What is a rising sign? What is a moon sign? How do these affect the sun sign?

Question

What do I need to know in order to figure out my rising sign (other than my birthday).

Answer 1

100%agree with stardust

Answer 2

The is Astronomy NOT astrology!

Astronomy is science

Astrology is pseudo-scientific nonsense that has no real bearing on your life.

You'll probably get a better answer in the Mythology anf Folklore section.

However, that said - there's no harm in playing with these things as long as you don;t take it too seriously.

So:

At the moment you were born, the moon would have been found in the sky in one of the zodiac signs - that's your moon sign.

And one of the zodiac signs would have been rising (like the sun rises) - that's your rising sign.

You can find out these things using planetarium software - like Stellarium, Redshift or Starry Night - but you do need to know the time of your birth as well as the date.