ruling planet of the rising sign one must look at the aspects to the rising sign and the ruler of the rising sign. So, difficult aspects will challenge the person with an opposite result if favourable aspects predominated.

Moreover, there is the issue of the nature of the planets involved in those aspects. As a result, friendly planets will be supportive whereas friendly ones will challenge and possibly produce failure. Further, as you can see the typical year market Sun sign astrology is only scratching the surface. And it is imperative that the rising sign be calculated for more accurate details about your personality, future and destiny.

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