Ascendant

ascendant

(moving upward — see also ascending, rising)

ascendant

(rising towards the zenith)

ascendant

(in an eastern direction rising just above the horizon)

ascendant

(degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person’s birth) — see also horoscope)

ascendant

(ancestor — see also ancestor)