rising sign

noun

Astrology.

1. the sign of the zodiac on the eastern horizon at any given moment; ascendant.

Example Sentences

No matter their age or the seriousness demanded by their rising sign, the Sagittarian needs to move through the world with a healthy dose of playfulness at all times — it ensures that the light of the hunter within is never fully hidden.

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Her moon was in Sagittarius, also her rising sign.

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There are astrological quips and brutal burns: Having a Pisces sun or rising sign is no excuse for stupidity, we’re told; in Naples, even God goes on vacation in August; and a group of several Englishmen on vacation are described as “one man repeated many times in a hall of mirrors.”

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They’re more than just their sun sign, like their moon sign, and their Mercury, and their rising sign.

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My Aries, Liz’s Aquarius, the rising sign and the sun and the moon were all on our side.

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