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   ascendant

   /əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. rising in power or influence: "ascendant moderate factions in the party"
   • 2. (of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon.

   noun

   • 1. the point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ascendent- ‘climbing up’, from the verb ascendere (see ascend).

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