Sun sign, moon sign, ascendant, Venus, houses… In astrology, Each birth chart is as unique as the person it corresponds to, and you can easily tear your hair out trying to understand what each placement represents! If thanks to our date, time and place of birth, we can easily learn our sun sign, our moon sign and our ascendant, what does the descending sign mean?
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How to know your descending sign?
To find your descending sign, nothing could be simpler: it involves calculating your astrological chart, and finding your ascendant. If the ascendant represents the mask that we present to others and is said to take over the solar sign during our existence, the descendant is interested in what we look for in others.
The descending point represents the zodiacal point located directly opposite the ascendant at the time of your birth, and is thus always in house 7, which we nickname the house of marriage. Thus, knowing your descending sign allows you to better understand what we are looking for in a partnership, marriage, and more generally the character traits we are looking for in our relationship dynamics.
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What does the descending sign mean?
The twelve signs of the Zodiac are always associated in pairs, which we call opposite signs. These are meant to be particularly compatible since each pair complements each other and by working through their differences together they can achieve a balanced relationship.
Here are the six opposite signs:
- Aries – Libra
- Taurus – Scorpio
- Gemini – Sagittarius
- Cancer – Capricorn
- Leo – Aquarius
- Virgo – Pisces
So, if your ascendant is in Aries, your descending sign will necessarily be in the sign of Libra! Look around you, it is possible that, always, you have been attracted to people whose sun sign or ascendant is in Libra.
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How to better understand the descending sign?
The ascendant represents the self, it thus allows us to better understand how we perceive ourselves and what we reflect to others. The descendant, on the other hand, therefore allows to understand what we look for in others, and what can benefit us, both in romantic, friendly or professional relationships. To talk about this, we also talk about the shadow side of the ascendant, sinceit’s about what we lack to feel good. So the adage “opposites attract” takes on its full meaning: according to astrology, we would then have to find people of the opposite sign in order to feel good and, finally, complete!
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