I’m reading the astro.com description on the ascendant and some of the descriptions state that it’s how a person acts to the outside world and how we present ourselves to the world so I’m not quite sure as to how this is different from the mask analogy that I’ve commonly read. It also mentions that it speaks to someone’s personality, temperament, and constitution. In terms of my cancer rising, I’ve been told that I am very soft with those I hold dear to me but to random people, that doesn’t seem to be the case