Rising sign · Air · Cardinal
Libra rising
You come across charming, polite and attractive, a natural diplomat. People feel at ease with you.
What Libra rising means
You come across charming, polite and attractive, a natural diplomat. People feel at ease with you. You do your best work with a partner.
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 Libra it works gracefully and fairly; it seeks balance, beauty and a partner. Its ruler, Venus, is the ruler of the whole chart.
The opposite point, the Descendant, falls in Aries: the partner it describes is a fighter. Bold, quick, competitive and a little reckless: someone who takes the lead, starts the arguments and the adventures, and keeps you awake.
At a glance
- Point
- Rising: the face you show, your body and the way you begin things
- Sign
- Libra, air and cardinal, ruled by Venus
- Time in each sign
- about two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours
- Opposite
- Descendant in Aries
Rising in the other signs
- Aries risingFire · Cardinal
- Taurus risingEarth · Fixed
- Gemini risingAir · Mutable
- Cancer risingWater · Cardinal
- Leo risingFire · Fixed
- Virgo risingEarth · Mutable
- Scorpio risingWater · Fixed
- Sagittarius risingFire · Mutable
- Capricorn risingEarth · Cardinal
- Aquarius risingAir · Fixed
- Pisces risingWater · Mutable
Other planets in Libra
Questions and answers
What does Libra rising mean?
You come across charming, polite and attractive, a natural diplomat. People feel at ease with you. You do your best work with a partner.
How do I know if I have Libra 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.