What is the ascendant?

The Ascendant is one point on the astral chart that appears to the east in the moment of birth. The Ascendant symbolizes the way we approach life.

Thus, the Ascendant can be associated with the awakening of our consciousness, just as the sun wakes us in the morning, dispelling the darkness of the night with its rays of light. According to the sign of the Zodiac representing the ascendant, we tend to use their characteristics to mold our personality and make a kind of mask between our true nature, symbolized by the Sun, and the outside world. In many cases, others recognize us more by the qualities of the sign of Ascendant than by the characteristics of the solar sign.

In consequence, the Ascendant can be, first, an image that we project to the outside, or a shield, but also like a door that opens toward our true being and allows to flow through this channel a large part of ourselves.

The ascendant sign marks the external behavior or the way their daily reactions are. Sometimes, there is a certain contradiction between the internal being shaped by the position of the sun, and the external behaviors, which are indicated by the sign in the ascendant.