ascendant
/əˈsɛndənt/ noun C2- The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
- Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
- Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”). · One man has the ascendant over another.
- An ancestor.
Plural ascendants
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