Rising sign · Earth · Mutable
Virgo rising
You come across modest, neat and observant. People see someone capable and helpful.
What Virgo rising means
You come across modest, neat and observant. People see someone capable and helpful. You think it through before you act.
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 Virgo it works precisely, modestly and helpfully; it sorts, improves and serves. Its ruler, Mercury, is the ruler of the whole chart.
The opposite point, the Descendant, falls in Pisces: the partner it describes is a dreamer. Gentle, romantic, intuitive and artistic, sometimes lost in their own world: a soulmate kind of partner, compassionate and spiritual, who needs your strength as much as your love.
At a glance
- Point
- Rising: the face you show, your body and the way you begin things
- Sign
- Virgo, earth and mutable, ruled by Mercury
- Time in each sign
- about two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours
- Opposite
- Descendant in Pisces
Rising in the other signs
- Aries risingFire · Cardinal
- Taurus risingEarth · Fixed
- Gemini risingAir · Mutable
- Cancer risingWater · Cardinal
- Leo risingFire · Fixed
- Libra risingAir · Cardinal
- Scorpio risingWater · Fixed
- Sagittarius risingFire · Mutable
- Capricorn risingEarth · Cardinal
- Aquarius risingAir · Fixed
- Pisces risingWater · Mutable
Other planets in Virgo
Questions and answers
What does Virgo rising mean?
You come across modest, neat and observant. People see someone capable and helpful. You think it through before you act.
How do I know if I have Virgo 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.