we don't need to be given chances, because we typically don't mind taking them.

agree much with that steve ..
i am seem to have an uncanny knack for manipulating situations .. i seem to even do it unconsciously.. just try to remember always though to work for the common good and to be the best person i can be.
sometimes ends badly and kick myself in the ass for not having quite enough self control .. but never for not trying to do what i feel is right..
makes it much easier to forgive myself later you see.
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agree.. passion can be used to your advantage ..
if you can control your own reigns .

Great stuff guys! I love hearing from people that I can relate too. All of you make great points.

Isn't that the truth! It is overbearing for some to withstand. It is a sign thing, but more than anything its a scorpio rising thing!! :)

I feel mostly hate, anger, and manipulation from my scorpio rising, my pisces sun is what i use to try and redeem myself but thats almost as bad as the scorpio.

Hi

I also have sun aries, scorp rising also moon in aquarius, jupiter and uranus in 1st house.
people have said i look: grim, scary. my friend told me that i look like i could kill if you say something wrong to me.
Also some times people try to make me angry when they are drunk and they dont know what to do when i just keep my cool.
And yes they notice me when i enter in the room.
I feel misunderstood a lot.

Hi Zoe!

Its very hard to keep cool when adrenaline flows so easily. i have to keep my cool because emotions are so strong.
Many times someone who is sitting near me at some place tells me: "Hey, don't be so serious" i just try to be myself and im not serious.
This happens to you ?

Also many times peoples stare at me they try to read me, and when i look at them they usually stare me a little more, then turn away.

Hey Roy, how are you? : )

Before I explain my view of the Ascendant's role, I wanna ask you where your Sun is, and your Moon also?

The best description I've heard of the Ascendant goes something like this:
If you were inside a room with only one window, and that window was blue, all the world you could see outside that window would also be coloured blue. Similarly, if people passed by your window and saw you through it, they would perceive you as blue.

This means that the Ascendant's role is from an inward perspective how you perceive the world around you, how you see / experience things, and what you seek out of life, what road you ought to take in life in order to achieve fulfillment. From an outward perspective, it is the first impression you give to the world and how the rest of the world sees you.

With the Scorpio Ascendant, all the keywords you mentioned are quite true - but I would imagine that your Sun and Moon sign would influence these traits somehow

Hope this makes sense : )

im always misunderstood. pretty much everyone tells me that when they first met me they thought i was a stuck up bitch and that im very intimidating. but im really a very down to earth nice person =)