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Ascendant

əˈsɛnd(ə)nt

Ascendant definitions
adjective
ascendant ascendent
  1. rising in power or influence

    "ascendant moderate factions in the party"

    rising (in power) in the ascendant on the up and up on the way up up-and-coming on the rise growing increasing flourishing prospering burgeoning developing budding
  2. (of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon
noun
ascendant ascendants ascendent ascendents
  1. the point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth