How to Read Your Birth Chart
Your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky the moment you were born. Learn to read it in five steps — no experience needed.
Step by Step
Reading a chart in five steps
- 01
Start with the Big Three
Sun, Moon, and Rising — your core identity, your emotional nature, and the face you show the world. These three anchor the whole chart.
- 02
Find Your Planets in Signs
Planets are the “what” — the core drives: identity, emotion, mind, love, action. The sign is the “how” — the style and archetype that colours each drive, direct like Aries or steady like Taurus.
- 03
Look at the Houses
Houses are the “where” — the life arenas (self, money, communication, home, work, partnership) where each planet’s drive actually plays out.
- 04
Check Major Aspects
Aspects are “how they relate” — the angles between planets, showing whether energies cooperate, challenge, or transform one another.
- 05
Notice Angles & Nodes
The Ascendant and Midheaven frame the chart, and the lunar nodes hint at direction — optional for beginners.
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Your full birth chart, with a written interpretation for every placement.
Generate My Birth ChartThe Ten Planets at a Glance
Sun — Identity, vitality, will — who I am and what I aim to become.
Moon — Emotions, instincts, needs — how I feel safe and nurtured.
Mercury — Thinking, learning, communication — how I process and express.
Venus — Love, values, beauty — what I love and attract.
Mars — Action, desire, courage — how I assert and take initiative.
Jupiter — Growth, luck, wisdom — where I find opportunity and meaning.
Saturn — Discipline, limits, structure — where I must mature and commit.
Uranus — Innovation, freedom, sudden change — where I break free.
Neptune — Imagination, dreams, spirituality — where boundaries blur.
Pluto — Power, depth, transformation — where I face change and rebirth.
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Aspects
The full planet-by-planet aspect grid.