The square of Lilith and the Ascendant shows tension between a person's image and their repressed desires, fears, shame, or forbidden power. The native may make an impression that is too sharp, provoke reactions, fall into situations of judgment, or push people away themselves, testing whether they can withstand the real person.
The aspect can create an inner struggle: at one moment the person denies their complexity and tries to be "proper," and at another suddenly acts from irritation, envy, sexual impulse, desire for power, or revenge. Extremes in self-esteem are possible, from a sense of defectiveness to demonstrative superiority. The closer the orb, the faster this theme is activated in contact. Reactions to shame, rejection, and criticism are especially visible.

