How to Obtain Free Chart
How to get your free natal chart
Not too long ago, obtaining a copy of your natal chart entailed either going to an Astrologer, using a specialized chart service, or studying how-to astrology books. Now, it’s pretty much as simple as pointing your browser to an appropriate website.
A great site for getting a professional, accurate natal chart is Astrodienst.This is the website to visit for a printable birth chart as well as graphs, ephemerides, and more.*
A more straightforward method of finding out your astrology positions is as follows:
What you’ll need:
- Your Birth Data, which includes your birth day, year, time, and place.If you don’t know your time of birth, you can still determine some basic positions.
Click through to our free natal chart service, and carefully input your birth data in the form.
At the top of the screen you will find a list of planets and the signs they occupy in your chart. For example, it may read Sun Virgo, Moon Aries, etc. You can also find the sign of your Ascendant with this list. A free natal chart report, which interprets a number of factors in the natal chart, is displayed. The interpretations include some of those found on our site.
If You Don’t Have a Birth Time: You can still find out some “basic stats” with only a birth date. Irecommend following the steps above, and inputting your birth time as “Time Unknown”. This will give you what Astrologers call a “Noon Chart”. You won’t know your true Ascendant sign, and your Moon sign may not be accurate.
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****If you’re unsure of your natal chart positions, you can look them up here:Natal Chart report.
If you prefer we look up your natal chart positions, please send an email:
If you have difficulty determining your natal chart details (that is, the sign of your Sun, Moon, Mercury, and so forth), you can send anemail to reports@cafeastrology.com with your full birth information (birth date, time, and place) and we will provide you with the positions for free. Be sure to specify what you’re requesting (Natal Chart Details). This is not a free natal chart, which I offer online here (self-service):our free birth chart report. Instead, it’s a list of the positions in your chart, such as “The Moon is in Aries” or “Mercury is in the fourth house”. An example of this basic position listing is as follows:
Astrological Data for Prince Charles
November 14, 1948
9:14 PM
London, England
51 N 30 0 W 10 Tropical Placidus
Standard time observed GMT: 21:14:00
Time Zone: 0 hours West
Planet Positions:
Sun22Sco25Pluto16Leo34
Moon0Tau26N.Node4Tau58
Mercury6Sco57Asc.5Leo23
Venus16Lib23MC13Ari16
Mars20Sag572ndcusp22Leo08
Jupiter29Sag533rdcusp13Vir38
Saturn5Vir165thcusp22Sco54
Uranus29Gem566thcusp3Cap50
Neptune14Lib08
Aspects and orbs:
Conjunction:7Deg00Min
Opposition:5Deg00Min
Square:5Deg00Min
Trine:5Deg00Min
Sextile:4Deg00Min
Semisquare:2Deg00Min
Sesquiquadrate:2Deg00Min
Semisextile:2Deg00Min
Quincunx:3Deg00Min
Given below are the zodiac sign and house positions of the planets:
The
Sun is in Scorpio.
The Moon is in Taurus.
Mercury is in Scorpio.
Venus is in Libra.
Mars is in Sagittarius.
Jupiter is in Sagittarius.
Saturn is in Virgo.
Uranus is in Gemini.
Neptune is in Libra.
Pluto is in Leo.
The Moon’s North Node is in Taurus.
The Rising sign is Leo.
The Sun is in the fourth house.
The Moon is in the tenth house.
Mercury is in the fourth house.
Venus is in the fourth house.
Mars is in the fifth house.
Jupiter is in the fifth house.
Saturn is in the second house.
Uranus is in the eleventh house.
Neptune is in the fourth house.
Pluto is in the first house.
The Moon’s North Node is in the tenth house.
Sun
Semisextile Mars, Orb = 1 Deg 28 Min:
Moon Conjunct N. Node, Orb = 4 Deg 32 Min:
Moon Square Asc., Orb = 4 Deg 57 Min:
Moon Trine Jupiter, Orb = 0 Deg 33 Min:
Moon Trine Saturn, Orb = 4 Deg 50 Min:
Moon Sextile Uranus, Orb = 0 Deg 30 Min:
Mercury Opposition N. Node, Orb = 2 Deg 00 Min:
Mercury Square Asc., Orb = 1 Deg 34 Min:
Mercury Sextile Saturn, Orb = 1 Deg 41 Min:
Mercury SemiSquare Mars, Orb = 1 Deg 01 Min:
Venus Conjunct Neptune, Orb = 2 Deg 15 Min:
Venus Opposition MC, Orb = 3 Deg 07 Min:
Venus Sextile Pluto, Orb = 0 Deg 11 Min:
Mars Trine Pluto, Orb = 4 Deg 23 Min:
Mars Sesquiquadrate N. Node, Orb = 0 Deg 59 Min:
Mars Sesquiquadrate Asc., Orb = 0 Deg 34 Min:
Jupiter Opposition Uranus, Orb = 0 Deg 03 Min:
Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Orb = 1 Deg 41 Min:
Saturn Trine N. Node, Orb = 0 Deg 18 Min:
Saturn Semisextile Asc., Orb = 0 Deg 07 Min:
Uranus SemiSquare Pluto, Orb = 1 Deg 38 Min:
Neptune Opposition MC, Orb = 0 Deg 52 Min:
Neptune Sextile Pluto, Orb = 2 Deg 26 Min:
Pluto Trine MC, Orb = 3 Deg 18 Min:
Please note that there are no strings to this–we have been freely sending people their astrological birth data and helping them find their positions since 2002. However, please be patient if we don’t get to your email the first time around. There are busy times when we might miss an email. This is especially the case with emails sent to any address other than reports@cafeastrology.com. Purchases are never necessary to get the basic information you need to learn about your chart.
*A note on Free Chart Calculation Services:
Important Notes About Astrology Software & Charting Services
Please note that when I say accurate above, it is in an almost perfect sense! While we all wish there were no ambiguities when creating charts, ambiguous historical time zones are a reality and no time zone database is entirely correct as a result.
Cafe Astrology offers the Free Report section at astro.cafeastrology.com which is particularly good for newcomers to astrology but is visited by people of all levels of understanding of astrology. When there are fewer options, it’s easier to learn. It also offers a table and astrological sentences that help students of astrology understand the basic positions in their charts.
I also offer a free chart service at Zodiacal.com which has more in-depth options for chart calculations (this is my newer site that is fully functional but will fill in with more interpretations as I get to them). This can be used by students of astrology of all levels as well but it is probably better for those people really getting into the subject and wanting to explore additional techniques.
As I’ve done since opening the site in 2002, I recommend astro.com as an in-depth chart service for its brilliant options. You can add additional points such as a full range of asteroids at this excellent site. A newer and most excellent chart service site can be found at Astro Seek.
Note that with all astrological software, there are some discrepancies in the time zone atlases which can throw off some charts a little, most evident in the Ascendant and house cusps. It’s frustrating to newcomers since people have all sorts of ideas of which software is accurate and which isn’t, but most don’t realize that it almost always comes down to the problems with the atlas utilities (time zones), all of which have ambiguities. Most professional software programs use the ACS Atlas which is excellent, but of course, has some issues with historical time zones as do all historical time zone databases. My Zodiacal site linked just above currently uses the ACS Atlas, astro.com does at the time of this writing, and most of my offline software uses it. It is probably the industry standard, but it’s always good to remember that like any time zone atlas, it is imperfect.
Our free natal chart here uses the Geonames time zone atlas which is also excellent, although some time zones for birthdates before 1970 are inaccurate as well. It’s superior for dates after 1970.
It is for these reasons that I have always encouraged people to write to us to check the software atlas’ accuracy (it’s helpful to have a human take a look!) or to put in some research themselves. Even though for some dates nobody knows for sure whether daylight savings was in effect, it’s useful for people to know about the issue. For example, for some people who have written to me about their charts, I have provided them with the two possible charts in ambiguous cases, which differ by one hour. This way, they can at least work with the two and open their minds to the idea that one isn’t exactly right! So, no matter which software you use, it’s a good idea to check up on the time zone that was in effect at the time of your birth. My suggestion is to use a variety of software programs to see if there are discrepancies for your particular date.
Note that it is typically the time zone atlas issue that produces different results in astrology software. Differences that amount to minutes rather than full degrees (example, one software shows your Ascendant as 3 Aries 22 and another shows it as 3 Aries 15) have to do with the fact that a city spans over a range of latitude-longitude coordinates, and some databases use the city center coordinates while others might use the City Hall address (or equivalent). Neither is more accurate than the other. These differences are entirely negligible–equivalent to a fraction of a minute in birth time which is rarely recorded. Even if we were to use the precise hospital or birthing place coordinates, we’re working with birth times that are usually rounded to the minute if we’re lucky.
We all wonder about these discrepancies when first studying astrology, but as you work with more and more charts, you recognize the fruitlessness of trying to get the minutes of your degree positions precise. Getting the degree side right is possible in most cases.
In fact, the more you work with charts and recognize the imprecision of birth times in general, the many different house system options that different astrologers use, most of which successfully, the multiple charting options, techniques, and methods that each have their merit…you get the idea…the more you focus on those things that truly work for you and your client and recognize the need to keep an open mind.
In case you don’t already know, we help with this: you can write to reports@cafeastrology.com with your full birth data and request your Ascendant because it’s the most sensitive point to birth time/time zones. Getting a human to look into things can be helpful!
–Annie
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