Look up: Ascendant

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   Ascendant
   The degree of zodiac nearest the eastern horizon at time of birth.
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   ascendant
   [adj] - tending or directed upward 2. [adj] - most powerful or important or influential 3. [n] - position or state of being dominant or in control
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   Ascendant
   the point on the eastern horizon, on the left of a chart, where the zodiac, Sun, Moon and planets rise; the opening cusp of the first house, the place of persona and personal aspiration.
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   Ascendant
   As·cend'ant noun [ French ascendant , Latin ascendens ; present participle of ascendere .] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [ R.] « Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant . Temple. » 2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have ...
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   ascendant
   1. Ascent; height; elevation. 'Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.' (Temple) ... 2. <astronomy> The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. ... Hence the phrases To be in the ascendant, to have co ...
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   ascendant
   ascendent adjective tending or directed upward; `rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage`- John Ruskin
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   ascendant
   ascendent adjective most powerful or important or influential; `the economically ascendant class`; `D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe`
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   ascendant
   ascendent noun position or state of being dominant or in control; `that idea was in the ascendant`
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   Ascendant
   The `ascendant` (Image:Ascendant-symbol.png 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 appea...
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    Ascendant
    • (a.) Alt. of Ascendent • (n.) Ascent; height; elevation. • (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. • (n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one`s birth; supposed...
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    ascendant
    
    1. position or state of being dominant or in control
    2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
    
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