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Aries rising

Aries rising means Aries was the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth. Each sign rises for about two hours of every day, so the rising sign needs a birth time, and it sets the houses of the whole chart.

StarMap has a recorded birth time (rated AA, A or B by Astro-Databank) for 356 of its 6,194 well-known people, and 15 of them are Aries rising. Shakira, Louis Armstrong and Beyoncé are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Capricorn (4), Taurus (3) and Scorpio (2).

Shakira and Louis Armstrong both have Aries rising.Are you Aries rising?Find out with the free rising sign calculator

What Aries rising means

Read for first impressions and the way into the chart. If this is your placement:

You come across as direct, quick and ready. People sense energy before they know what you think, and you tend to walk into rooms as if you are about to start something.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Aries rising

When Aries is rising

Every sign rises once a day, for about two hours, and the hour depends on the date: at sunrise the rising sign is the Sun’s own, so Aries comes up at dawn while the Sun is in Aries (March and April), about two hours after dawn a month earlier, four hours the month before that, and so on round the clock; half a year from Aries season it rises around sunset. Which two hours it was on a birth date, at the birthplace, is what the rising sign calculator works out; without a time it lists which sign was rising at each hour of that date.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I am Aries rising?

Only from your birth time: the rising sign changes about every two hours. With the time and place of birth, the rising sign calculator gives the sign and its degree; without the time, it lists which sign was rising at each hour of your birth date.

Who is Aries rising?

Shakira, Louis Armstrong, Beyoncé, Jeremy Renner and Billie Eilish are Aries rising, from birth times recorded by Astro-Databank. StarMap lists 15 well-known people with it, out of 356 with a recorded birth time.

What does Aries rising mean?

The rising sign is read for first impressions and the way a person comes across before they say much, and it places the houses of the chart. You come across as direct, quick and ready. People sense energy before they know what you think, and you tend to walk into rooms as if you are about to start something.

More of Aries

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

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