Rising sign · Fire · Fixed
Leo rising
You enter a room like the sun: warm, proud and noticed. People see confidence and style.
What Leo rising means
You enter a room like the sun: warm, proud and noticed. People see confidence and style. You lead from the heart and need respect.
The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth, so it needs the exact time and place. It stands for the face you show, your body and the way you begin things. In Leo it works warmly, proudly and with flair; it wants to shine and be seen. Its ruler, Sun, is the ruler of the whole chart.
The opposite point, the Descendant, falls in Aquarius: the partner it describes is a rebel. Unusual, independent, friendly and a little detached, someone who arrives as a friend and stays because you let them be themselves.
At a glance
- Point
- Rising: the face you show, your body and the way you begin things
- Sign
- Leo, fire and fixed, ruled by Sun
- Time in each sign
- about two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours
- Opposite
- Descendant in Aquarius
Rising in the other signs
- Aries risingFire · Cardinal
- Taurus risingEarth · Fixed
- Gemini risingAir · Mutable
- Cancer risingWater · Cardinal
- Virgo risingEarth · Mutable
- Libra risingAir · Cardinal
- Scorpio risingWater · Fixed
- Sagittarius risingFire · Mutable
- Capricorn risingEarth · Cardinal
- Aquarius risingAir · Fixed
- Pisces risingWater · Mutable
Other planets in Leo
Questions and answers
What does Leo rising mean?
You enter a room like the sun: warm, proud and noticed. People see confidence and style. You lead from the heart and need respect.
How do I know if I have Leo rising?
You need your exact birth time and place: the rising sign moves through all twelve signs every day. The free rising sign calculator works it out.