Your Ascendant Ruler and What It Says About You. Part 1: The Sun through to Mars
Edited by Gemma

Finding your ascendant ruler is a simple way of discovering more about yourself and your natal chart. When we have the natal chart in question in front of us, we can look to the Ascendant sign to find out it’s ruler. The ruler of the ascendant is the planet that rules the sign on the Ascendant. For example, if your Ascendant is in Aries, your ascendant ruler will be Mars, whereas if your Ascendant is in Scorpio, your ascendant ruler will be Pluto.

Now that you know how to find your ascendant ruler, you can read this guide here to find out a little more about what this could mean about you and your personality traits. How you act socially and when considering invitations may also be seen partly by your ascendant ruler. After you have done this you can then go on to looking into which house of your natal chart (houses 1 to 12) your ascendant ruler falls into, how to interpret this and how it also contributes towards the whole interpretation of your natal chart so far.

If Your Ascendant Ruler Is The Sun

You will have a tendency to naturally shine wherever you go, especially during times of celebration or when you’re out with your friends. You may care about the appearances of yourself and those around you and you like to do things in a big way, or you at least dream of doing of doing things in a big way. If this isn’t what has actually happened yet in your life, you may have some plans behind the scenes to create an impact in the world.

You are a very warm person and you like everyone to be happy. Your gregariousness and spontaneous nature means that you will find it easy to accept invitations, even when you are usually shy and reserved or you find it hard to be the first to reach out. Your likeable demeanour will attract people towards you.

If Your Ascendant Ruler Is The Moon

You will be quite an emotionally aware person and this will likely extend to the people around you in ways that manifest as an urge to be kind and supportive towards those who you choose to spend your time with. You appear to be quite soft-featured and gentle towards others and may even be quiet and reserved at times. However, this doesn’t impact your likeability at all as many find your presence comforting and very relaxing.

When you receive invitations to go to places, it Is likely you regard these from a heartfelt perspective. You allow your deeper instinctual side and your emotions to help you determine whether you should accept. It is likely you are quite sentimental in this regard and you take all your friendships and social situations seriously. People feel as though they can open up to you because of your genuine nature.

If Your Ascendant Ruler Is Mercury

You may be quite a talkative person, who perceives the world around them from a logical viewpoint. This may be true even if some of the other planets in your natal chart are in water signs or point towards a more subjective leaning. You may become quite easily distracted at times, while you tend to require to have something or someone near that is mentally stimulating to hold your focus.

You are quite open-minded when it comes to most social situations and it is likely you like to remain sociable as much as you can. You will therefore go wherever it is that takes your fancy and you may not need much time to decide when you want to accept an invitation, as your instinctual reactions are fast. You are likely playful and are a lover of games and challenges.

If Your Ascendant Ruler Is Venus

You look at the world around you from a very idealistic perspective, quite often wondering what you can do to improve the world and how you might be able to help others thrive. You are very aware there is much work to be done and of all the evils going on on the planet, but you always come from a place of love. You tend to dislike conflict and fights, so you may be a bit of a peacemaker.

Although you highly value fairness and kindness to others, you may be a little more choosy than some when it comes to deciding how you spend your time. When you receive social invitations, you will be genuinely grateful that you are in the loop for the party, but you might only go if you know 100% you will be comfortable and have fun!

If Your Ascendant Ruler Is Mars

You will be very driven and brave in your self-expression and you might even come across as a little impatient to others now and again. You can be quite direct, but you have a big heart and are often the life and soul of the party, because your enthusiasm spreads quite easily, even if you’re not aware of this sometimes.

You will usually accept invitations if you can free up some time as you have so much energy you want to experience life as a bit of a challenge. Actually, you may desire to create challenges in life for yourself and this is why some with Mars as their chart ruler may be seen as a bit of a thrill seeker.

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