What aspects do you have to your Ascendant?
Do they affect your appearance?
I have Saturn and Pluto Square mine. I sometimes get told I look intimidating. Also, think I look serious even when I'm in a good mood.
Yes, I have Pluto Rising in Scorpio... the glare is there, for sure. When I wear eye makeup, I have an even more dramatic look. I have an undertow of energy as Elsa describes it and I feel that Plutonic wave that I emmit for sure and I can see people's energetic response to it also. I tend to provoke strong reactions for good or ill, magnetic/repel - love/repulse
Yes, South Node is conjunct by 1° and Saturn is inconjunct by 1°. I'm a very strange looking creature.
Sun, Uranus, Moon, Venus, and Jupiter all aspect my ASC.
Sun and Uranus sextile, Jupiter trines, and Moon and Venus square it.
I have no idea how those planets affect my appearance.
I'm a Capricorn ascendant, with Sun opposing my Ascendant, Jupiter inconjuncts it and Pluto quinitiles it. My Ascendant is indeed my armor: if I am about to cry, I prefer locking myself into a room so nobody can see me. Furthermore, Jupiter indicates the fluctuations I had with my weight until some years ago, and Pluto accentuates my penetrative eyes. Once someone gets to know me very well, they realize I can be a real goofball! In fact, I can shock people with the acerbic flirting I can do with a straight face.
Aspects to my Libra ascendant are Mars conjunct, Moon trine and Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto sextile.
For all that, I don't think anything shows in my appearance.
I'm a low-key Leo!