The Lights and Planets
Ascendant
The ascendant or rising sign is how we appear or come
across to others, not only how we appear physically, but
HOW we appear, the way we make an entrance or take
action. It has been called the most personal point in the
natal chart because it is the way we present (as in "to
be present") or express ourselves—whatever is fresh-
flowing in us. It is what others see first when they meet
us, as well as how they remember and recognize us.