How do you find your astrological rising sign?

Your birth chart includes your rising sign. You can use a free online birth chart calculator like this one from Cafe Astrology or a rising sign calculator like this one from AstroLibrary . Here are the typical characteristics of each rising sign:

• Aries: outgoing, independent, competitive, impulsive
• Taurus: dependable, kind, creative, materialistic
• Gemini: curious, charming, intelligent, indecisive
• Cancer: intuitive, nurturing, loyal, inflexible
• Leo: confident, generous, likeable, dramatic
• Virgo: smart, organized, reliable, anxious
• Libra: charming, fair, collaborative, indecisive
• Scorpio: loyal, passionate, mysterious, sarcastic
• Sagittarius: outgoing, idealistic, intelligent, blunt
• Capricorn: responsible, driven, mature, strong-willed
• Aquarius: intellectual, generous, sympathetic, eccentric
• Pisces: imaginative, empathetic, alluring, flighty

Your astrological rising sign is based on the date, location, and time of your birth. The rising sign represents the point on the horizon at the time you were born, so it’s very time-sensitive. Because there are 12 rising signs and they change about every two hours, you need a fairly accurate birth time to determine it correctly. Ask your mom, though birth times from memory can be off by one to two hours. If that’s the case, a baby book might also have the information.