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. It changes sign roughly every two hours, which 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.
Where you see this in OrbHeaven
Your own chart is calculated from your birth details, and this definition is written out again there with your numbers in it rather than in the abstract. The chart, the glossary and thirty days of dated timeline are free, and nothing here is charged per question.
About a minute. Birth time optional, and no account until after you have seen it.
The points
The four angles and the nodes: places in the sky rather than bodies in it.