The Sun is who you are, the Moon what you feel—but what’s the Ascendant? It’s what you must embody, the territory you must cross, to be who you are and get what you need. In evolutionary astrology, it’s the vehicle that drives the entire incarnation, and also the terrain you must explore and master during this lifetime. Your Ascendant is custom-designed, via its ruler, aspects and/or first house planets, for the territory you must navigate . . .
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