Ascendant - Descendant
The 1st house in your chart is marked by your Ascendant on the rightmost point and the 7th house is marked by your Descendant on your leftmost point.
Your Rising Sign / Ascendant is how you express yourself, your first point of action. Together your Ascendant and Descendant play an important role with how you interact with others, especially in how you form relationships with others. Your 1st House, and the planets you may have there, are how you attract people and what you are attracted to. Your 7th House is ‘how you go from there’ forming closer, more significant relationships and dealing with them thereafter.
Ascendants/Descendants are opposing signs, which perfectly describes the duality of what we look for in others, and what we want others to see in us, which can often be contradictory, but complimentary when we allow it. Knowing how the ASC/DEC axis effects your relationships can be very helpful in overcoming issues you regularly face.
ASC / DEC:
Aries/Libra: You look for relationships that fulfill your drive for excitement but you are often more concerned with your own wants, rather than the other persons, which leads you to boredom and ended connections.
Taurus/Scorpio: You are warm and want to give out your love and support, but your insecurities can make you cold and convinced that you can’t give out anything, especially if you’ve given yourself to the wrong people.
Gemini/Sagittarius: You look for flowing communication and something to keep you interested, but you need to work harder at listening and balancing relationships if you long for a stronger companionship.
Cancer/Capricorn: You look for security and support in relationships, but too easily neglect yourself and your own ability to nurture yourself when you revolve your whole life and activities around someone else.
Leo/Aquarius: You are attracted to people who can show you the delights of the world out there other than yourself, but things can suddenly get burned when the other person isn’t seeing something from only your viewpoint.
Virgo/Pisces: You are a helpful, hardworking friend and always see people at their best. But there is likely the problem of being used for your compassion and healing, which you only notice once you realize you’re facing your problems alone.
Libra/Aries: You want friends that can share your life with you and don’t feel yourself unless you have other people, which will become a problem if you don’t allow yourself more independence to empower yourself.
Scorpio/Taurus: You strive for deep, secure, passionate relationships but due to your strong need for control, being hurt can cause heavy resentment which you’ll carry forever if you don’t transform from it.
Sagittarius/Gemini: You like freedom in friendships and people to experience things with you that are worthwhile. But you are quick to make assumptions and sometimes act too bluntly on something you don’t fully understand, which frustrates others AND yourself.
Capricorn/Cancer: You seek people with strong ideals and always offer support and security to others. But you can see flexibility as ‘having no control’, when in fact it would benefit you to learn to adapt to others lifestyles when they really matter to you.
Aquarius/Leo: You are attracted to people who can offer you something wild to experience or feel, as your own feelings are harder to express. Relationships usually end when there is a detachment of you to their feelings and their interests.
Pisces/Virgo: You are a giver, extremely empathetic and for this reason are drawn to people who you can feel most. But your idealism often ends relationships when you’re faced with the reality of who they are.
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Midheaven/ Imum Coeli (MC/IC) interpretation coming soon!
