- THE 12 SIGNS ON THE 12 HOUSE CUSPS
- Developing your Rising Sign Overlay
Signs on each house in the horoscope: Ascendant - The "houses of the horoscope" refers to a twelve part division that begins with the Ascendant or your Rising Sign. Although the size of each house can vary a great deal, the 360 degree circle is divided into these twelve parts. The sign on the cusp of the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and the subsequent 11 house cusps make up what may be called the Rising Sign Overlay Pattern. After you understand this summary, you can start building your overlay pattern by clicking on the house cusp reading from the menu on left column of this page.
The Ascendant/Rising Sign/First House cusp is calculated to an exact degree based on the precise moment of birth. To understand the full meaning of what your Ascendant tells, you must understand that this moment of birth places an influence on each of twelve areas of the life or houses of the horoscope. Each of the subsequent signs consists of thirty degrees, one twelfth of the circle.
The Rising sign overlay begins with the Ascendant or the first house of the chart. On the chart, this is point at the left side of the horizontal center. Moving counter-clockwise from there, the twelve houses of random size continue to complete the ring.
The differing size of the houses sometimes results in the same sign appearing on the cusp of consecutive houses, since the signs always consist of exactly 30°. This is not unusual at all, and when it occurs on one side of the chart, it must again occur on the opposite side. When a house is very large, i.e. larger than just one sign, it often occurs that a sign is contained within a house without appearing on either cusp line. These signs that are excluded from appearing on any cusp are said to be intercepted (in the house). Some astrologers believe that the sign on the cusp and the intercepted sign are co-rulers of the house. This often become contradictory and somewhat confusing to the beginner, and I don't personally subscribe to the idea anyway.
If you need a little help figuring out which sign is on which cusp, check here.
If you link the readings together from these twelve houses, i.e. the signs on the cusps of the houses, you will get an amazingly good personality sketch of the individual.
Astrological Signs / Houses / Aspects / Transits
FIRE SIGNS Aries Leo Sagittarius
AIR SIGNS
Aquarius Gemini Libra
EARTH SIGNS
Taurus Virgo Capricorn
WATER SIGNS
Pisces Cancer Scorpio
These four groups of signs: fire, earth, air, and water, combine to form two major groups that represent two fundamental approaches to life; active and passive. The fire and air signs make up the active or masculine signs, while the earth and water signs make up the passive or feminine signs.
Another group of traits occurs among signs that are 90 degrees apart from each other. There are four signs in each group of Qualities, which are cardinal, fixed, or mutable. They suggest the basic kinds of activity a person will be engaged in--getting things started, keeping them going, or steering them in different directions.
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Initiating, enterprising, ambitious, domineering
FIXED SIGNS
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Determined, conventional, organizing, dogmatic
MUTABLE SIGNS
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius
Adaptable, imaginative, tutorial, critical
Your Rising sign is the sign of the zodiac that was just coming up over the eastern horizon at the moment that you were born. If you were born at sunrise, your Rising sign would be the same as your sun sign. That's because the Sun sign tells you what part of the zodiac the Sun was in at that time. Since that was the part of the zodiac rising over the horizon at sunrise, it is also your Rising sign.
If you were born a few hours earlier, or a few hours later a different part of the zodiac would be rising or ascending, over the eastern horizon. Another name for your Rising sign is your "Ascendant".
Your Rising sign is important for two reasons. First like your Sun sign, it serves to establish a basic pattern in your life. Where the Sun establishes your character, or who you really are, your Rising sign determines your personality, or what you show the world as you deal with it.
Second, it establishes the position of your houses in the zodiac. That's because your Rising sign marks the beginning of your first house.
Personalities that go with each rising sign:
Aries: Outspoken
Taurus: Timid
Gemini: Talkative
Cancer: Sympathetic
Leo: Dignified
Virgo: Shy
Libra: Charming
Scorpio: Intense
Sagittarius: Expansive
Capricorn: Serious
Aquarius: Considerate
Pisces: Idealistic
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