A fun spin on serious cosmic stuff! Wendell C. Perry has 40 years experience studying astrology and how it impacts personalities & relationships. He's written two books & published articles in astrology magazines. He's happy to share this website so that you, too, can have fun with astrology to help you in everyday life!
The Ascendant, or Rising Sign, is the sign of the zodiac that is on the horizon at the precise time of your birth. It determines your outer personality, the personality with which you greet, or fend off, the outside world. The Ascendant is the chief reason that many people do not seem to “act” like their Sun Sign. Let’s say you have a Pisces Sun Sign born on March 2nd but with Aries Rising. To the casual observer that person would appear impulsive, direct and adventurous. Only people who knew him or her well would be aware of the emotional and sensitive Pisces side of the person’s nature.
The Ascendant is one of the four angles of the horoscope. Opposite the Ascendant is the Descendant which rules the 7th House of relationships and marriage. The other angles of the horoscope are the Midheaven and the I.C.
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Can Astrology Predict the Future?
Astrologers study of cycles. We seek to relate the cyclic patterns of the heavens with events and the people living through them here on Earth. When we apply these cycles individual lives, astrology can be amazingly on target. Important events, the major turning points in our lives, happen just when astrological cycles say they should with such frequency and exactitude that it can be scary even for astrologers. Astrology gives us a wonderful tool for seeing when major events are going to occur. What, however, is a different matter.