CANCER ASCENDANT - Rising Sign

Cancer Rising - General

Your ruling planet is the Moon. Whether you are male or female, you carry the qualities of and in some way embody the archetype of the mother. You will find that you attract people who need care, understanding and encouragement. Devotion and maintaining emotional soul-connections to life is the heart of your approach to living. You are very sympathetic in both the sense that you feel for others and also in the sense of "sympathetic resonance". Your own feelings and moods will often reflect the dominant feeling tone in your environment. You absorb the atmosphere around you and thrive in surroundings that are home-like, personal, supportive, and cooperative.

When out of balance you are hypersensitive to hurts and slights, are prone to extreme moodiness, worry, and self-pity, and/or feel like an insatiable needy child yourself. Self-nurturing and self-responsibility are thus extremely important for you to develop in order to bring out your best.

You probably felt a strong identification with the description of your Moon's placement as you read the first section. This is because in your case the Moon not only reflects something about your past and inherited tendencies, but also colors your entire way of relating to the world now. It describes an important aspect of your soul's function. A Cancer Ascendant indicates those who are dedicated to satisfying their personal ambitions. However, they can appear so vulnerable that it is difficult for others to determine just how determined or strong they really are. They can be quite circumspect and hesitant to reveal their true goals until they are certain of success. There is potential they will have traumatic partnerships, especially marriage. Many of them prefer to marry late in life, and tend to select older or more mature partners or those who represent an authority figure. 

Cancer Appearance

According to your Horoscope, you will have a rounded, top-heavy fleshy body with wide chest, broad forehead, full face with pendulous cheeks and grey eyes. In mature age, you may have a double chin. Your limbs are comparatively short and your walk as such is likely to be swaying and laborious 

Cancer Mental Qualities 

You will be changeful, fond of movement, prudent, sympathetic, imaginative and romantic. You will be ambitious and inclined to public life. You may have a roving disposition. 

Personality Traits: 
Gentle manner, aloof, intuitive, moody (warm to cold), easily wounded, protective.

Body and Style: 

Round face, pillowy curves, large breasts (for women), large belly, cozy and comfy style, shades of blue, protective layers, changeable tastes. 

Cancer Special Characteristics 

You will be a person of kind and attractive nature, amiable disposition and generous character. You will have a social standing and may have some success in artistic field. You will have many friends, will be fond of pleasures and will have keen interest for personal decoration.

You will possess a fertile imagination and piercing intellect. You will be fond of travel and lover of learning. You will be loquacious and will earn a living by the use of the pen : a correspondent, contributor, author or a writer. You may have a lashing tongue for which people may have mixed feelings for you. With your writings too, you may become controversial. You will have a love of romance, travel and adventure. You will have special interest in geographical mysteries and mystic literature of ancient origin. You will gain public recognition and considerable popularity. You will have money from overseas journeys and gains from people of distant places. You may earn a fortune in foreign trade, dealing in valuable and precious things.

Cancer Rising makes you ambitious and dedicated, but deceptively vulnerable. You are cautious and not inclined to make the first move until you are sure of your ground. Unfortunately, you seem to attract unsuitable partners and may even be subject to a somewhat traumatic marriage. Your tendency is to marry late in life, and to seek older or more mature partners, or those who represent an authority figure.

You view everything through an emotional glaze, my dears and though you try to hide your vulnerability behind a tough front, this does not fool anyone for long. Be that as it may, you do not usually allow emotional vulnerability to interfere with your ambitions and you have considerable personal magnetism. That emotional commitment makes you work twice as hard as anyone else and generally leads to success. You love to spend time at home and could be successful in any home-based enterprise.

Ruled by the silvery moon, you have a changeable personality, although you can be quite caring and sympathetic when your nurturing instincts are stimulated. You like to be "mothered" and may be guided in life by a strong person (usually female). Consciously or subconsciously you respond to the influence of others, even adopting the latest fashions or modes of behaviour whether or not they really suit you or express your deeper character. A tendency to undertake those activities, or studies which appear to improve social standing should be carefully watched, especially when these activities are not actually enjoyable in themselves, nor in keeping with your real inclinations. You are instinctively good with the public and have an affinity with children.

You are a natural cook, and possess strong design or architectural ability, or at least take great interest in them. Roundness of face, pale, sensitive skin, and baldness or finely textured hair are characteristics of Cancer Rising. The old bod has a strong tendency to retain water, and your emotional orientation (water=emotion) reveals an addictive nature. You seem to attract excess weight - and addictive substances. You can even be addicted to people. Breasts, stomach, and digestive system are vulnerable areas.

With Cancer rising, you are sensitive and kind, but wary of those you first meet. You like to feel out a situation, before deciding what to do. And it takes awhile before you drop your guard down. You have a vulnerable look that makes others want to shield you. And you're very nurturing toward friends and family, when you feel safe. You have a loony sense of humor and are able to read people and know what's really going on. This gives you the ability to intuit when to speak or act and exactly what to say. When tuned into your sixth sense, you've got a great sense of timing.

This emotional intelligence makes you the kind of communicator that makes a deep impact. You know how to reach the hearts of others, when you're at your best. Your imaginative gifts can be applied in the arts, or you may enter one of the healing professions. You're a leader that wins respect in a quiet way.

If you've suffered and lost trust in people, you can be defensive to the extreme. By nature, you deal with strong moods that change constantly. You often lose your perspective, when you're enveloped by your own emotions. But that vivid response to life is what also makes you so endearing. You wear your heart on your sleeve at times, and may have to learn healthy boundaries. Knowing when to trust, and when to stay in your shell can be a lifelong lesson.

They are emotionally oriented and may attempt to hide this vulnerability behind a facade of forcefulness even though, more often than not, the ploy is unsuccessful. Emotional vulnerability does not deny personal magnetism or ambition. In fact their emotional commitment to something often causes them to work twice as hard as anyone else, becoming quite successful in the bargain. Home is not just where their hearts are, it is usually where they want to physically spend most of their time and attention.

Cancer is ruled by the moon, which implies strong nurturing instincts that are evidenced in their caring, sympathetic personalities. In return, they also seek to be "mothered" and may be guided in life by a strong person (usually female) who fills this role. Their personalities are subject to great changes. Consciously or subconsciously they are highly influenced by others. They may, for example, adopt the latest fashions or mode of behavior whether or not it is personally flattering, or they may pursue certain activities they feel give them social status rather than being something they may truly enjoy.

They are apt to possess culinary skills, and design or architectural ability. Whether or not they have talent in these areas, they are apt to have great interest in them. Roundness of face, pale, sensitive skin, and baldness or finely textured hair are physical attributes identified with Cancer Ascendant. Their bodies have a strong tendency to retain water. Their emotional orientation is indicative of an addictive nature, which means it is difficult to escape a battle with excess weight or addictive substances. The breasts, stomach, and digestive system are apt to be their most physically vulnerable areas. 

These people come across as gentle creatures. There's something familiar about them -- they're the guy or gal next door. When they enter a room, they don't walk in with a splash. Instead, they move to the sides and weave their way inwards. These people have a familiar feel to them. Because they are rather sensitive to their environment, they can get flustered easily, especially in public. 

Their first instinct, when threatened or on unfamiliar ground, is to protect themselves. When new situations present themselves, they can immediately withdraw or act shy. Generally, these people come across as caring people. They seem quite sweet -- even innocent. Usually, these people appear unassuming enough to be quite approachable. Some Cancer Ascendants, however, have retreated into themselves so much as to be quite the opposite.

Since Capricorn is on the Descendant, Cancer Ascendant people are looking for structure and security in their partner and their relationship. These people function best when their partner displays strength, financial and emotional stability, and know-how. In fact, many Cancer Ascendants prefer it when their relationship has well-defined rules. Security is the basic need, and they are generally more than willing to give up some personal freedom in order to get it. In some cases, Cancer Ascendant people can surprise their partners. Why? Because they come across as rather unassuming, family-oriented people. When it comes to marriage, they have a rather matter-of-fact, practical approach. 

The Ascendant (or rising sign) is often considered the mask one wears when meeting others. Perhaps it is most aptly thought of as the automatic responses to one's environment. The Ascendant shows our natural defenses and how we cope with day-to-day issues. The energies of the sign and condition of the Ascendant are most overt and obvious to others. The Ascendant shows an individual's first, natural reaction to new people and situations. 
The characteristics of Cancer Ascendant described above are modified by planets conjunct the Ascendant, planets that aspect the Ascendant, and the position of the ruling planet of the sign on the Ascendant. For example, a person with a Cancer Ascendant with its ruling planet, Moon, in Sagittarius will respond to the environment a little differently than another person, also with a Cancer Ascendant, but whose Moon is in Scorpio. Similarly, a person with a Cancer Ascendant who also has Saturn conjunct it will "behave" differently than someone with a Cancer Ascendant who does not have that aspect. 

Cancer Rising with the Moon (Ruler of Cancer) in the Signs

The following interpretations incorporate the position, by sign, of Moon, the ruling planet of Cancer. The sign position of Moon modifies your Cancer Ascendant characteristics. These interpretations are from the Karmic Insight Report, and are written from an esoteric viewpoint.

The point that was on the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth is called the ASCENDANT, or rising sign. While the Sun describes your conscious direction and current life focus, and the Moon your subconscious predisposition and past, the Ascendant indicates a way of being that transcends and embraces past, present, and future. It describes the way you engage and merge with the outer world and how you bring through into life the energies depicted by the Sun, the Moon, and the rest of your birth chart. Everything is filtered through the Ascendant from an esoteric point of view. It indicates your soul's function and thus a key part of your destiny. 

Cancer Rising and Moon in Aries

Your Aries Moon suggests that you are self-reliant and/or that you are really not all that comfortable taking care of others. You may be somewhat split between your devotion to family, home, or dependents versus your allegiance to your own life. There may be a slight reluctance in your defense of home, family, or "your own". At best, you blend sensitivity and loving devotion with action and strength. You could be a strong advocate for children, women, the family or the feminine.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Taurus

Your Moon in Taurus suggests that you are very comfortable providing solace and support to others, because you have a solid inner foundation. You draw your strength from flowing with the natural cycles and rhythms of the earth. When out of balance and out of contact with the land and natural forces, you become overly attached to security in the form of money or trying to ensure that nothing ever changes in your small part of the world. Being peaceful is an important aspect of your contribution to life.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Gemini

Your Gemini Moon suggests that you operate both from your feelings and instincts and your mind. At times you may use your wit to cover your vulnerability and softness, or be over influenced emotionally by others' words and ideas. Learning to articulate your own inner experience, and helping others to do the same, would be important. You could be a writing teacher, a devoted correspondent or diarist, or a counselor or consultant. Any of these would be an expression of your natural soul function.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Cancer

Your Moon is in Cancer as well, suggesting that deep sentiment, soulfulness, and the honoring of ancient roots and traditions is an important part of your contribution to life. Water and music play important roles in your life also. Because of your strong pull toward the past, you need to find ways for the past to nurture, strengthen, and add to your present life, rather than simply being nostalgic, becoming addicted to familiar or old ways, or trying to find a way back to the security of the womb. Dependency and/or co-dependency is a MAJOR issue for you.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Leo

Your Moon in Leo suggests that your sympathetic and nurturing qualities are infused with warmth, generous feeling and a strong sense of personal pride in the ones in your care.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Virgo

Your Moon in Virgo suggests that your caring is channeled into practical service, nursing, attending to the immediate practical or physical needs of people. You are sensitive and devoted, but perhaps not very demonstrative in ways that others recognize as tenderness or love. Serving families, mothers, or children in some way is an important way for you to fulfill your soul function.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Libra

Your Moon in Libra suggests that you were "born to be mild" and a peacemaker. You also carry a deep feeling for beauty and part of your function in the world is to bring graciousness, sweetness and beauty into it. The tendency to avert or avoid conflict can be a strength or a deficit.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Scorpio

Your Moon in Scorpio suggests that, though you may appear mild and motherly or soft, you can be truly ferocious in your defense of anyone or anything you care about, especially those who depend upon you. You are the Mother Tiger, when threatened. Deep sentiment and compassion for the suffering color everything for you. Words may be difficult or not at all important to you. What matters is soul, mystery and allegiances of the heart.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Sagittarius

Your Moon in Sagittarius suggests that your psychic and intuitional senses are very open and active. (Also, you have much more sensitivity to others' troubles than the average Moon in Sagittarius person. You are not as relentlessly upbeat and jolly, not such a party animal, and not as outgoing). Your need for freedom may conflict with your desire for security or your devotion to your children and family's needs.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Capricorn

Your Moon in Capricorn suggests that an emotional toughness and realism underlie your gentle exterior. The need to protect, to conserve, to uphold the family and to secure a solid base for your life colors much of what you do. Order and respect for tradition and heritage are an important aspect of your way of nurturing.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Aquarius

Your Aquarius Moon suggests your devotional energies and protective care are not only for your own immediate family, but also for a wider community.

Your gift is to envision creative alternatives and to be an instrument of change regarding how we nurture one another. You could be politically or socially active in changing the school system, health care or other arenas where nurture and care is administered. The rising of the feminine in our times is an important theme in your life.

Your challenge is to somehow integrate this into your life in a balanced way. At times you may be confused as to where your true allegiance lies: with your family circle or with the broader world. People outside your family may see you as full of empathy and sensitive to their concerns, while your own family may feel from you a peculiar iciness and detachment at times, as if you wanted nothing to do with them or their needs. It is probably true that you do not want to care for them solely and that is where creative solutions and alternatives come in! Have some compassion for yourself. It is quite a challenge to answer your deep need to be free, to live life on your own terms, and to make a significant contribution to the human race or the planet, while at the same time nurturing family and lasting intimacy in your life.

Cancer Rising and Moon in Pisces

Your Moon in Pisces expands your empathy and devotion to include not just your own immediate family, but all of life. You are a spiritual "mother" to many. 

Famous People with Cancer Rising: 

Albert Einstein (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Sagittarius) 
Angelina Jolie (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aries) 
Anne Archer (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Sagittarius) 
Annette Funicello (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aries) 
Ben Affleck (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Burton Cummings (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Virgo) 
Cameron Diaz (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Taurus) 
Catherine Oxenberg (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aquarius) 
Cathy Rigby (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Cher (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Capricorn) 
Cheryl Tiegs (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aquarius) 
Emmylou Harris (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Virgo) 
Farrah Fawcett (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Cancer) 
Frank Gifford (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Taurus) 
Hank Williams (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Sagittarius) 
Jerry Lewis (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Taurus) 
Jim Henson (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Capricorn) 
Joe Piscopo (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
John Ratzenberger (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Libra) 
John Travolta (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Virgo) 
Johnny Mathis (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Judy Garland (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Sagittarius) 
Julia Roberts (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Leo) 
Kate Hudson (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Capricorn) 
Kurt Russell (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Cancer) 
Lauren Hutton (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Leo) 
Lily Tomlin (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aries) 
Lisa Bonet (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Taurus) 
Lisa Kudrow (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
M.C. Hammer (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aquarius) 
Matt LeBlanc (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Pisces) 
Merv Griffin (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Capricorn) 
Molly Ringwald (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Nathan Lane (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Noah Wyle (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Libra) 
Oliver North (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Capricorn) 
Salvador Dali (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aries) 
Sara Gilbert (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Virgo) 
Steve McQueen (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aquarius) 
Steven Spielberg (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Scorpio) 
Tony Curtis (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Libra) 
Tyra Banks (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Aries) 
Vincent Van Gogh (Cancer Ascendant, Moon in Sagittarius) 

GEMINI ASCENDANT - Rising Sign

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Gemini Ascendant (Rising Sign) description 
Gemini Ascendant (Rising Sign) with ruling planet, Mercury, in the signs. 
Alternate descriptions of Gemini Rising 
Famous People with Gemini Rising 


Those born with Gemini rising see the world as a place to learn. They are curious about the people around them. Curious about everything, they are always on the lookout for something that will help them socially. If someone is pestering you with questions, they probably have a Gemini Ascendant. 

Sounds similar to Sagittarius rising? Well it is, but there are some important differences. While Sagittarius seeks to expand their mental and physical horizons in a broad sense, Gemini is mostly interested in moving about in their social circles.

They are restless, and often appear impatient. Their cleverness can intimidate some people, especially if they are sensitive.

Gemini Rising has a wonderful talent with words which can serve them well, although they can get too caught up in their intellectual puzzles and forget about those around them. This can result in a lack of warmth when dealing with others, though this may just be a shield behind which Gemini Rising hides.

These are people who love to ask questions, to move around freely, and to mingle. Definitely restless and often quick in physical expression, natives of the Gemini Ascendant exude an air of impatience even if they don't mean it. In fact, there is a cleverness to Gemini Ascendants that can intimidate some, especially sensitive folk. Their facility with words can be a wonderful asset, although sometimes Gemini rising individuals identify too much with their mental agility and forget, in their personal interactions and communications, to nurture the people around them. A certain lack of warmth in presentation can be the result, and although this style is generally a facade, it is not immediately apparent to most. People with, for example, predominant Water signs may feel a little ill at ease with Gemini rising people (that is, before they get to know them more personally), while strong Air types more fully appreciate the fun and cleverness of these individuals. 

Being a Sign of duality, there seems to be two different styles of Gemini Ascendants: the bubbly, talkative, eccentric one that loves to have fun, and the cool, intellectual. The first is usually very interesting and loves to explain everything around them in a constant stream of chatter, while the second is witty and clever, but comes off rather harsh at times. Regardless of the style, they will analyze everything and try to make sense of what is happening around them. Witty and charming, they always have something on their mind. They are easily distracted because they are curious about everything, and their attention spans are not known for their longevity.

Their duality can show in other ways as well. Gemini Rising can appear differently to different people, both physically and intellectually. They also have a habit of saying what they think others want to hear. When they admire someone, they tend to mimic that person's personality traits or physical appearance. I have found two styles of presentation most common with Gemini rising people. One style is bubbly, changeable, talkative, and a little quirky. These natives are interesting and fun. They constantly explain things, whether it's their own behavior and opinion or those of the world around them. Another distinct "style" is a rather cool and intellectual demeanor. These natives are often quite witty and clever, but they present themselves in a less cheerful and changeable way than the first group. Their observations are sharp and the overall manner is a tad brusque. No matter the style, Gemini rising natives are given to analysis and making sense of their world. Their powers of observation are well-developed, they are mentally active (more often than not, their minds are racing!), and they almost always have something bright or witty to say. It is easy for individuals with this position to get sidetracked, as their curiosity is large, their minds are quick, and their attention spans rather short! 

As children, natives born with a Gemini Ascendant are often labeled as the intellectual, inquisitive, and perhaps odd child. Many feel their upbringing lacked some warmth.

Gemini Rising is the original model for multi-tasking. They can do several things at the same time, while appearing to not be paying attention to any of them at all. In the same vein, they can give the impression that they are listening and understanding when in reality they are not paying attention at all. When they are attentive, they do absorb a lot of information that they are perfectly happy to share with the next person who comes along. They make excellent teachers, writers, researchers and anyone else who utilizes information

Gemini Rising does not like schedules, and they can seem to thrive in chaos. They are a natural social butterfly and will flit from one person to another at a party, mixing it up nicely. They do not allow too many people to get truly close to them because it is uncomfortable to let people into their inner circle.

In one-to-one relationships, Gemini rising people often seek a certain amount of personal freedom and space. They enjoy intellectual debates and exchanging ideas. Although they often demand a fair amount of freedom, they are often just as willing to give their partners room to breathe. 


Gemini Ascendants like their space and freedom. They also understand their partners may like a little space as well, and do not tend to cling. They like to debate and swap ideas with others. As much as they like to use their mind, they are also gifted with their hands. They may be good at crafts, especially those that also stimulate their mental capacities. A Gemini Ascendant may end up being a "jack of all trades, master of none" if they are not cautious in controlling their desire to move to something new. 


The Ascendant (or rising sign) is often considered the mask one wears when meeting others. Perhaps it is most aptly thought of as the automatic responses to one's environment. The Ascendant shows our natural defences and how we cope with day-to-day issues. The energies of the sign and condition of the Ascendant are most overt and obvious to others. The Ascendant shows an individual's first, natural reaction to new people and situations. 
The characteristics of Gemini Ascendant described above are modified by planets conjunct the Ascendant, planets that aspect the Ascendant, and the position of the ruling planet of the sign on the Ascendant. For example, a person with a Gemini Ascendant with its ruling planet, Mercury, in Sagittarius will respond to the environment a little differently than another person, also with a Gemini Ascendant, but whose Mercury is in Scorpio. Similarly, a person with a Gemini Ascendant who also has Saturn conjunct it will "behave" differently than someone with a Gemini Ascendant who does not have that aspect. 


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Gemini Rising with Mercury (Ruler of Gemini) in the Signs 

The following interpretations incorporate the position, by sign, of Mercury, the ruling planet of Gemini. The sign position of Mercury modifies your Gemini Ascendant characteristics. These interpretations are from the Karmic Insight Report, and are written from an esoteric viewpoint.

The point that was on the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth is called the ASCENDANT, or rising sign. While the Sun describes your conscious direction and current life focus, and the Moon your subconscious predisposition and past, the Ascendant indicates a way of being that transcends and embraces past, present, and future. It describes the way you engage and merge with the outer world and how you bring through into life the energies depicted by the Sun, the Moon, and the rest of your birth chart. Everything is filtered through the Ascendant from an esoteric point of view. It indicates your soul's function and thus a key part of your destiny.

Gemini Rising - General

Friendly, bright, curious, quick, restless, and highly verbal, you are a communicator. Your function is to be a MESSENGER, a link or bridge between people and between ideas, whether through teaching or speaking, selling or simply circulating socially. You make connections.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Aries

Your ruling planet Mercury is in Aries. Vigorous debate and repartee are your forte and you have a gift for intellectual leadership. Your first thoughts and impressions are the best and you have a fine grasp of essentials.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Taurus

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the steady and patient sign of Taurus. Your mind is retentive and you are slow to form an opinion but stubborn once your mind is made up. You are meant to bring abstract concepts and ideas down to earth for practical application.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Gemini

Your ruling planet Mercury is also in Gemini. Improvisation and invention are your forte. You are polarized in your mind and may have little emotional connection to the ideas you convey, almost as if you were simply a mouthpiece or conduit for information. In fact, once you have said something you may not remember it at all. When over stimulated you may suffer from nervous tension and you will need to learn to slow down, relax and quiet your internal chatter.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Cancer

Your Ruling planet Mercury is in the sympathetic feeling sign of Cancer. Your thinking is not strictly logical or rational, but colored by emotion, imagination, innuendo, nuance, and a sense of past and history. You learn as much by absorbing an atmosphere as by focusing on factual data. You understand people and the intimate, personal side of life, and have a feeling for art and literature. Compassionate communication is your gift. When out of balance, you are reluctant to see others' points of view and become overly concerned with security and self-protection.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Leo

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the colorful, dramatic and rather narcissistic sign of Leo. You are a storyteller. Your mind is creative and you love to entertain, to paint wonderful pictures with your words. You may exaggerate or slant your story to make it seem larger than life (or to make yourself the central character in the piece). You are at your best with an audience and have an affinity for acting, the entertainment industry, or presenting ideas publicly. In your communications, you tend to focus on the humorous, or the positive.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Virgo

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the precise, analytical, perfectionistic sign of Virgo. You excel in areas requiring specialized skills, technical abilities, meticulous attention to detail, efficiency and logic. You learn very quickly, and remember the fine points. Nothing gets past you when it comes to details, technique, or grammar. To bring out your best, avoid being nit-picky and critical. Develop tolerance and more breadth in your thinking.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Libra
Your ruling planet Mercury is in the aesthetic, diplomatic and judicial sign of Libra. In your communications you are concerned with good taste and good form, fairness and impartiality and facilitating harmony and understanding between people. You are a mediator. You understand and weigh all points of view. Your reluctance to take a decisive stand or to state your own mind regardless of outside opinions may earn you the reputation of being rather two-faced. However, you love words and ideas for their own sake; they do not have to be especially practical or "good" for anything. You are also very social and humane and must work with or around people in order to fulfill your function.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Scorpio

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the probing and shrewd sign of Scorpio. Your wit has a dark edge to it and you are particularly fond of black humor. You can be caustic and witty with words, or mischievously point out the unspoken thing that everybody else is trying to skirt. Your function is like that of the child who pointed out that the emperor was not wearing any clothes. You like to play the spy, the detective. You search out hidden truth, talk about the forbidden topic and look past facades. Psychology, esoteric or occult knowledge or the deeper aspects of healing and medicine intrigue you.

To bring out your best, avoid using sarcasm, silence or secrecy to keep others from knowing you. When out of balance you tend to be a bit paranoid.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Sagittarius
Your ruling planet Mercury is in the expansive, loving sign of Sagittarius. Travel, as well as learning from foreign cultures, long distance communications, or relationships will play an important part in your life. You are to be involved in teaching, educating, or "spreading the word" through propaganda or evangelism. You may influence many people with your ides, or act as a spokesperson for many. When out of balance you become restless and garrulous. To bring out your best, learn to reflect, cultivate discernment and balance, avoid impulsive conclusions. Sometimes you are a bit naive or overly enthusiastic.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Capricorn

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the rather serious sign of Capricorn. Your wit tends to be dry, sardonic, and subtle. You have a shrewd mind. You are not easily fooled. You also carry the qualities of detachment, objectivity, realism, mental clarity, and often profound judgment. You can speak with considerable authority because you will only say what you know. As advisor, judge, consultant or counselor, you combine practical understanding with wisdom.

When out of balance, you can be cold, calculating, and unable to factor in the personal and human side of things in your decisions.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Aquarius

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the idealistic, humane and future-oriented sign of Aquarius. You are interested in sciences, progressive or utopian ideas, reforming society, advances in the fields of education or communication, and/or group process. Your ideas may be considered odd, extreme, radical, or ahead of their time - and that is what they are supposed to be. Introducing new or "revolutionary" concepts is a key part of your function.

Gemini Rising and Mercury in Pisces

Your ruling planet Mercury is in the fluid and imaginative sign of Pisces. Your mind is attuned to the mystical, mysterious, intangible side of life. You communicate through art, image, poetry, nuance, or subtle touch. You do not think in rigid, either-or categories and can accept ambiguity and contradictions, and layers of meaning, which can lead to a complex, multidimensional understanding or simply indecision and confusion. You see and know more than you can say. Gaining confidence in your own perceptions and ideas is a key for you to realizing the creativity you can bring forth. You are a sensitive listener and communicator as well.


A Spiritual Interpretation of Gemini Rising 

The following interpretation of Gemini Rising is from Your Spiritual Path Report.

"Gemini is able to express dual natures on the ordinary plane and in your spiritual life. There is a magnetic quality to your personality that attracts others to you, but that may cause periods of indecision. For example, you may determine that you want to adapt your spiritual path to suit your personal needs and desires, but be unsure of which path to pursue. It may be essential for you to study two or more practices in order to fine-tune them to your personal vibration. Often the best path is one that integrates several methods. However, before you begin the tuning process, learn the basics of each individual discipline first. In this way you will see the similarities and differences clearly.

Mind training is helpful for the Gemini Ascendant. Mind training includes exercises in cognitive thinking - training the mind to engage before emotion carries you away. It allows you to mediate between your inner life and the outer environment. As you experience the boundary, you begin to refine your beliefs about the nature of any separation you perceive. You also learn to relate between your lower self (personality) and your higher self (soul), so that you more readily express the soul's nature to the world.

The finest skills of the mediator lie in the capacity to bring opposing factions together. Your life is spent developing a keen sense of duality - you sharpen your perceptions through such distinctions. Then you are able to flow into the perception of Unity, and you become a messenger for the truth. Because there can be only one Truth in the world, you serve to show opponents in an argument just how their separate "truths" are part of one larger whole."


Gemini Ascendant from the Cosmo Natal Report: 

"You are always questioning and learning, and you seem young and alive no matter what your chronological age, for your mind is always alert, curious, flexible and open to new experiences. You have a childlike enthusiasm for anything new and you learn easily, but you also get bored rather quickly. You can be something of a scatterbrain, for you tend to have so many ideas and irons in the fire that it is hard to keep track of them all. You need and crave variety, change, mental stimulation, and an active social life.

Articulate, clever, often funny and witty, you are always a refreshing and interesting conversationalist. You enjoy meeting and interacting with a variety of different people. You are friendly, flirtatious, and charming in a light, playful way, and no matter how badly you may be feeling, you never appear heavy or somber. You may seem frivolous to other, more serious souls. You have a sense of humor and a sense of perspective that prevents you from taking yourself or life too seriously. In fact, you may seem flippant or unconcerned about matters that others consider very important.

In general, you respond to life mentally and objectively rather than emotionally, and you may not empathize with people very much. You do not like to be weighed down with too much responsibility or with others' emotional burdens. Furthermore, if you cannot UNDERSTAND something reasonably and logically, then very often you would prefer to ignore it, including your own and other people's irrational feelings, desires, and needs.

Consistency and reliability are not great virtues of yours and your life is apt to be full of changes and movement due to your restlessness. You become nervous and fidgety if things are not moving quickly enough. You are interested in what is current and up-to-date, the newest trends in thought or style.

Your gifts are a quick mind, verbal facility, a flair for language, social sophistication and polish, the ability to communicate, converse, and build bridges between people and between ideas. You tend to become an incessant chatterbox or gossip if you do not have work or other involvements that utilize your mental, verbal, and social skills."


Famous People with Gemini Rising: 

Prince Albert of Monaco (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Aries)
Richard Dean Anderson (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Capricorn)
Christina Applegate (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Sagittarius)
Neil Armstrong (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Virgo)
Drew Barrymore (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Aquarius)
Harry Belafonte (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Pisces)
Patsy Cline (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Leo)
e.e. Cummings (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Scorpio)
Phyllis Diller (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Cancer)
Donovan (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Aries)
Kathy Lee Gifford (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Leo)
Steffi Graf (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Gemini)
Tommy Lee Jones (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Virgo)
Barbara Mandrell (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Capricorn)
Ricky Martin (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Sagittarius)
Julianne Moore (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Scorpio)
Gregory Peck (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Aries)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Aries)
Bruce Springsteen (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Libra)
Orson Welles (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Taurus)
Gene Wilder (Gemini Ascendant, Mercury in Cancer)

TAURUS ASCENDANT - Rising Sign

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Taurus Ascendant (Rising Sign) description 
Taurus Ascendant (Rising Sign) with ruling planet, Venus, in the signs. 
Alternate descriptions of Taurus Rising 
Famous People with Taurus Rising 

Taurus Rising is steady and capable. Taurus Ascendant is careful and cautious. They can be inflexible and single-minded. They are stable and responsible, and they are loyal to the core to those they love. They radiate presence… there is no doubting when a Taurus Rising is in the room. Resistant to change, it can be hard work to convince this sign to try something new. They have a strong stubborn streak and become set in their ways. Before they try anything they must feel it out. Security is the most important thing in the world to them, so they don't want to do anything that would jeopardize it.

Slow, steady, and capable are adjectives that we can safely attach to individuals born with a Taurus Ascendant. These natives have tremendous stamina and staying power. They're often quite loyal to those they care about. Although they generally don't come on strong, they have personal presence; and they fairly radiate stability.

Taurus rising natives are often quite cautious and careful. With a fixed sign on the Ascendant, they are not known for their flexibility. Rather, they possess determined single-mindedness.

The Ascendant (or rising sign) is often considered the mask one wears when meeting others. Perhaps it is most aptly thought of as the automatic responses to one's environment. The Ascendant shows our natural defences and how we cope with day-to-day issues. The energies of the sign and condition of the Ascendant are most overt and obvious to others. The Ascendant shows an individual's first, natural reaction to new people and situations.

The sign on the Ascendant generally reveals how people start anything new. Taurus, by nature, is resistant to change. It can be difficult to sway Taurus rising natives--they're often rather stubborn and fixed in their ways. Their first responses are to feel things out, not in the way a Pisces might attune to their environment, but in the realm of the five senses. They have well-developed sense of smell and touch, and respond to the material world. Theirs is a practical approach to life. Security is one of their foremost considerations before undertaking anything new.

They think more of the oak tree and less of the willow. They love the good things in life, and may tend towards the self-indulgent. Material possessions can be very important to them, and they may become collectors of some type of object.

Taurus Ascendant likes nice clothing with a soft feel to them. They prefer classic to overdone. Taurus rising individuals prefer to dress in quality clothes with a comfortable feel to them. They are rarely ostentatious in their presentation. Many have strong and sturdy physiques.

Always appearing well dressed, they can look good when mowing the lawn. Physically, many of them are built sturdy and strong. Their love of fine food may work against them health-wise. This sign is also prone to throat problems, which in turn may extend up into the ear in the form of infections or earaches.

In relationships, Taurus Rising can be somewhat possessive, and they won't easily break up with someone they have given their heart to. Some even view their partners as their own personal property. They are loyal to the ends of the earth once they have given their hearts. Taurus Ascendant is also very sensual… they love all the physical sensations. They prefer the comforts found in a long-term monogamous relationship, and the passion that can be found there.

Often rather possessive in partnership, these natives won't easily break up their relationships. Although they are not particularly jealous, they view their partners as their personal property. Intensity and loyalty are especially important to Taurus rising natives. These are highly sensual people who prefer the comforts that a one-to-one, stable partnership offers. Although Taurus rising individuals value harmony and calm, their partnerships may be on the passionate side.

More than most, Taurus rising prefers the "good things" in life. Self-indulgence can be a weakness for many with this Ascendant. Often collectors in some way, Taurus rising natives place a lot of value on their material possessions.

Taurus rising natives are often very comforting to be around. They have a stability about them that is soothing, and an inner harmony that is attractive.

Taurus Rising is a comforting presence. They are soothing for their stability, and have an attractive inner peace. At the same time, they are rather passive and long-suffering. If you want a Taurus Rising to do something, coaxing works much better than pushing. They appreciate those who observe the rules of etiquette and enjoy socializing.

Taurus Rising wants to see their success. The easiest way for them to do this is to receive compensation. They may have artistic talents or tastes, and charisma is often a characteristic of this sign. Many born with this Ascendant are artists or musicians… their voices are usually very pleasant. They may show off their tastes with designer labels, a beautiful home and a tasteful vehicle. On the other hand, Taurus Ascendant can be very shy, rude or anti-social. They may appear desperate to hang onto their youth, or conversely, have no interest at all in their physical appearance.

Taurus Rising can put you in your place if you have opinions in an area they are well-versed in. They will remain polite, but you will definitely know their opinion of you. They can hold out for a long time if there is a goal in mind… they can be tenacious. Paired with an amazing amount of patience, Taurus Ascendant will wait as long as needed to attain their goal.

The characteristics of Taurus Ascendant described above are modified by planets conjunct the Ascendant, planets that aspect the Ascendant, and the position of the ruling planet of the sign on the Ascendant. For example, a person with a Taurus Ascendant with its ruling planet, Venus, in Sagittarius will respond to the environment a little differently than another person, also with a Taurus Ascendant, but whose Venus is in Scorpio. Similarly, a person with a Taurus Ascendant who also has Saturn conjunct it will "behave" differently than someone with a Taurus Ascendant who does not have that aspect.

Taurus Rising with Venus (Ruler of Taurus) in the Signs
The following interpretations incorporate the position, by sign, of Venus, the ruling planet of Taurus. The sign position of Venus modifies your Taurus Ascendant characteristics. These interpretations are from the Karmic Insight Report, and are written from an esoteric viewpoint.

The point that was on the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth is called the ASCENDANT, or rising sign. While the Sun describes your conscious direction and current life focus, and the Moon your subconscious predisposition and past, the Ascendant indicates a way of being that transcends and embraces past, present, and future. It describes the way you engage and merge with the outer world and how you bring through into life the energies depicted by the Sun, the Moon, and the rest of your birth chart. Everything is filtered through the Ascendant from an esoteric point of view. It indicates your soul's function and thus a key part of your destiny.

Taurus Rising - General

Your soul function is to patiently nurture into fruition your own and others' talents, ideas, gifts, and creative impulses, to bring them to earth and give them a "body" or a tangible form. You are practical, a stabilizer, a grounding force, deliberate, methodical and steady. You prefer to be thorough rather than fast. When out of balance, you are immovable, and may feel heavy or stuck. Ruled by Venus, you work through the principles of pleasure and attraction. You do what you enjoy and want to enjoy what you do. You like to please your senses, to take your sweet time, to appreciate what you have. You may struggle with issues of appetites and consumption, or a lazy side of your nature. Unless other factors in your chart indicate otherwise, you do not go after what you want very aggressively. Rather, you attract what you need or wait for it to come to you at the right time, and this is a key to fulfilling your destiny, as long as you do not degenerate into lazy inertia. An attunement to nature and the earth is part of your soul function also.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Aries
Your Venus is in Aries, so contrary to what was implied above, you need quite a bit of action to feel fully alive. You are attracted to creative, driven, somewhat volatile people, to relationships full of drama and heat, to bold aesthetics. Conflicts in relationships due to selfishness (yours or theirs) are also part of the picture, through which you are intended to learn about love and your essential values.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Taurus

Your Venus is in Taurus as well. You respond strongly to physical charm and beauty, and are meant to bring it forth and express it in some way, perhaps through the arts or working with the beauty of the natural world (plants, flowers, gems). Unless there are some very strong, dynamic counterbalancing forces in your birth chart, you are peaceable and rather placid, slow to unfold or to respond. You move at your own unhurried pace, love the simple pleasures of life, and bring a quality of loving kindness into the world.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Gemini

Your Venus is in the light, airy, sociable and playful sign of Gemini. You are meant to circulate, meet and talk to people, promote communication and affection between people. Teaching children, raising children, or counselling children and parents is an important part of fulfilling your destiny.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Cancer

Your Venus is in the nurturing, devoted sign of Cancer giving you a great deal of motherly feeling or family feeling towards the people in your environment. Home comfort and sweet domesticity are important to you. You need to have a sense of permanence and continuity with the past to fulfil your destiny, so owning a home or a special piece of land may also be important. Whatever you do is done with a lot of tender loving care.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Leo

Your Venus is in the warm-hearted and self-dramatizing sign of Leo, so you are not content to simply be, or to passively enjoy what life brings. You are meant to radiate and actively express your love, creativity, sense of beauty and generosity. Wealth and largesse are also part of your life pattern. You must guard against self-indulgence, over attachment to luxury and confusing personal worth with material success. Too much pampering will spoil you.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Virgo

Your Venus is in the refined, meticulous, humble sign of Virgo. You do your work with quiet devotion and careful attention to those small details that make the difference between fine quality and mediocrity. You strive for perfection. What you do may not be very glamorous or even very visible, for you are meant to provide some sort of very practical, necessary, down-to-earth sort of service. Satisfaction in a job well done is a sign that you are truly fulfilling your function.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Libra

Your Venus is in the gracious and harmony-loving sign of Libra. Everything you do or are involved in must please your sense of aesthetics as well as conform to your ideals of cooperation, balance, harmony, and good form. You also have a gift for diplomacy, which is part of your soul function.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Scorpio

Your Venus is in Scorpio, a sign associated both with fate and karmic attraction in matters of the heart, and with the purification of your emotional nature. Compulsive desires, appetites, jealousy, possessive emotions and sexual or emotional manipulation of others for selfish ends are all part of the picture. Through the pain you feel you may learn to turn toward a more truly loving, refined way of being. Your emotional intensity can then be directed toward healing and deep empathy for others' suffering.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Sagittarius

Your Venus is in the spirited and adventuresome sign of Sagittarius, so the above mentioned steadiness and immovability are much less so. This indicates a love of luxury and the finer things in life (which you attract rather easily) as well as a possible aversion for real work. Travelling for pleasure as well as for practical purposes is also part of your life pattern. You have a gift for entrepreneurship.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Capricorn

Your Venus is in the controlled, dignified, subtle sign of Capricorn. You value simple elegance, true quality, and things that endure. The urge to conserve and build up security and assets colours all that you do. You are not apt to act upon impulse where love or money is concerned. The love of pleasure mentioned above is moderated in your case by your sense of responsibility and industriousness.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Aquarius
Your Venus is in the idealistic, non-possessive, socially conscious sign of Aquarius, so while you do come across as a stable, reliable, substantial person, there is a definite streak of rebelliousness or unconventionality in you as well. You are very community minded and should function as an active participant and cohesive force in your community or group. Conveying and encouraging a spirit of brotherhood/sisterhood is part of your soul function. Beware of becoming extreme or fixed in dogma.

Taurus Rising and Venus in Pisces

Your Venus is in the romantic, imaginative, mystical sign of Pisces, so while you are practical, you are also a dreamer. Kind and tender hearted, love rules you. It takes a great deal for you to turn against anyone. You are meant to bring the spirit of patient love, tolerance, and compassion into the world. When out of balance you become passive and slothful.

A Spiritual Interpretation of Taurus Rising

The following interpretation of Taurus Rising is from Your Spiritual Path Report.

"From the spiritual perspective you are expressing the power of desire on all levels of your being. On the subjective level you are able to communicate the intensity of your passion, whether it be in terms of your career, your relationships, or any project you undertake. You believe there is no point in doing something unless you do it well, and you strive for perfection in every area of your life. At the same time, you are constantly aware of your comfort zone, and may shy away from activities that present impossible challenge.
Throughout your life you will develop a personal style for expressing your desires, perhaps learning to moderate them, or perhaps learning more and more skilful means of satisfying them while also presenting a socially graceful face to the world. At the same time your spiritual yearnings lead you to the best expression of your being on this higher level. Finally, you learn to direct your will so that all efforts satisfy both your material desires and your spiritual aspirations. You may find from time to time that you are faced with this question: are my actions being driven by material desires, or am I following my spiritual aspirations? The answer helps to refine your awareness of your deepest motivations.

Proper care of the physical body is important for your spiritual expression. As you emphasize the wholeness and wellness of the physical body, you metaphorically focus on the wholeness and wellness of your spiritual being.

The neck and throat become a powerful physical focus for your expression. Because proper speech is so important to you, the organs of speech and the thyroid gland are your most valuable physical attributes. Voice training or other attention to the throat and throat chakra may be important to your development of clear communication. But first you need to listen, to others and to your inner voice.

You have the capacity to understand the duality of the material world and to penetrate the paradoxes that arise in your life. You can learn to see the ebb and flow of energies in your inner experience and in the outer world, and you understand that the attraction and repulsion of these energies leads to eventual synthesis. You perceive that sexual desire is one expression of duality on the physical level. The power of this duality provides the impulse to transcend mere physical desire and to discover the mystical union of forces. As you gain in experience, your sexual expression may deepen into the ritual of Tantra. Then you will feel the blossoming of spiritual awareness on a higher vibratory level.

Perhaps the greatest challenge you face is the transmutation of knowledge into wisdom. You have to develop spiritual awareness in order to go beyond stubborn attachment to personal desires. Your temper will give way to spiritually directed effort. Blind pursuit of self-interest will give way to a spiritual focus. Self-pity will give way to a concern for all humanity."

Taurus Ascendant from the Cosmo Natal Report:

"You have a sensible and realistic outlook on life and your two feet are always planted firmly on the ground (though you may, on occasion, have your head in the clouds). Others often see you as a rock of strength, solid, reliable, dependable, and constant. You are, in fact, amazingly consistent for you possess great powers of endurance and do not like to make changes or adjustments in your regular routine. You do things deliberately and methodically and do not easily accommodate the unexpected. Though you have a gentle, even soft, appearance, you are enormously strong-willed and stubborn. You go at your own pace and refuse to be rushed or pushed into anything before you feel sure about it. You can be coaxed and persuaded by charm, beauty, love, or affection - but never forced. You won't fight either, but simply stubbornly resist any attempt to coerce you to do something you do not want to do.

When you have a purpose, you are extremely fixed, immovable, and bull-headed about it. Your obstinacy is often infuriating to others, especially since it takes much provocation to make you flare up or respond to their anger. You appear calm, unruffled, and non-emotional most of the time, but behind your easygoing and peaceable appearance there lies great strength. When it comes to a contest of wills, you often win simply due to your relentless persistence, your ability to outlast just about anyone. Another reason for your slowness to make changes is your very strong need for security. You are most comfortable in stable, relatively unchanging conditions and you also have a strong desire for tangible security - a home of your own, money in the bank, job-security, etc. The other side of your steadiness is that you easily get caught in a rut and will stay in a familiar situation (be it job, marriage, or whatever) long after it has lost its vitality and interest.

You have a keen appreciation of the natural world and get much happiness from simple creature comforts and the physical world, with all of its myriad delights. You are quite sensual in a very natural, wholesome way and you know how to enjoy yourself. You are appealing to the opposite sex in an earthy way. You are also a great lover of beauty and your tastes are basically conventional or classic - not modern."
Famous People with Taurus Rising: 

Art Carney (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)
Jean Cocteau (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Taurus)
Billy Crystal (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Taurus)
Sam Donaldson (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aquarius)
Mia Farrow (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aries)
Bo Derek (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Pisces)
Brendan Fraser (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Capricorn)
Kato Kaelin (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aries)
Queen Latifah (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aries)
Lee Iacocca (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aquarius)
George Lucas (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Taurus)
Liza Minnelli (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aries)
Nick Nolte (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Aquarius)
O. Henry (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Leo)
Tom Paxton (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Libra)
Bonnie Raitt (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Capricorn)
Dan Rather (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)
Carl Sagan (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)
Carlos Santana (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Cancer)
Maria Shriver (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Sagittarius)
Randy Travis (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Gemini)
Dionne Warwick (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)
Sigourney Weaver (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)
Serena Williams (Taurus Ascendant, Venus in Scorpio)

ARIES ASCENDANT - Rising Sign

Mesha Lagna

"Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. It expresses the will to power, but its primary expression is the activation of potential - the power to manifest in the physical world. You are expressing the power to create on the material plane, but you are also capable of expression on the intuitive level. You understand the capacity of intuition to illuminate your life and the lives of others.

People with Aries Ascendants are direct and quick. Their first instinct is to do, rather than think. Planning ahead? Forget it. Aries rising simply charges forward without much ado.

This position does not make a person aggressive. Forthright, yes, but aggression is too strong a word for these natives. They have a youthful, direct manner that sees what it wants and generally goes for it. At the same time, there isn't any malice in their intent.

Some Aries rising people are competitive, but they generally put most of the pressure on themselves. These people love to come out ahead in all that they do. They get ready quickly, walk quickly, and have little patience for dilly-dallying. Their temper is quick, too. It's also quick to disappear. Rarely do you find Aries rising people holding grudges. Their mannerisms are rather simple and straightforward.

Aries rising loves action, and is often trying to stir up some activity. Their strengths lie in their enterprising ways. Finishing things they start does not always come as easily, unless the ruler, Mars, is placed in a more tenacious sign, such as Taurus or Scorpio.

Aries Ascendant often gives a rather swift walk, with the head leaning forward slightly. This walk is surprisingly distinctive. Headaches, and sinus and eye problems are the usual physical complaints of this position. Rashes and acne on the face and shoulders sometimes occur. Broad shoulders and slim hips are common. Often, Aries rising people are quick to smile, and they possess a youthful charm throughout life.

Probably early on in life, Aries rising people got typecast as the "independent" child. As adults, people with Aries Ascendants often stick to that role in life. People don't run to help them out -- they appear quite fine doing things on their own. These people have learned to be self-reliant, and this generally stems from their early experiences.

Despite a rather brusque and independent manner, these natives are usually very willing to compromise in their relationships, and are very attached to the people they hold dear.

The Ascendant (or rising sign) is often considered the mask one wears when meeting others. Perhaps it is most aptly thought of as the automatic responses to one's environment. The Ascendant shows our natural defenses and how we cope with day-to-day issues. The energies of the sign and condition of the Ascendant are most overt and obvious to others. The Ascendant shows an individual's first, natural reaction to new people and situations.

The characteristics of Aries Ascendant described above are modified by planets conjunct the Ascendant, planets that aspect the Ascendant, and the position of the ruling planet of the sign on the Ascendant. For example, a person with an Aries Ascendant with its ruling planet, Mars, in Sagittarius will respond to the environment a little differently than another person, also with an Aries Ascendant, but whose Mars is in Scorpio. Similarly, a person with an Aries Ascendant who also has Saturn conjunct it will "behave" differently than someone with an Aries Ascendant who does not have that aspect.
 
Aries Special Characteristics

You will have an aggressive spirit and will have an interest in social work and political activities. You are disposed to injury in the head and face ( left side if male, right side if female.

You may join military service or acquire success through pioneer work. Your life will be changeful and remarkable in many ways.

You will have a proud and haughty nature, will be aspiring and ambitious. You will have interest in practical arts, and will be generous and extravagant. Although impulsive and critical, you will be courteous. You may be in government service and will secure favours from big shots.

You will be a bright person, highly passionate, pleasure-loving and fairly adept in art and poetry. Your nature will be kind and generous, but very impulsive and over-ardent. With your warm and sparkling disposition. You will have many friends.

First house:
 
Sun. 
Sun in Aries ascendant is exalted. This makes the native wealthy, lucky, of honourable and good position in life. Bestows power to create conditions of dignity and honourable life. Wealthy and benefitted from children. Intelligent and learned. Changeable residence. He will overpower the opponents. In middle of life, there will be some loss and reversals in respect of wealth, profession or rank. Helpful to others. May suffer from bad blood circulation, palpitation and bile. If afflicted, benefit of power, authority and fluctuating finances. One faces ups and downs in life.

Moon. 
Moon will make the native very lucky, wealthy and of honourable positions. Learned, benefitted from children. More daughters than sons. In middle part of life, there will be some reversals. Foreign travel. Afflicted eyes, loss through relations and mother’s family. Influence of opposite sex on life.
 
Mars. 
A good administrator, wealthy, landlord and successful in life. Respected by Govt. and people. He will be advisor and a good orator. There will be some scar or wound in the body. Of rash temper, independent views, bold and courageous.
 
Mercury. 
Afflicted health, enemies, stone hearted and full of vices, a glutton, liar, quarrelsome but will be interested in occult sciences, astrology etc. Wife will not be so beautiful and will be of questionable character. Destroyer of ancestral property.
 
Jupiter. 
Respectful to preceptors and religious. Wealthy, learned, respected, intelligent, holds a good position in Govt., faithful, character will be above board. Dedicated to public and generous.
 
Venus. 
Blessed with conveyance, wealth and sweet spoken relations with opposite sex, more daughters, travelling and foreign travels. In middle life some reversals. Legal litigations in financial matters. Troubles in eyes.
 
Saturn. 
Saturn in Aries is debilitated will make life of the native miserable, unsuccessful in hopes, strained relations with wife, destroyer of ancestral property. Journeys, envious and will have strained relations with relatives. Saturn makes a native proud, unfaithful and gives opposition to mother.
 
Rahu or Ketu. 
When Rahu or Ketu are in the Ascendant Aries and are not associated with any malefic planet, one is blessed with respect, wealth rank in life and army. Brave and of commanding personality, conveyance and good luck will follow. But if conjoined or aspected by a malefic, reverse results will be experienced.

Second House

Sun. 
Sun is posited in Taurus and indicates that one will gain through investments, pleasure and children, the native’s children gain in possessions which they enjoy. If Sun is afflicted, his possessions are lost in speculations, pleasure and through young people.
 
Moon. 
Sweet and soft spoken, gains by deals in property and land. Knowledge of foreign languages. Successful in business and other fine arts through journeys.
 
Mars. 
Mars is lord of Ascendant and 8th house when posited in second house indicates severe illness or death in childhood, if survives then long life. Disrespect and ill fame. Benefits through industrious efforts. Gain through the dead. If afflicted losses and troubles in life.
 
Mercury. 
Gain through educations, short journeys, writings music etc. Also gain through service, employees and small animals. When afflicted loss through Govt. and enemies in middle of Life. Troubles with kindred over money matters. Losses through sickness, servants and animals.
 
Jupiter. 
Gain through foreign trade, science, learning, publication, travel, invention or banking. Social with all, respected, religious, and devoted to one’s country. Also gain through secret mission and occult. If afflicted, loss of money through enemies and generally unfortunate conditions.

Venus. 
Gain through personal ingenuity and industry and by marriage. One will be a good orator. If afflicted, loss through partnership, contracts, law suits, women, death of wife or partner.
 
Saturn. 
Gain through industry, trade, profession of Govt., offices. Also gain through friends and acquaintances, through legislative interests or development through his own creations. If afflicted losses through above.
 
Rahu. 
One will be dubious and insincere in speech, tender hearted, gain through sovereign, wrathful and happy. Disease in mouth or face.
 
Ketu. 
Vile speech sinister look, devoid of learning and riches. He will normally be eating at other’s tables.

Third House

Sun. 
Interest for travels, sports, drama and adventure, pleasure through kindred and gain through journeys with children or young people. Blessed with brothers and relations. Respected, lucky, authority in Govt. In Middle of life, strained relations with father. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Moon. 
Gain through brothers, blessed with wealth, respect and lucky. Fond of music and amusements. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Mars. 
Mental development, short journeys, gain through brothers and kindred. Delayed opportunities. Psychic and mysterious experiences. If afflicted death of brother, loss through short journeys etc.
 
Mercury. 
Interest in studies and industrial economy. Gain through education, writings, short journeys and brothers. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Jupiter. 
Learning gain and progress through research, travel, investigation, exploration or writings. Occult learnings. If afflicted loss, troubles through relations, friends or neighbors loss through short journeys and writing etc.
 
Venus. 
Marriage in relations or neighbours, gain from wife, gain through educations writings, short journeys, When afflicted loss through above. Legal or religious disputes and enmity with brothers or neighbours.
 
Saturn. 
Respected, gain through partner’s relations, short journeys, questionable character, Profit from business, writing, Govt. and honours. Friendship with neighbours and others through writings and journeys, When afflicted reverse results.
 
Rahu. 
Proud, hostile to brothers strong Willed, long lived and wealthy.
 
Ketu. 
Long life, strength, wealth and fame. One will live happily with his wife and eat good food. He may lose a brother.

Fourth House

Sun. 
Gain through property, conveyance, parents and love for home. Native’s children will gain through gifts. Till end of life, one will command respect and authority. Lucky mother, if afflicted reverse results.
 
Moon. 
Gain of property and through old people and antiquities, assistance of parents, profit and gain at birth place. Good conveyance, famous and wealthy. If weak or afflicted, reverse results.
 
Mars. 
One will have medium age, gain through lands, mines, inheritance, and possession, home connections and affairs with the father. Success late in life. Occult investigations, gain through dead and from abroad. If afflicted danger through falls, flood and storms. Trouble over inheritance, land and property.
 
Mercury. 
Soft and sweet spoken, intelligent, learned and artful. Respect, name and authority. Blessed with conveyance, property and wealth. If afflicted, reverse results.
 
Jupiter. 
Lucky like a king, wealthy, famous, respected due to business, trade or other position. Builder of charitable institutions, religious place, and other works connected with public welfare. If afflicted, secret sufferings, loss through father and above sources.
 
Venus. 
Property by marriage, chaste partner, happy wedded life, gain through parents, land, mines and house hold goods. When afflicted loss through above pursuits. Litigation over property. May there be two marriages.
 
Saturn. 
Gain and honours through parents, land and property. Success at close of life. Interested in reclamation, colonization, cooperative movements, horticulture, mining, architecture or Archaeology. Fortunate in property and love for father. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Rahu. 
One will have friends, happy, medium life, not intelligent and will cause sorrows.
 
Ketu. 
One will lose his land, property, happiness and conveyance. Residence in foreign land, strained relations with wife.

Fifth House
 
Sun. 
One will be lucky, wealthy and much pleasure. Love affairs and much adventures, speculations and investment prosperous children and pleasure through them. One will get rank and respect in youth and wealth in old age. If Sun is afflicted, reverse results are denoted.
 
Moon. 
Gain and pleasure through father’s good fortune; possessions descend to children. In childhood, one will be diseased and worried. Self made man. If Moon is afflicted or weak, reverse results will be experienced.

Mars. 
Delight in pleasure, amusements, sports, speculations and children and success through them. When Mars is afflicted, the children will be unfortunate, danger through excessive pleasure, speculation, children and their affairs.
 
Mercury. 
Pleasurable journeys, mental pleasure through children, brothers, reading study, accomplishments and travels to pleasure resorts. If afflicted loss through the above
 
Jupiter. 
Liberal or unconventional views in regard to union. Free living, pleasure through journeys, Gain from travel, philosophy, air flights, sports, foreign investments and speculations. If afflicted secret sorrows through children, sports, love, speculations and journeys etc.
 
Venus. 
Gain by investment, speculation, pleasure, entertainment. Pleasure through wife. Loss through speculations, enmity with children if Venus is afflicted.
 
Saturn. 
Gain and honor through speculations, children will rise to honor but suffer from sickness. Also gain through children, friends and beneficial circumstances. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Rahu. 
The native will have troubles through travels, from Govt.; one may be childless, hard hearted and suffers from belly ache.
 
Ketu. 
One will lose children through death or abortion. Stomach diseases, will be evil minded and wicked.
 
Sixth House
 
Sun. 
Gain through careful speculations or by children’s earnings. Pleasure by hygienic methods, pets and hobbies. Grief from progney, loss of respect in middle of life, otherwise wealthy, respected and blessed with property. May reside in foreign land due to some compelling circumstances.
 
Moon. 
Gain through service, servants and small animals. Will build his own house. May have grief in youth due to death of parents. If Moon is weak and afflicted less gain through them. Loss through opponents.
 
Mars. 
Gain through servants, employees, fond of pets, small animals etc. If afflicted loss through above, operation and injury on head.
 
Mercury. 
Interest in study and methods of healing or social economy. Good health, success with employees, poultry, medicine, healing or social service. If afflicted severe illness, or injury during journey and difficulties through brother.
 
Jupiter. 
One is born with silver spoon in a respectable family. Wealthy, blessed with property, good rank and service. Death of elders in the family. Many enemies. Will be under debt in middle of life. Last part of life will be comfortable. If afflicted then sickness through travelling, difficulty in work in foreign land, or in connection with export etc.
 
Venus. 
The native will marry to a lady below his status mentally or socially, has sickly and evily disposed employees but gain through them. When afflicted reverse results and loss through sickness.
 
Saturn. 
Modest worldly position, gain and honour through service, and employment. Gain from friends among navy, air force, army or working class. Faithful servants and interest in social welfare. If afflicted reverse results will be indicated.
 
Rahu. 
Troubles through enemies, servants and employees. Wealthy and long lived. He will suffer from disease in the anus.
 
Ketu. 
Very magnanimous and have best qualities. He will attain everlasting fame, firmness and high authority Realised hopes and victory over enemies.
 
Seventh House
 
Sun. 
Pleasure, close association or understanding with partner, but discord with children. Loss by theft and partnership. Wicked, arrogant, fond of travel. If afflicted trouble and loss through love affairs. Debilitated Sun or if afflicted may deny or delay marriage. If married, divorce, separation or bickerings in married life.
 
Moon. 
Gain through marriage, land and women generally. No permanent profession, may cause plural marriage. If Moon is weak or afflicted, loss through above.
 
Mars. 
A rich partner or one to whom money comes unexpectedly. Partnership with others. Fond of opposite sex. If afflicted, troubles in financial matters, death of partner, danger of death by violence, suicide, accident or war. Loss and trouble through law, union and open enemies. Material unhappiness.
 
Mercury. 
Marriage as a result or journey, writing or with relation. Skilled in many arts. Fickle minded and will have no respect for his words. If afflicted, law suits with servants, difficulties with disreputable women and sickness. Unfortunate union, and danger of robbery while travelling.
 
Jupiter. 
Marriage to a stranger of education refinement whose relations will be opposed to the native. Wise, tactful, learned and brave. Gain through marriage, travels, partnership and contracts. If afflicted troubles through deceit and treachery concerning unions, law suit, marriage, partnership, contracts etc. Troubles through women generally and public enemies.
 
Venus. 
Gain by marriage, contracts, business and dealing with others especially with women. Success in law suits, marriage in good family, the partner may prove cold, untrue or hostile. It afflicted troubles in unions and through open enemies, competition and theft.
 
Saturn. 
Gain through law suits and dealing with public generally. Honour and reputation assisted by honourable marriage and partnership in responsible concern. The partner will be loving with desirable friendship and social connections. Success in law suits. Delayed marriage, exalted in 7th house.

Rahu. 
Loss of wealth through intrigues with women, suffers separation from his beloved, loses his manhood, influence of opposite sex and becomes self willed.
 
Ketu. 
One will suffer in self respect, company of bad women, afflicted with bowels disease, loss of wife and of power of virility. Delayed marriage.
 
Eighth House
 
Sun. 
Suffers through children, death of children before the native. Loss through speculations etc. Strained relations with father. Loss of power and authority.
 
Moon. 
Gain by legacy or estate when weak or afflicted, death of father, danger to mother during confinement and loss of inherited property.
 
Mars. 
Danger of death through assassination, through enemies in youth. Skilled in many arts. No permanent residence and profession. Occult experiences. Danger from fire, wound, reptile or animals. Gain by dead by legacy. A comfortably fixed partner. Spiritualistic experiences. If afflicted disappointment over legacy, troubles in financial matters, operations and wounds. Danger to husband for his longevity. Mars is in own sign.
 
Mercury. 
Sickness and troubled life. Journeys on account of troubles, false accusations or trouble on account of death or bequests. Financial reward for faithful service. Troubles in service etc.
 
Jupiter. 
Gain by long journeys concerning legacies or dead etc. Psychic experiences. Secret enemies, many misfortunes, death of secret enemies. Trouble over inheritance. Unsatisfactory end. Persecution regarding religious, scientific or educational convictions also through publications.
 
Venus. 
Gain by legacy and goods of the dead through money of the partner. Gain of money or property by marriage. Death of partner, difficulty in inheritance. If afflicted loss of money through marriage and partnership. Trouble in financial matters.
 
Saturn. 
Gain by honours in handling the estate and money of others, also through law suits, legacies, inheritance, insurance, etc. of the dead. Gift of legacies from friends and relations. An easy end. Death of friend.
 
Rahu. 
Short life, wicked deeds, disease of wind and limited issues. Defective limb.
 
Ketu. 
Short life, sinful actions, quarrelsome, injury from weapon and disappointment. Separation of dear ones.
 
Ninth House
 
Sun. 
One will be blessed with wealth, rank and authority. Kingly status in life. Dutiful children who will be lucky, pleasure in foreign land, long travels. Charitable and religious, gain from children, the children may become preacher, scientists or explorer. If afflicted reverse results.
 
Moon. 
Gain through science, religion, long journeys and wife’s relatives. Long gainful travels. Good conveyance. If weak or afflicted loss in foreign land and reverse results than above.
 
Mars. 
Long journeys, religious, or psychic experiences, linking for science, invention law, philosophy and all matters of higher mind. Prophetic dreams or visions. Gain through partners’ relations and, of dead. Spiritual experiences. If afflicted, troubles with foreigners and religious, legal or educational affairs. Troubled or dangerous voyages.
 
Mercury. 
Long journey, gain through publication, science or religion, foreign journey and marriage. Work in connection with foreign affairs or universities. Intelligent and learned. Gain through service and brothers. A comfortable and joyous life. If afflicted, sickness abroad, and also of wife’s relations, danger through over study and reverse results than above.
 
Jupiter. 
Travelling for education, scientific or for religious purposes in foreign country. Prophetic dreams, many fine qualities. Gain through culture and development. Secret mission, investigation, publications or secluded research, sacrifice for science or religion. If afflicted shipwreck or air crash, difficulties with relations, men of science and religion etc. Providential help in case of difficulty if one is religious.
 
Venus. 
Marriage to stranger from far off place, gain by wife’s relations and inlaws. Partner’s journey to foreign land. Gain through books, sea trading, long journeys, philosophy, religion and science etc. If afflicted loss through above.
 
Saturn. 
Honourable voyages, professional journeys, honour through learnings, writing, publishing, research or philosophy. One will not care for any body. Knowledge of foreign languages. Regains all the lost property, last part of life will be lucky, friendship through travel and learning. Friends through educated, ministers, writers, explorers or inventors. If afflicted, reverse
results.
 
Rahu. 
One will speak opposingly, head of family, village or mayor of city and do wicked deeds.
 
Ketu. 
Sinful actions, deprived of his father, unlucky, long journeys, indigent and will slander the good.
 
Tenth House
 
Sun. 
Renowned and wealthy. Gain in speculation, honourable children, gain in business or in theatrical world. Pleasure and honour through wife, father-in-law or own father. If afflicted, then reverse results.
 
Moon. 
Gain through possessions, trade, profession, public or Govt.; work or by fruits of the earth. Kingly life, landed property and good conveyance. Determined, brave and native of foresight. Fond of opposite sex and favour through women. If afflicted, loss and reverse results through the above.
 
Mars. 
It is exalted here. Merit, honour and success. Rise to high social and professional position. Gain of inheritance, power and authority. Well versed with working of machinery, ammunitions, fond of opposite sex and favour through women. Learned and interested in poetry. When Mars is afflicted, one will earn displeasure of superiors or Govt.; dishonour, humiliations, loss of parents or trouble through them. Danger of violent death through Govt.; order or war.
 
Mercury. 
Professional or honourable journeys and gain through them. Honour and renown through writings and other accomplishments. Journeys with mother. Honour through service or national activities. If afflicted, then dishonour, sorrows, and mental anguish through brothers and losses through above.
 
Jupiter. 
Honour, credit, high position, rank and authority. Gain and honour through science, literature or travel. Success in foreign land and affairs. Many friends and gain through them. Success in hopes and wishes. If afflicted reverse results like disgrace, loss from superiors, troubles in long journeys etc.
 
Venus. 
An honourable partner beneficial to the professional career. Gain by occupation, profession, merchandising, Govt.; and in-laws. If afflicted, financial loss through employer, rivals, employment. Public disgrace or scandal through a union or enemy.
 
Saturn. 
Gain and honour through profession, and Govt.; successful hopes and efforts. Friends among high positioned persons and gain through them who are of high standing in social circle and Govt.; If afflicted reverse results.
 
Rahu. 
Famous, limited issues, fearless, wicked deeds and will engage himself in other’s business.
 
Ketu. 
Obstacles in life, vile acts, energetic, bold and widely renowned.
 
Eleventh House
 
Sun. 
One will have good position, respect and will be generous and charitable. Promotions, authority and rank in life. Gain from children, Govt.; and property. Successful in hopes and wishes. Profit through speculations, or pleasure among legislators, ambassadors and sportsmen. If afflicted, reverse the results.
 
Moon. 
Blessed with comforts, conveyance and property.
Wealthy, respected, gain from children and business. Successful hopes, gain through friends, old age will be comfortable. If weak or afflicted, reverse the results.
 
Mars. 
Large circle of friends and gains through them, much pleasure in life. Hopes and wishes often attained. Gain through profession, Govt.; employer and well wishers. Gain in legacies and through friends. If afflicted, reverse results.
 
Mercury. 
Gain through journeys and brothers. Hopes and wishes are fulfilled. Gain from studies. Interest and gain from legislative activities, political and social welfare. When afflicted, reverse results.
 
Jupiter. 
Fortunate friendships on voyages and gain through foreign lands and foreign friends. Acquaintances among relatives, travellers, scientists and legislators. If afflicted, then one will face troubles, disappointments and obstacles. Deceitful friends and losses through them.
 
Venus. 
Gain through friends. Accidental fortunes. Two wives or marriage with widows. If afflicted, troubles with wife and friends and loss though them.
 
Saturn. 
Success in ambitions. Eminent friends among legislators, persons of authority and professional positions. Helpful to others, many friends among radical people and gains through them. If afflicted, reverse results.
 
Rahu. 
The native will be prosperous, limited children, long lived and may suffer from ear disease.
 
Ketu. 
One will hoard money through illegal means, good qualities, will enjoy himself well. Will command all facilities. Successful in hopes and wishes.

Twelfth House

Sun. 
Pleasure and gain through investigation, of mysterious things and research nature. Secret sorrows through children. Speculation can cause ruin. If afflicted danger or imprisonment. Loss through Govt.
 
Moon. 
Afflicted health due to long journey by parents. Sorrows, end of life in seclusion or devoted to the study of occult subjects.
 
Mars. 
Gain through occult affairs and secret missions. Success in middle life. Difficulty over inheritance, great sorrows, anxiety concerning death or imprisonment. It afflicted, death or imprisonment through enemies. Secret unhappiness, suffering and misfortune.
 
Mercury. 
Occult learning, work of secret nature in C.I.D. or C.B.I. etc., Interest in archaeology or submarine life. If afflicted, danger of imprisonment through travelling. Secret sorrows, sickness, enmities, suffering and misfortune etc.
 
Jupiter. 
Occult abilities, powerless enemies, secret investigations, fond of animals, limitations, troubles and obstacles prove to be blessings in disguise by developing inner growth and understanding. If afflicted, difficulty and sorrow through religion, science and journeys. If writer or inventor, then difficulty in the completion of job. In middle or latter part of life seeks seclusion for development, occult learning etc.
 
Venus. 
Unhappy marriage, secret sorrows, jealously, sickness. Partner or opponents cause imprisonment or fear of it or danger of death at their hands. Gain through secret mission, hospitals sanitorium, occult science or large animals. If afflicted, may deny marriage.
 
Saturn. 
Loss of office or honour, dignity, etc., through business associates who becomes secret enemies. Unfortunate conditions. Deceitful friends and loss through them. Difficulty in employment. Pleasure in peaceful, quite harmonious or secluded places. Good friendship among occult people. Sorrowful friends if Saturn is afflicted and losses through the above.
 
Rahu. 
The native will do sinful acts secretly, will spend much and will suffer from a water-disease.
 
Ketu. 
Spend money on vile acts, sinful deeds, will destroy wealth, of questionable character and will suffer from eye disease.