What is the Ascendant, or rising sign?
The degree of the zodiac rising over the eastern horizon at the minute you were born, also called the rising sign. A new sign rises about every two hours on average, but the timing is not even: depending on latitude and which sign is rising, some signs rise much faster than others. That is why the birth time matters so much. It is read as the face you show and the way you meet things, and it sets where all twelve houses begin.
In the reference library: The Ascendant: the celestial-sphere geometry, the maths, and an interactive
Where you see this in OrbHeaven
Draw your own chart and this definition stops being abstract: the same term, with your numbers in it. Every placement, house and aspect, with the engine, the house system and the exact universal time printed underneath. No account, no email address, and nothing you type is kept.
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The points
The four angles and the nodes: places in the sky rather than bodies in it.