Rising Signs

[Lunaria]

Many walk around saying, "No way am I a Taurus! I feel more like this sign or that sign." Well, they're right! Each of us has a rising sign, the sign that was ascending over the eastern horizon at our moment of birth. In a twenty-four hour period, all the signs rise. Depending on your time and place of birth, we calculate the 'Rising Sign'. That's why it is so important to know the hour and minute of your arrival into the world!

Visualize a belt of constellations, a configuration of stars, the first being named Aries and the last, Pisces. This is known in Astrology as the 'Zodiacal Belt'. As the Earth spins on her axis, these constellations or 'signs' appear to rise. This is what the Greeks called our persona, mask, or Astrological mask. It's the 'person' people encounter when they first meet us. It is also the starting point in our charts because it governs the first of the twelve houses in our Astrological Chart.

The first house is one of the must important houses. It rules or governs our physical bodies, outlook on life, personality, disposition and the beginning of all our enterprises. The 1st House is also vitally important when working with predictions. It's our chart's "launch pad", if you will. Furthermore, the first house changes approximately every two hours creating even greater importance on what sign fall into this area of your chart. An example would be in the case of twins. Twins born as little as four or five minutes apart can have different rising signs. This brief difference in time may influence a person's personality, appearance,
and other important influences on one's life.

If you want to truly harness your planetary energies and use Astrology as a tool for self growth and empowerment, it is critical to know the unique characteristics of the divine sign that rose over the horizon at your birth. To learn more about your rising sign, the "real" you, and what may lie ahead ... order your astrological chart and intuitive reading!





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