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Ascendants (or
Rising Signs)
THE term ascendant is a name for the first of the twelve
houses of the horoscope. It is due east of the place of
birth; and the beginning or cusp of the house is the
eastern horizon. The Rising Sign is that sign of the
zodiac which is on the cusp of the Ascendant at birth.
This is usually the most important sign in the horoscope,
and it gives a description in general terms of the
personal appearance and the character, although this is
subject to modification according to the positions of the
planets— especially the Ruling Planet, and any planet or
planets that may be rising in or near the Ascendant.
ARIES was rising at your birth. This is a cardinal,
movables, and fiery sign. This gives much energy and
activity both of body and mind, much impulse and
enthusiasm, with many changes in the course of life. You
are courageous, enterprising, frank and outspoken. You can
face difficulties promptly and bravely; you know your own
mind, and are seldom at a loss what to do or say when
called upon to decide. You are ambitious, self-reliant,
and adventurous; and you will win your way in the world
largely through these qualities and through your
confidence in your own ability to succeed. You are a great
lover of freedom and independence, and you get along badly
when you are in any way hampered, restricted, or
interfered with. You are generous and quickly responsive
to appeals to the emotions. You are a zealous and
energetic supporter of any person or cause that enlists
your sympathies. Most of your misfortunes will arise
through too much hastiness and impulse, whether in action,
in judgment, or in the feelings. You are somewhat lacking
in coolness, in calm deliberation, and self-restraint; and
you do not find it easy to give way to others even when
justice or prudence demands it. Mars is the ruling planet
of the sign Aries.
ARIES RISING produces a dry
and rather lean body ; middle stature; strong limbs, large
bones, a face somewhat like a ram, often dark and usually
thick eyebrows, quick sight, fairly long neck, dark or
fiery' complexion, rough and wiry hair, often curly and
usually brown, sometimes reddish ; fairly broad shoulders.
The first half of the sign gives a taller and fuller
build, the last half a smaller type and usually much
darker.
TAURUS was rising at your birth; a fixed earthy
sign. In disposition you are loving and affectionate, fond
of pleasure, and an admirer of beauty in all things. The
sign Taurus often gives a love of music or art, with good
taste in color, in melody, in dress, in ornaments, and
elegance generally. You are cool, self-contained, firm,
and strong-willed; a lover of peace, quiet, and harmony.
You are also practical and desirous of putting everything
to the test of practice and experience, and you value
persons, things, and ideas largely for the use to which
they can be put. You have much perseverance and quiet
firmness, are somewhat reserved and self-centered, and you
can show great obstinacy upon occasion. You do not change
very easily, and are a little lacking in adaptability.
Your course of life tends to move from day to day and even
from year to year in its accustomed channels with
comparatively little alteration. You are not easily
influenced by other people, but are a persistent and
patient worker in your own way and according to your own
ideas. You are slow to anger but are apt to harbor
resentment. You have fixed opinions, keen feelings and
desires, and are capable of strong passions; but are also
good natured and fond of comfort and repose. Venus is the
ruling planet of the sign Taurus.
TAURUS RISING produces a
short, full, well-set body; full face and eyes, short
thick neck, full lips, wide nostrils and mouth, shining
face often somewhat swarthy; large strong shoulders, short
thick broad hands, dark sometimes black hair, usually
inclined to be curly especially in the front, with often a
little tuft on the forehead.
GEMINI was rising at your birth; a sign belonging
to the element air and to the common or mutable quality.
You have good mental abilities and an active and flexible
mind. This is one of the intellectual signs, and those who
are born under it usually have abilities for writing,
studying, speaking or thinking. You are fond of books and
reading, you can learn easily from books or lectures, you
can apply your mind to a variety of subjects and are
ingenious and inventive. You are suitable for receiving a
good education and are adapted for almost any literary
pursuit or clerical work. You have good reasoning powers,
a thoughtful mind, and are fluent either of speech or pen.
You have ability for languages and science and are also
fond of travel. You have comprehensiveness of mind and a
quick adaptability to various pursuits and studies, but
you are somewhat lacking in concentration and
perseverance. You are rather irresolute, uncertain, and
changeable at times, do not feel sure of yourself and may
even hold or express contradictory Opinions. You are
liable to worry and irritation and are easily upset by
little annoyances. You are kind, humane and sympathetic,
but you know what it is to have fits of shyness,
nervousness, and reserve, when you withdraw into yourself.
Reason and understanding are your strong faculties, but
you are liable to lack continuity and strength of will.
Mercury is the ruling planet of the sign Gemini.
GEMINI RISING gives a tall,
upright, straight body; long arms; hands and feet
generally thin and nervous, usually dark complexion, dark
or blackish hair; eyes hazel with a sharp quick active
look, and usally very bright.
CANCER was rising at your birth; a sign belonging
to the element water and to the cardinal or movable
quality. This gives you much sensitiveness and
receptivity, active feelings and emotions, and love of
sensation and novelty. You have a strong domestic and
social nature, warm affections, and are fond of home life.
You are easily influenced by those whom you love or
admire, but are apt to be cold, reserved, and distrustful
to those you do not know well or whom you dislike. You
have an active imagination and fancy, and often live the
past over again in your mind and anticipate the future.
You have much prudence and forethought, are careful and
cautious, and have a good deal of tenacity and firmness.
You have some natural ability for trade and business
management and might gain success in this direction, as
you have a sense of value and economy. You have a
practical mind and you out everything ultimately to the
test of practical use, and with care you may make a
reputation as a useful and practical person in your own
line of life. You live a good deal in the senses, and at
times are changeful and capricious, but you also have
patience and perseverance. The Moon is the ruler of the
sign Cancer.
CANCER RISING gives a
moderate stature, full and usually round face, pale and
with a delicate appearance; features small, and generally
a nose of the type termed cogitative; sad brown hair, and
small grey eyes. The Moon's sign-position greatly affects
the appearance and indeed the whole character in this
case, but those born under Cancer are usually timid and
retiring.
LEO was rising at your birth; a sign belonging to
the element fire and of the fixed quality. This gives you
an open, candid and honorable disposition, magnanimous and
generous. You have dignity and self-confidence that will
sustain you in trouble and difficulty, and that will bring
you to the front in life if you use your opportunities
wisely. You do not under-rate your own value, but are
ambitious and masterful with large and far-reaching aims
and schemes. You have some degree of pride and fondness
for display and ostentation at times, and the sense of the
dramatic is strong in you. You have a warm heart and
ardent affections and make a very faithful friend, one not
liable to change or vacillate. You are compassionate,
tender and sympathetic, and anxious to give help to those
who need it and to protect those who need protection. Your
pride is rather easily touched, and anger is sometimes
quick to rise, but you are a forgiving enemy and prefer
peace to war. You have a firm strong will and do not
readily change your course when you have once decided on
it, but are capable of persistent effort extended over a
long period. You are cheerful, hopeful, sociable and
companionable. Your feelings and emotions are quickly
roused, you are rather fond of luxury and pleasure, and
may need to put some curb upon this side of your nature.
The Sun is the ruler of the sign Leo.
LEO RISING gives a fair
stature inclining to fullness of body; usually well
formed, with upright carriage; broad shoulders well set;
eyes bright and glowing, with quick sight; and usually of
a brown hazel or hazel brown color; plenty of hair of
fairish color, ranging from flaxen to brown of varying
shades; oval to round face, ruddy or sanguine complexion,
firm step, and usually dignified and autocratic bearing.
VIRGO was rising at your birth; a sign belonging to
the earthy element and to the common or mutable quality.
This gives a disposition quiet, retiring, modest and
reserved. You are careful and prudent, and are capable of
exercising much forethought before you act. You are
sympathetic and kind, but you do not wear your heart on
your sleeve; and although you are very adaptable and
almost capable of being all things to all men, you seldom
show your real nature openly, and are at times difficult
to understand. You have good mental abilities, can learn
readily and are of a studious nature. You have a logical
mind, good reasoning faculties, and have much adaptability
for scientific or literary pursuits; but you are able to
develop a fair amount of practical ability also, and can
attend to small details skillfully and methodically. You
are apt at times to worry unnecessarily, and to vacillate
and change your mind. You are diffident and lacking in
self-confidence and are too ready to give way before
difficulties. You are not sufficiently hopeful. You will
work best and be most fortunate if you follow a leader and
rely upon him. Virgo is the sign of the servant, not the
master. Mercury is the ruling planet of the sign Virgo.
VIRGO RISING yields a middle
stature, well formed, rather slender ; neat and compact,
sometimes very prim. Dark, ruddy complexion and pleasing
face, nose long and projecting from the base. The
mercurial nose is unmistakable.
LIBRA was rising at your birth; a sign belonging to
the element air and to the cardinal or movable quality.
This gives you a courteous, gentle, affable and kind
disposition. Your feelings and affections are strongly
developed and are likely to play an important part in your
life. You are able to make many friends; you associate
easily with other people; the social side of your nature
is active and your growth will best be served by
cultivating it wisely. You will be less fortunate it you
live alone or dissociate yourself from others. You have a
refined mind, are fond of beauty and orderliness, with a
taste for music or painting. Your surroundings influence
you very much and you are not happy unless they are neat,
elegant and harmonious. Your mind is susceptible of
considerable cultivation especially in connection with the
more imaginative and idealistic subjects; but you have
more intuition than reason, and emotion and affection are
more to you than cold intellect. You are rather fickle and
changeable, your likes and dislikes vary a good deal, and
your ideas change with your moods. You are not quite
constant either to persons or to ideas, and you are likely
to experience many changes in your life. Companionship,
friendship, partnership, association, and marriage are the
keynotes of your nature, and you will not attain to your
fullest possibilities without them. Venus is the planet
ruling the sign Libra.
LIBRA RISING produces a fair
statue, sometimes tall, in the first half of the sign; in
the latter half, stouter and shorter. A graceful body,
well formed ; hair smooth and glossy, sometimes jet black,
though if Venus is in a fair sign the hair is quite light;
face round and lovely, fine clear red-and-white
complexion, eyes ranging from blue to green, but always
large and clear. Persons born under this sign are usually
very good looking, women especially. A pleasing and
graceful bearing, and very polite in address.
SCORPIO was rising at your birth; a sign belonging
to the element water and to the fixed quality. This gives
you a strong and forceful character, positive and decided.
You generally know your own mind and are clear and
emphatic in your ideas and opinions. Irresolution is not
usually one of the weaknesses of this sign. You are brave
and courageous and do not shrink from controversy or
dispute if it is thrust upon you. You are self-reliant and
do not shirk responsibility. You have strong likes and
dislikes towards both persons and ideas, and you do not
easily change either your opinions or your habits of life.
You have much strength of will; and although feelings,
emotions, and passions sometimes sway you intensely, you
have much endurance and persistence and you can work hard
and long to achieve your ends. You have a good deal of
pride and dignity, and are capable of much anger if either
of these is wounded. You should have considerable
executive ability and are capable of becoming a good
practical worker if you turn your attention in this
direction. You are a good fighter, and the critical,
sarcastic, and analytical sides of your nature are active.
You are ingenious and resourceful; at times too brusque
and emphatic in manner and not sufficiently conciliatory
towards those who differ from you ; and you are ambitious
and masterful. You have some taste for things mystical,
occult, curious and secret. Mars is the planet that rules
the sign Scorpio.
SCORPIO RISING gives a
medium size, thick, well-set body, strong and robust; face
square or broad, complexion dark or dusky, hair dark
brown, usually rough, curling, bushy and plentiful. Eyes
dark, sometimes grey and rather small, with a shrewd look.
Walk is rather snake-like or sinuous, especially in women.
SAGITTARIUS was rising at your birth; a sign
belonging to the element fire and to the mutable or common
quality. This gives you an honorable and open-minded
disposition, frank and candid. You are generous, kind and
sympathetic, truthful and just. You have much sense of
dignity and like neatness, orderliness, precision and
correctness both in person and surroundings. You have also
a love of beauty in form and outline and have much taste
in clothes, ornaments, and decorations. You are a lover of
freedom and independence ; are generally active and
restless, as well as hopeful and cheery. You are fond of
out-door sports and exercises and may gain a good deal of
skill in this direction. You are somewhat impulsive and
fiery, sometimes a little too brusque and abrupt, but
usually only when offended; for as a rule you are very
ceremonious in your behavior and dislike anything like a.
breach of etiquette. You are generous, humane, and
benevolent. You are versatile in mind, and have a natural
ability to cultivate the mind in the direction of the
higher or more difficult branches of learning, such as
philosophy, theology or law. You have the sense of
reverence and devotion and have much natural religion
whether you cultivate it or not. Jupiter is the planet
ruling the sign Sagittarius.
SAGITTARIUS RISING provides
a well-formed body, rather tall; long, oval face, high
forehead and long nose; fine clear eyes, often a dull
glazed brown, very round and open looking and of an
unmistakable type; good complexion, open countenance; hair
chestnut or light brown. Fond of walking and of a good
carriage.
CAPRICORN was rising at your birth; a sign
belonging to the element earth and of the cardinal or
movable quality. This gives you a quiet, steady, and
persevering disposition, patient, enduring and tactful.
You are at times inclined to melancholy and to too serious
a frame of mind; are a little lacking in cheerfulness,
hopefulness, and buoyancy; and sometimes look too much on
the dark side of things. You have much practical executive
ability, are a steady useful worker and will carry out
faithfully any work you undertake. You have much
self-control and strength of will, and can pursue your
ends persistently in the face of many obstacles. You
believe in justice, economy, caution and prudence, and you
usually think before you act. You are ambitious of power
and are capable of exercising it; are self-possessed and
can order, direct and manage subordinates very
efficiently, although you are apt to be more respected
than loved by them. You possess reserve and restraint; you
do not make friends very easily, but you are very faithful
to those you possess and are a stern and rather pitiless
enemy. You have a quiet persistence and steadfast
determination that will enable you to do almost anything
you set your mind on. Saturn is the planet ruling the sign
Capricorn.
CAPRICORN RISING sports a
short slender body, not as a rule well formed; long thin
face, generally plain. Chin long and often protruding,
small thin wry neck, hair very dark brown or black,
sometimes a blue black, and lanky ; narrow breast and
usually weak knees.
AQUARIUS was rising at your birth ; a sign
belonging to the element air and of the fixed quality.
This gives you good mental and intellectual abilities, and
you should possess tastes that may be cultivated for
either science, literature or art. You have a strong will,
strong and decided opinions, and do not change very
easily. You are patient and persevering, firm and quietly
determined. Your disposition is open, candid, frank and
truthful; and if at times you can be very silent and
self-contained you are not usually given to melancholy but
are genial, cheerful, and ingenuous. You are likely to
make many friends and are constant and faithful in your
attachments and you will benefit a good deal through
friends and acquaintances and take much pleasure in their
society and companionship. You have a good memory and are
capable of receiving a good education, and you have
abilities capable of cultivation in a variety of
directions. You have some inclination for the occult and
mysterious and might easily make headway in such
directions. Saturn is the planet ruling the sign Aquarius.
AQUARIUS RISING provides a
middle stature, sometimes stout, and well set, robust and
strong; long face; good, clear, sanguine and sometimes
very delicate complexion; hazel eyes ; fair hair from
flaxen to light brown. This sign gives to males, as much
personal beauty as Libra gives to females.
PISCES was rising at your birth; a sign belonging
to the element water and to the common or mutable quality.
This makes you kind, sympathetic, benevolent and generous.
You have a humane and charitable disposition, your
feelings are easily roused, and you are disposed to help
those who need your help. You are sociable and friendly
and are able to make acquaintances easily and to get on
with people. You have a strong imagination and a fertile
fancy, are impressionable and emotional, and you would be
suited for any course in life that would develop this side
of your nature; for the theatre, singing, music, painting
or for imaginative literature, as you have some taste in
these directions. You like to take life easily and enjoy
yourself, are good-natured and easy going and like to be
well-disposed to all people, and you usually are so. You
have some sense of dignity and pride, and are observant of
forms, ceremonies and etiquette, and are considerate of
the feelings of others. You are a lover of beauty and
refinement; you cannot bear ugly or inharmonious
surroundings; and you have much artistic taste. You are
sensitive, intuitional, and receptive. Jupiter is the
planet ruling the sign Pisces.
PISCES RISING gives a short
stature, thickish build, round shoulders and stooping
gait; large, pale face, clear and lucid skin, hair dark or
darkish sleepy or fishy or protruding eyes, very mobile
features and soft speech.
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