Chart angle
Rising Signs
The face you show, your body and the way you begin things.
At a glance
- Stands for
- the face you show, your body and the way you begin things
- Time in each sign
- about two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours
- Vedic name
- Lagna
Rising in the twelve signs
- Aries risingYou meet the world head-on: quick, direct, energetic and sometimes impatient.
- Taurus risingYou come across calm, steady and pleasant, with a strong physical presence.
- Gemini risingYou seem young, curious and talkative, always moving and asking questions.
- Cancer risingYou come across gentle, protective and sensitive, behind a careful shell.
- Leo risingYou enter a room like the sun: warm, proud and noticed.
- Virgo risingYou come across modest, neat and observant.
- Libra risingYou come across charming, polite and attractive, a natural diplomat.
- Scorpio risingYou come across magnetic, private and intense, with a gaze that sees through people.
- Sagittarius risingYou come across open, friendly, adventurous and frank.
- Capricorn risingYou come across serious, reserved and capable, older than your years when young and…
- Aquarius risingYou come across friendly but different, independent and a little detached.
- Pisces risingYou come across soft, dreamy and kind, with the air of an artist or a mystic.
Questions and answers
What does Rising mean in astrology?
The face you show, your body and the way you begin things.
How long does Rising stay in a sign?
About two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours.