Your Rising sign ~ Ascendant (ASC) and how important it is: Your birth chart is basically a picture of the sky at the exact moment you were born. It shows all the positions of the planets, what sign they were in and what degree. In technical terms your rising sign–or “ascendant,” as it is often called–is the sign that was rising over the Eastern horizon at your time of birth. Your rising sign is a very important part of your Natal~ Birth chart it is a big part of your person