And people usually perceive it in ways that you yourself do not. Even though your face is shallow and external, you're stuck with it and cannot take it off! It's a real part of you, not fake. Those characteristics are a real and true part of who your are, more like a face than a mask. Your Rising Sign characteristics are not a 'fake cover-up' as a mask would imply. But in fact, the Rising sign is not like a mask because wearing a mask denotes some level of falsity or hiding oneself. The Rising sign is often described as a public mask that we wear, since it tends to be how people see us, especially strangers who don’t know our deeper selves. The Rising sign is the image we project, the impression we make on others, the way we take action in the world, and the lasting effect we have on the environment. It represents our appearance in the world. It is the zodiac sign that was “rising” over the Earth at the moment that we took our first breath, the point of intersection between the wheel of personal Houses and the celestial zodiac wheel.

The Rising sign is like a direct connection between our Earth and the zodiac path. A few minutes of time difference shifts the entire chart. Further, this Ascendant point is the premises for the calculations of the rest of the house cusps. A Rising sign can be different for twins born just a couple minutes apart. This is why an accurate birth time and place is so important for an accurate horoscope.

It rises on the path of the sun’s rise, and it changes degrees every few minutes. It is the sign that was at the eastern horizon point, from the viewpoint of your birth coordinates, at the moment of your birth. It can be located on a natal chart as the sign on which the 1 st House cusp falls. What is a Rising Sign? The Rising sign is interchangeably called the Ascendant.

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