Question: I frequently see people downplaying the ascendant and its relevance in a chart. It's sometimes referred to as a mask, a superficial layer that someone throws on when you first meet them. I've even seen some claim that this aspect of the chart is false and that you are a blatant knockoff of…

Question: What does it imply to have aspects to the Ascendant? People have a hard time placing their finger on who I am since I have so much going on with my Ascendant, I've always thought. Do you have an explanation for what it means to have too many aspects from the Ascendant? The Sun is square th…

In the case of many planets in this part of the chart, your view of life is colored and very varied. With a greater variety of faces to wear, sometimes it might seem as if you're wearing them all at once, but at other times you may choose to put only your best face forward, so to speak. It could be …

  The Ascendant, ruled by the element of FIRE, is naturally the first energy we project outward into the world. It's where we first entered into life, and it's symbolic of our first breath. Everyone born in the world on our date has generally the same set-up of planets - everyone born close to …