Find your rising sign
Your rising sign, or Ascendant, is the face you show the world. Enter your birth date, exact time and city to find it, with the logic behind every placement.
What is a rising sign?
Your rising sign, also called the Ascendant, is the zodiac sign that was rising on the eastern horizon at the exact minute of your birth. It is the doorway to your chart: it sets where all your houses fall and colours the way you present yourself. If your Sun is who you are and your Moon is how you feel, your rising sign is how you come across.
Why your rising sign matters
The Ascendant shapes first impressions, your natural style and the mask you wear before people really know you. It is why someone with a quiet Sun sign can seem outgoing, or a fiery Sun can read as reserved. It also fixes the structure of your whole birth chart, which is why astrologers ask for your exact birth time before anything else.
How to find your rising sign
You need your birth date, your exact birth time and your birth city. The rising sign changes every couple of hours, so the time has to be accurate, ideally from your birth certificate. Enter your details above and the calculator finds your Ascendant along with your full chart.
The 12 rising signs
A quick guide to the first impression each rising sign tends to make. Tap one to read the full sign.
Rising sign questions, answered
Your rising sign, or Ascendant, is the zodiac sign that was climbing over the eastern horizon at the moment you were born. It sets the whole layout of your chart and shapes your outward style: the first impression you make and the way you instinctively meet the world.
Enter your birth date, exact time and city above. The rising sign depends entirely on the time and place of birth, so both are needed for an accurate result.
The Ascendant changes sign roughly every two hours as the Earth turns, so even being off by an hour or two can land you on a different rising sign. An accurate birth time, from a birth certificate if possible, is essential.
Your Sun sign is who you are at your core; your rising sign is how you come across before people know you. Many people feel their rising sign describes their "first impression" better than their Sun.