What Is a Natal Chart?
Astronomy meets interpretation
Your Map of the Sky
A natal chart is a snapshot of where every planet was at the exact moment you were born, as seen from the place you were born. No two charts are identical unless two people were born at the same second, in the same location.
We compute charts using the VSOP87 ephemeris — the same planetary position model used by NASA. The astronomy is precise. The interpretation is where the ancient tradition begins.
The Key Placements
- Sun — your core identity
- Moon — your emotional interior
- Ascendant — how the world sees you
- Mercury — how you think and communicate
- Venus — how and what you love
- Mars — your drive and ambition
- Jupiter — where you find growth
- Saturn — the structures that shape you
Not a Generic Horoscope
A newspaper horoscope uses only your Sun sign — one placement out of eight or more. A full natal chart captures the complexity: a Virgo Sun with an Aries Moon and Leo Rising is a very different person than a Virgo Sun with a Pisces Moon and Cancer Rising. Your reading interprets every placement against your specific question.