The Atlas · The Rising sign
Aries rising
Aries rising means Aries was coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute and place you were born. The Rising sign, or Ascendant, changes about every two hours, so it takes an exact birth time to know it.
Aries is a cardinal fire sign. The Rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign that was coming up in the east when you were born. It changes about every two hours. In a chart it is the door: how you arrive, and what others meet first.
How you meet the world
Arriving all at once
You may enter a room the way morning enters a window: directly, without asking permission. People often meet your honesty first, your readiness to act, the speed with which you say what you see. Behind that first impression there might be someone softer who is still deciding. Perhaps your way of meeting the world is a kind of courage you put on each day, and it may be worth asking what it protects.
To write about
What do people tend to assume about you when they first meet you, and what do they miss?
Not a forecast: a description to try on. Keep what sounds like you.
Yours?
Find out where yours really are
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