ASCENDANT

Ascendant

The ascendant, or rising sign, is the zodiacal sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of 'as above so below'. Thus astrologers believe that the ascendant signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day.

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ascendant

Noun

  1. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
    One man has the ascendant over another.
  2. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
  3. Ascent; height; elevation.
  4. The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

Adjective

  1. Rising, moving upward.
  2. Surpassing or controlling.


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