Enter your birth data above, then pick a place. NatalChart.AI recalculates your chart for that place, lists the planets that land on its four angles with the orb of each, and scores six areas of life from 1 to 10 with the reason behind every number. That is the practical question behind astrocartography, “what changes for me here?”, answered for one place at a time. The product does not draw planetary lines on a world map. It needs an exact birth time, because the angles move about one degree for every four minutes of it. The positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, and the settings are on the verification page.
What is calculated for a place
- The relocated angles. The Ascendant and the Midheaven for the same moment of birth at the new coordinates, and the twelve Placidus houses that follow from them.
- Planets on the angles. Each planet within reach of the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven or IC, with its orb in degrees: within 1.5° exact, within 3° strong, within 5° moderate, beyond that weak.
- Aspects to the angles and the houses the planets move into in the relocated chart.
- Six scores from 1 to 10, for Identity, Love, Body, Money, Home and Mind, where 5 is neutral, each with the contacts that produced it.
- A ranking of major cities (61 in the catalogue) against your chart, overall or for the spheres you choose.
A worked example: the test chart in Lisbon
The published test chart relocated to Lisbon has its Ascendant at 7°47′ Capricorn and its Midheaven at 0°42′ Scorpio. Planets on the angles:
| Planet | Angle | Orb | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | ASC | 2.12° | strong |
| Neptune | ASC | 6.31° | weak |
| Sphere | Score, 5 is neutral | In words |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | 4.4 | slightly challenging |
| Love | 4.6 | neutral |
| Body | 4.8 | neutral |
| Money | 4.8 | neutral |
| Home | 4.8 | neutral |
| Mind | 4.3 | slightly challenging |
Demonstration birth: 1991-09-06 at 18:30 local time, Kyiv, Ukraine (50.4501° N, 30.5234° E), Europe/Kyiv at UTC+3, so 1991-09-06 15:30 UTC. Tropical zodiac, Placidus houses, Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03. Full result and settings on How to verify your birth chart.
What it can do, and what it cannot
- It can tell you which planets are on the angles of your chart in a given place, and how tightly.
- It can compare places on the same scale, and show why one scores higher for a sphere than another.
- It cannot draw astrocartography lines, parans or crossings on a world map. If you want to see the lines, use a tool that draws them; the comparison of chart tools is on best AI natal chart tools.
- It cannot tell you where to live. A score describes symbolic emphasis, not what will happen, and it knows nothing about visas, safety, money, work or the people you would leave or join.
- It cannot score a place without an exact birth time: the angles would be undetermined.
How to use it for a decision about a place
- List the places you are really choosing between, for practical reasons.
- Score each one and read the contacts behind the numbers, not only the numbers.
- Set it against the year: the solar return can be cast for a place too, and it changes with the place.
- Decide on the practical grounds. Treat the chart as one more way to think about the choice.
Questions
What is a relocation chart?
Your natal chart recalculated as if you had been born at the same moment in a different place. The planets keep their signs and degrees. The Ascendant, the Midheaven and the twelve houses change, because they depend on where on Earth the chart is cast.
What is astrocartography, and does NatalChart.AI draw the lines?
Astrocartography maps where each planet was rising, setting or on the meridian at your birth, as lines on a world map. NatalChart.AI does not draw those lines. It answers the same question from the other side: you pick a place, and it tells you which planets sit on the angles of your chart relocated there, how close, and what that does to six areas of life.
How is a place scored?
From the chart relocated to that place: the planets on its four angles, with the orb of each (within 1.5° counts as exact, 3° as strong, 5° as moderate), the major aspects the planets make to the relocated Ascendant and Midheaven, and the houses the planets move into. A fixed rule turns those into a score from 1 to 10 for Identity, Love, Body, Money, Home and Mind, where 5 is neutral. The same chart and the same place always give the same numbers.
Does this mean I should move there?
No. A score says which symbolic themes of your chart are emphasised in a place. It does not say a place will be good for you, and it knows nothing about visas, safety, cost, work, family, language or health, which should come first.
Do I need an exact birth time?
Yes, for this feature more than any other. The relocated angles move about one degree for every four minutes of birth time, and the whole score rests on them. Without a birth time the angles are undetermined and a place cannot be scored.
Can it find the best cities for me?
It can rank a catalogue of major cities against your chart, overall or for the spheres you care about, and show the contacts behind each rank. 'Best' here means the strongest emphasis of the themes you chose, not a guarantee about life there.
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