The Atlas · The Rising sign

Libra rising

Libra rising means Libra 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.

Libra is a cardinal air 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

Grace as a first language

Your first gift to others may be ease: a courteous word, a sense of proportion, the way you make a stranger feel welcome. People often see gentleness and elegance in you, someone who smooths the edges of a room. Beneath that charm there might be firm opinions you rarely voice at first. Perhaps part of your path is letting others meet not only your harmony but also your honest angles.

To write about

Which opinion do you keep to yourself when you meet someone new, and what would change in that first meeting if you said it?

Not a forecast: a description to try on. Keep what sounds like you.

Yours?

Find out where yours really are

Draw your chart to see your Sun, your Moon and your Rising sign. It is free and your birth details are not stored.

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Libra elsewhere in a chart