ascendant
/əˈsɛnd(ə)nt
/(also ascendent)
adjective
1Rising in power or influence: the newly ascendant liberal party...
- Political and power compulsions were ascendant.
- To do so would only risk alienating and provoking conflict with a rising Europe and an ascendant Asia.
- This was something of a milestone in Hollywood history, signaling the ascendant power of the producer over the director.
Synonyms
rising (in power), in the ascendant, on the up and up, on the way up, up-and-coming, on the rise, growing, increasing, flourishing, prospering, burgeoning, developing, budding
2 Astrology (Of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon.The Astrofaces research project seeks to verify astrology for modern science with photographs grouped by the sun, moon and ascendant signs of the subjects....
- It could be said that the Midheaven sign represents our life goal; the ascendant sign represents our way of achieving that goal, or our unconscious strategy for attaining it.
- Obviously, if the ascendant sign could be either of two signs, this greatly affects the evaluation.
noun Astrology
The point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person’s birth.If not, then use the ascendant if the birth was preceded by a New Moon....
- He was certainly unaware of Pluto transiting the 1066 ascendant at the time of Cromwell's birth.
- Saturn is considered a benefic and yogakarak for libra ascendants.
Phrases
in the ascendant
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ascendent- 'climbing up', from the verb ascendere (see ascend).