ASCENDANT & ASCENDANT LORD

What is an ascendant ?

Its an astrological sign that is ascending in the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event.

In simple form how its used in astrology is that when the native is born considering the exact time and exact location and using it as a reference point taking the snapshot of sky (planets and their position) .

When it comes to birth chart ascendant is the first house .

If sign number 1 falls in the first house then it will be ARIES ascendant but if sign number 5 falls in first in house then it will be LEO ascendant .

It will remain the first house no matter what sign or number falls in it.

SIGN & NUMBER : The order of these astrological signs is

1 - ARIES , 2 - TAURUS , 3 - GEMINI , 4 - CANCER

5 - LEO, 6 - VIRGO, 7 - LIBRA, 8 - SCORPIO

9 - SAGITTARIUS, 10 - CAPRICORN, 11 - AQUARIUS, 12 - PISCES

what is ascendant lord ?

The ruler of the sign that falls in the first house is know as the ascendant lord.

SIGN - RULER: ( PLANET RULE SIGNS - CHECKOUT WHICH PLANET RULES WHICH SIGN BELOW )

ARIES - MARS , TAURUS - VENUS , GEMINI - MERCURY , CANCER - MOON

LEO - SUN , VIRGO - MERCURY , LIBRA - VENUS

SCORPIO - MARS ( CO RULER IS KETU , SOUTH NODE )

SAGITTARIUS - JUPITER , CAPRICORN - SATURN

AQUARIUS - SATURN ( CO-RULER IS RAHU , NORTH NODE )

PISCES - JUPITER

What happens when the ASCENDANT LORD or the FIRST HOUSE LORD falls in the different houses specially in THE DUSHTANA HOUSES ?

House number 6 , 8 & 12 are known as Dushtana Houses.

6th House is the house of diseases , enemy , daily routines , service , competition etc.

8th House is the house of ups and down , death , secrets , occult , hardship , unknown , mystery etc.

12th House is the house of detachment , isolation , foreign places , long distance travels etc.

First House is the house of self and when the first house lord or what we call it ascendant lord falls in the 6,8,12 houses then the native life focus revolves around that particular house things or what it represents . Conjunctions , aspects , ashtakvarga points can contribute to what degree native will go through those experiences.

Good and bad are subjective as same thing can be good for one and bad for the other one.

For example

Exercise - Person A like working out but what about person B (NAAAAH!!!! ).

Work : Some people like working everyday , some like 5 days a week , some not at all.