The Descendant in Astrology-Can Anyone Help?

Your Ultimate Partner
The 7th house is where you meet your mate. This area of the chart begins with an important point called the Descendant, which is the sign on the cusp of the 7th house. The Descendant is always opposite your Ascendant and while the Ascendant indicates your personality projection, the Descendant represents the part of your psyche that you most comfortably project onto your partner.

Consequently, the Descendant indicates qualities in a partner you??ll be most attracted to for any committed love and sexual relationship. You can easily find out what sign is on your 7th house cusp once you know your Ascendant since it will always be the sign opposite your Ascendant.

**Question please help: If my Descendant is Pisces in my 7th house (I am Virgo Rising) , then is it good that my partner has a Pisces moon? Don't know his time of birth so can't determine his 7th house sign.

Posted by TheLadySagittarius
Your Ultimate Partner
The 7th house is where you meet your mate. This area of the chart begins with an important point called the Descendant, which is the sign on the cusp of the 7th house. The Descendant is always opposite your Ascendant and while the Ascendant indicates your personality projection, the Descendant represents the part of your psyche that you most comfortably project onto your partner.

Consequently, the Descendant indicates qualities in a partner you??ll be most attracted to for any committed love and sexual relationship. You can easily find out what sign is on your 7th house cusp once you know your Ascendant since it will always be the sign opposite your Ascendant.

**Question please help: If my Descendant is Pisces in my 7th house (I am Virgo Rising) , then is it good that my partner has a Pisces moon? Don't know his time of birth so can't determine his 7th house sign.

So, since I'm a a Leo Rising that means my descendant is in aquarius in my 7th house; I wonder what this means as well?

Posted by AeGiCap
**Question please help: If my Descendant is Pisces in my 7th house (I am Virgo Rising) , then is it good that my partner has a Pisces moon? Don't know his time of birth so can't determine his 7th house sign.

Yes, this means that in general his emotions and instincts tie in to what you may seek in partnerships(symbolized by Pisces); when someone's planets fall in our seventh house, it usually indicates great compatibility but it depends on the planets and aspects to those planets; try and get a birth time if you can, to see which planets fall where.

The 7th house symbolizes several things: partnerships(business, casual, or romantic) and open enemies.
I've got Sagittarius and Mars in the 7th; so I tend to attract combative(Mars) Sagittarian types of people.

Thank you Ae! ("Combative Sagittarian types" sounds scary...lol)

Posted by Claire

My descendent is aquarius too but I wouldn't invest too much thought into this for some reason. There is too much else in a chart to throw into the equation is probably why. Idk though, hmmm. The world works in mysterious ways though that's for sure. 🙂

@Claire + Spartaculous : Do u find you attract or are attracted to Aquarians?

Posted by wineaux
thanks to google & a friend, i think i found all of the answers (since i was totally confused too). check it out:

skygrooves article

Thank You for this! Here is my Virgo Rising:

Virgo Rising — Pisces Setting (Neptune) — partners need to be sensitive, compassionate and romantic, needs a strong spiritual bond and a sense of self sacrifice to be happy in a relationship. This balances Virgo's tendency to be overly critical and uptight.

And my original question/ He has a Pisces moon (dont have his birth time)/ I have Pisces in my 7th house:

It is ideal for your mate to have personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars) or Ascendant in your Rising or Setting sign especially if the other person's planet(s) or Ascendant is close to your exact Ascendant/Descendant degree. It is rare (but not unheard of) to see a marriage or close relationship last for a significant period of time without seeing at least one of these contacts. The Ascendant/Descendant axis is your "relationship" axis so ideally you would want your mate(s) to embody at least some of the qualities symbolized by those two signs in your chart

Posted by Claire
What about you, LadySagittarius?? 🙂

Because I have Pisces (descendant) in my 7th house I do look for romance from a guy.(note: Twilight books..lol) The man I am dating has his moon in Pisces so I definitely see some connection. We automatically "meshed" the first time I saw him!

I have never dated a Pisces sun though.

Posted by Pisco26
I have Sagittarius in my 7th house... when you actually read up on it, it is quite depressing but completely true in a sense... well it was for me I should say.

Why is that?


I got Gemini for my descendant people.

Sagittarius Rising — Gemini Setting (Mercury) — partners need to be communicative, witty, informed and good with the everyday details — needs communication, variety and to have those mundane details looked after to be happy in a relationship. This balances Sagittarius's tendency to be too idealistic, farsighted and too concerned with the big picture.

Posted by Claire

Posted by TheLadySagittarius

Posted by Claire

My descendent is aquarius too but I wouldn't invest too much thought into this for some reason. There is too much else in a chart to throw into the equation is probably why. Idk though, hmmm. The world works in mysterious ways though that's for sure. 🙂

@Claire + Spartaculous : Do u find you attract or are attracted to Aquarians?

Not particularly, i've had a major crush on one aqua boy only and a different one wanted to be my boyfriend when I was much younger. That's it. 🙂 I always want to be friends with them though because they always seem to understand me where others fail to and they make great conversationalists. 🙂

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This is what that website says about Leo Rising/Aqua descendent:

Leo Rising — Aquarius Setting (Uranus) — partners need to be unconventional, unique, humanitarian and friendly — needs freedom and unconventionality to be happy in a relationship. This balances Leo's tendency to be egocentric and arrogant.

Posted by Pisco26
I have Sagittarius in my 7th house... when you actually read up on it, it is quite depressing but completely true in a sense... well it was for me I should say.

This is not bad at all:

Gemini Rising — Sagittarius Setting (Jupiter) — partners need to be expansive, cultured and philosophical — needs adventure, freedom and to have their horizons broadened to be happy in a relationship. This balances Gemini's tendency to be too concerned with small every day details

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Posted by Pisco26
I have Sagittarius in my 7th house... when you actually read up on it, it is quite depressing but completely true in a sense... well it was for me I should say.

Why is that?


I got Gemini for my descendant people.

Sagittarius Rising — Gemini Setting (Mercury) — partners need to be communicative, witty, informed and good with the everyday details — needs communication, variety and to have those mundane details looked after to be happy in a relationship. This balances Sagittarius's tendency to be too idealistic, farsighted and too concerned with the big picture.

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This is interesting because even though I am a Virgo rising, I also look for these qualities in my partners. I wonder if its my Sag sun?

Wow, bringing this back from the dead, I'm an Aries and my descendant is obv Libra, the guy I'm seeing now does have a Libra moon, so that's good yeah?