Aries rising
Its own mind
Aries rising gives an energetic, enthusiastic and ambitious mind, though one that leans toward rash, impulsive acts and a quick temper.
Aries
Rising
The Aries ascendant
Aries was coming up over the eastern horizon when you were born. The old books give it the ram: a triangular face with a pointed chin, and a bold, self-confident spirit that wants to lead, not follow.
Aries rises today
Rising now
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Aries rising
at a glance
RulerMars
Element and modeFire, cardinal
Symbolthe ram
Opposite, on the seventh houseLibra
Time to rise each day in London
Your rising sign is the sign that was coming up on the eastern horizon at the minute and place you were born. Astrologers read it as the way you meet the world: the first impression, the manner, and in the older books the look of the body too.
With Aries there, the chart starts in a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars. Libra, its opposite, sits on the seventh house, the house of partners.
How Aries
rising looks
After Max and Augusta Foss Heindel, The Message of the Stars, 1918
- The face
- Triangular, with a wide forehead, a pointed chin and a pointed, prominent nose, much like the ram's.
- The hair
- Light brown, or with a reddish tint.
- The build
- Slender and well formed, and shorter when the first degrees of the sign are rising.
- The skin
- Darker when the first degrees of the sign rise, lighter with the later ones.
These are types, written a century ago. Planets close to the ascendant, and where Mars stands, change the picture, and pure types are rare.
Aries rising
personality
After the Heindels, chapters V and XIX
People with Aries rising are bold, self-confident and impulsive. They want to lead and do not like to follow, and they are always ready to take the first step in any cause that catches their interest.
The weak point is staying power. The start comes easily, but when serious obstacles appear, the Heindels saw that the energy often runs out before the project reaches its end. With the Sun or Mars, the ruler, in the rising sign, all of this grows stronger.
The mind is energetic, enthusiastic and ambitious, but quick to act rashly and quick to anger. Like all the cardinal signs on the ascendant, it grasps ideas fast and has the drive to organize, to carry a venture through, and a bold, unbeatable spirit.
The Aries rising
mind
The Heindels read the rising sign as the shape of the mind, first by the sign itself and then by the group it belongs to.
The cardinal signs
Its group
With a cardinal sign on the angles, the mind is alert and quick to grasp an idea, active and enthusiastic in its work, with the ability to organize a venture and carry it to success, and a bold, brave, unbeatable spirit.
Questions
It depends on where you were born, because signs take different lengths of time to rise. In London Aries takes about 52 minutes of every day to rise, less than the two-hour average, so it is rarer there. In Sydney it takes about 2 hours 23 minutes, more than the two-hour average, so it is a little more common there.
No. Being an Aries usually means the Sun was in Aries, which happens from late March to late April. Aries rises every day of the year for a few hours, so a person born in any month can have it.
Mars. The ruler of the rising sign is called the chart ruler, and where it stands in your chart colours the whole reading.