ascendants
noun
Meaning
- Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
- An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
- (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)
- Ascent; height; elevation.
- 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.
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