Ascendant
（重定向自Rising Sign）
![](/Images/godic/202502/07/Astrological_Chart_--_New_Millennium.svg5532.png")
![The ascendant in this example is marked Asc and is usually in the nine o'clock position of the horoscope](/Images/godic/202502/07/Natal_Chart_--_Adam.svg5532.png")
![Ejemplo de Carta Astral. La línea roja horizontal que termina en una flecha es el Ascendente. La línea verde es el Medio Cielo](/Images/godic/202502/07/Birth_chart_example_25533.png")
![Así se abrevia](/Images/godic/202502/07/Ascendant-symbol.svg5533.png")
For the 2017 film, see Ascendant.
The ascendant (![](/Images/godic/202502/07/Ascendant-symbol5533.png"){kind=small}
or As), or rising sign, is the zodiacal sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of 'as above so below'. Thus astrologers believe that the ascendant signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day.