What is the ascendant and where are the houses in the sky? Photo credit: @lindstenfoto What is the ascendant and where are the houses in the sky? Your ascendant is always the eastern horizon, where land meets the sky, and the natural point of sunrise. This is also the visible first half of your first house. Seeing Your Ascendant & Houses in the Sky “This is also the visible first half of your first house.” When you were born, it may have been nighttime. It may have been da