Your Descendant
Why the people you attract often feel like your opposite
The Descendant (DC) is the point directly across from your Ascendant (Rising Sign). If the Rising is how you move through the world, the Descendant is what you project onto others—especially in close relationships.
It rules the Seventh House, aka the house of one-on-one dynamics. That includes romance, long-term partnerships, business collaborators, and your “you annoy me because you’re just like me” mirror people.
The DC doesn’t describe you, exactly. It describes what you look for, avoid, attract, or chase—consciously or not. It’s what you admire and resent. Crave and fear. It’s your opposite sign for a reason.
Some astrologers say your Descendant shows what you reject in yourself. Others say it’s what you’re learning to integrate. Either way, it’s rarely boring.
DC PLACEMENTS
Your DC sign is always the sign opposite your Rising. Always.
So if your Rising is what you lead with, your DC is what shows up in your other half—whether that’s someone you marry, partner with, or just keep texting even though they stress you out in oddly specific ways.
It’s not necessarily about your forever person. It’s about the qualities that pull you in—and push your buttons.
YOUR DC SHOWS UP WHEN YOU
Fall for someone who’s everything you’re not—and kind of hate them for it
Get deeply irritated by someone’s intensity and then realize you’re just jealous of their confidence
Find yourself drawn to people who challenge your usual pace, style, or emotional vocabulary
Argue like you’re in a relationship even when you’re not technically in a relationship
Keep attracting the same dynamic over and over, even though you “should know better”
THE DC GOVERNS
What you look for in a partner
What traits feel magnetic, annoying, or both
Your one-on-one relationship style
The qualities you deny in yourself but admire in others
The version of yourself that only shows up in relationship
DO PEOPLE SEE YOUR DC?
Only in a close relationship. It’s not your public face. It’s the shadow of your Rising. The part of you that gets activated in close connection.
Sometimes you date your DC. Sometimes you become your DC in a relationship. Sometimes it just shows up as a weird recurring theme in the kind of people you attract.
Whatever the case, your Descendant is trying to round you out. Not by making you someone else—but by reminding you that your opposite isn’t your enemy. It might just be your missing piece.
KEY TAKEAWAY
The DC shows the traits you’re not leading with—but might be growing toward. The people who challenge you, balance you, annoy you into evolution.
You don’t have to become your Descendant. But if you’re always chasing the same kind of chaos (or calm), it might be time to ask why.