What strangers see
Quick movements, a direct look, a handshake that means it. Aries Rising comes across as ready and a bit impatient, with little interest in hovering at the edge of a conversation. You’ll be the one who asks the waiter the question everyone else was wondering about, and who introduces yourself first.
Rising is the sign coming up on the horizon at the time and place you were born, so you can only find it with a known birth time. It’s also why two people born on the same day can make very different entrances.
What they assume, and what’s actually there
People tend to take you for fearless, and a fair few take you for rude. They may assume you’re confident in every setting, up for any argument and not easily hurt. Often that’s the Rising talking. If your Moon is in Cancer or your Sun in Pisces, you may be a soft and worried person whose face simply looks ready for a fight. People can then be startled when you’re upset, because they’d assumed you were made of something tougher.
Your speed may also read as more certainty than you feel. Sometimes you’ve spoken first because silence was unbearable, not because you knew the answer.
On a first date
You’ll likely pick the place, say what you think, and let them know if you’re interested. Plenty of people find that refreshing after months of mixed signals. Those who need time to warm up may feel rushed, so leave a gap now and then and let them fill it. Ask something, then wait longer than you’d like. Letting someone else go first is a small move that shows them the person behind the entrance.