Word Meaning

ascendants definition and meaning

n. Ascent; height; elevation.
n. The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
n. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
n. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
a. Alt. of Ascendent

Crossword clues for ascendants

- Rising