Rising Sign

Your Rising Sign (or Ascendant) is the zodiac sign that was climbing over the eastern horizon at the exact moment of your birth. If your Sun sign is who you are at your core, and your Moon sign is who you are in private, your Rising sign is how you walk into a room, the first thing people encounter. It determines the layout of your entire house system and its ruling planet becomes your chart ruler. Many astrologers consider the Rising Sign even more important than the Sun sign for understanding daily life and personality. Because it changes sign roughly every two hours, an accurate birth time is essential, two people born on the same day at different times will typically have very different Rising signs.