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ascendant Definition

as·cend·ant (-dənt)

adjective

  1. rising; ascending
  2. in control; dominant; superior
  3. Astrol. designating or of the ascendant (); rising
  4. Bot. ascending (sense )

Etymology: OFr < L ascendens, prp. of ascendere, ascend

noun

  1. a dominating position; ascendancy
  2. an ancestor
  3. Astrol. the sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth

ascendant Idioms

in the ascendant

at or heading toward the height of power, influence, fame, etc.

ascendant Law Definition

ascendant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • progress: Uranus opposes the progressed MC mid year and progressed ascendant is exactly opposite natal mercury.
  • give: I think you should check your chart for Mahala's nephew; my Solar Fire program gives an ascendant of about 3 deg.
  • have: Let's say someone has an Ascendant of 20 Virgo, a Moon of 4 Aries, and a Sun at 17 Aquarius.
  • rule: Sun in Pisces, so good for an actor, and Sagittarius ruling the ascendant, a larger than life personality.
  • get: Unfortunately I also judged that AC Milan would win - on the basis that they were favorites and therefore got the Ascendant.
  • aspecting: Although it is generally thought that the Moon should not be in the ascendant it is good to have it aspecting the ascendant.

Adjective modifier

  • natal: Mars, ruler of the 8th, was located therein, contacting Beethoven's natal ascendant.
  • Capricorn: Try living with four planets in Capricorn ( including Sun and Saturn ) and a Capricorn ascendant.

Modifies a noun

  • ruler: On July 30, two days after Patton's March began, Primary directed Pluto squared natal Mercury, the ascendant ruler.
  • class: Artists scurry to the margins, representing no-one clearly, and certainly not officialdom or a heroic ascendant class.
  • change: Each time the Ascendant changes, the sign on the cusps of the other eleven houses may change, also.
  • degree: The crash ascendant degree is at 3 Sagittarius, but that would only be known after the event.
  • party: He was firmly in the control of the ascendant protestant party in Scotland.
  • line: Jim Lewis said of Ascendant lines: " here is where you are identified by the planet's nature " .

Noun used with modifier

chart: The new Moon chart ascendant shows Jupiter conjunct at Paris, and for Toronto, is on the midpoint of the lunation and Saturn.

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