Last updated October 25, 2026
Free Astrocartography Chart Calculator, Lines Explained
The full map is free with no account: every planetary line, its meaning, a reading for any place you click, and the cities on your three strongest lines.
Enter your birth details
Use your exact birth time, from a birth certificate or hospital record if you have one. Even a few minutes moves the lines.
Example: A Sample Astrocartography Map
This is a sample chart for someone born 15 January 1990, 2:30 PM, New York City, run through the same engine and city ranking as the calculator above. Each colored line marks where one body sat on an angle at that birth moment, and the cities below sit closest to the chart's highest-ranked lines.
Top three lines for this chart
1. Sun ASC: Self-expression & vitality
- Melbourne, Australia
- Anchorage, United States
- Geelong, Australia
- Mackay, Australia
- Ballarat, Australia
The Sun on the Ascendant colors your appearance and the way you come across. People here tend to read you as confident and warm, and physical energy and a willingness to take the lead often rise. Watch for coming on too strong, since the same line can make you more self-focused than the people around you expect.
2. Jupiter ASC: Optimism & good fortune
- Salvador, Brazil
- Montréal, Canada
- São Luís, Brazil
- Teresina, Brazil
- Aracaju, Brazil
Jupiter on the Ascendant brings optimism to your manner and how you come across. People here tend to see you as generous and open-minded, and you may feel more confident and lucky. It suits travel and study. Watch for overindulgence, since the tradition links this line with appetite and spending running high and with promising more than you can keep.
3. Venus ASC: Attractiveness & charm
- Sydney, Australia
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Newcastle, Australia
- Central Coast, Australia
- Wollongong, Australia
Venus on the Ascendant colors your appearance and first impressions. Others tend to find you more attractive and easy company here, and social invitations often increase. It also sharpens your own sense of style. This line favors pleasure, so spending and the wish to be liked can both run higher than you intend.
What an Astrocartography Map Shows
Astrocartography is your natal chart projected onto a world map. Each line on the free astrocartography map marks where a planet would sit on one of the chart's four angles, and astrologers read those lines for planetary themes and areas of life that may feel emphasized in each place.
Exact birth time required. Lines are computed from the NASA JPL DE440s planetary ephemeris via ANISE, so your angles match professional astrology software.
Interactive map
Generate your planetary lines and inspect any location on the globe.
Real-world context
See notable cities near each line so the map feels immediately usable.
Guided interpretation
Read what each planetary line means, then weigh the angle and how close you are.
Source Boundary for This Map
Astrocartography projects natal planetary angles onto the globe. The map can show which places line up with angular Sun, Moon, planet, Chiron, or nodal lines, and it can help you compare those lines with places you already know.
It does not decide where you should live, prove that a city will be good or bad for you, or replace practical filters like cost, language, legal status, community, climate, work, and safety. Treat it as a symbolic location layer alongside practical relocation research.
Understanding Your Astrocartography Lines
The map becomes much easier to read once you break each line into three questions: what part of life it touches, what kind of energy it carries, and how close you are to it.
Start with the angle
The angle tells you which life topic the place is usually read through first: career, home life, identity, or relationships.
Then add the planet
A Sun line feels very different from a Saturn or Neptune line. The planet describes the tone of the place.
Check how close you are
Lines are read most strongly close to exact. A city a few hundred miles away can still be relevant, but usually more softly.
The Four Angle Types
Each line shows where a planet was angular at the moment of your birth. The angle tells you which part of life the place tends to emphasize first.
MC (Midheaven)
Career, reputation, ambition, and how visible your work becomes.
IC (Imum Coeli)
Home, roots, family patterns, and the quality of your inner foundation.
ASC (Ascendant)
Identity, self-expression, vitality, and how you come across to other people.
DSC (Descendant)
Partnerships, collaborators, clients, and the kinds of people you draw in.
Distance Bands
Within 150 miles (240 km). This is where people usually notice a line most clearly.
150 to 300 miles. Still relevant, especially if the place already matters to you.
300 to 500 miles. More atmospheric than exact, but worth checking for context.
Practical rule of thumb
If a city feels important to you already, check it even if the line is not exact. Context often matters as much as precision.
Planet Themes at a Glance
Think in clusters instead of memorizing thirteen isolated keywords. This gives you a faster first read before you drill into each specific line.
Visibility & momentum
Sun: identity, confidence, purpose
Mars: drive, pressure, assertion
Jupiter: growth, opportunity, expansion
Saturn: structure, duty, long-term effort
Belonging & connection
Moon: comfort, emotion, attachment
Venus: love, ease, beauty, sociability
Mercury: movement, learning, conversation
Neptune: inspiration, sensitivity, idealization
Change & deeper growth
Uranus: disruption, freedom, reinvention
Pluto: intensity, power, transformation
Chiron: healing, teaching, tender growth
Nodes: familiar patterns versus future direction
Why Nearby Cities Matter
The city list is one of the most useful parts of the tool because it turns abstract line geometry into places you can recognize, compare, and investigate further.
Use cities as anchors
Click a suggested city to jump straight to that area of the map and inspect the lines around it.
Check recognition first
Start with places you already know, then expand to places you are seriously considering for travel or relocation.
Learn more about the history and practice of astrocartography
What Each Astrocartography Line Means
Every planet casts four lines, one for each angle it can hold. The planet sets the tone and the angle sets the arena, so a Venus line near your Midheaven reads differently from a Venus line near your Ascendant. Read the bodies whose lines fall closest to a place you care about, then use the angle to see which part of life they color. This map draws all thirteen, including both lunar nodes, and each one below opens with an overview followed by its four angle readings: Midheaven, IC, Ascendant and Descendant.
Sun line
Visibility and vitality
The Sun line is where you tend to become more visible and more yourself. People notice you, and you take up more room. On the MC it reads through career and public standing, on the ASC through vitality and physical presence, on the IC through a strong sense of home, and on the DSC through partners who reflect your identity back. Strong Sun places can also run hot, bringing more ego and exposure than some people want.
Sun on the Midheaven (MC)
The Sun on the Midheaven puts your identity on career and reputation. Work here tends to be visible, and people in authority are more likely to notice what you do, which suits leadership and any role with your name on it. That visibility cuts both ways, since success here draws scrutiny and setbacks are just as public.
Sun on the Imum Coeli (IC)
The Sun at the IC puts your identity into home and private life. Many people feel a strong pull to settle here, and questions of family and heritage, often on the father's side, come forward. This line tends to turn your energy inward, so it suits building a base more than building a public profile.
Sun on the Ascendant (ASC)
The Sun on the Ascendant colors your appearance and the way you come across. People here tend to read you as confident and warm, and physical energy and a willingness to take the lead often rise. Watch for coming on too strong, since the same line can make you more self-focused than the people around you expect.
Sun on the Descendant (DSC)
The Sun on the Descendant puts your identity into partnership. You tend to meet significant people here, partners and collaborators with strong personalities who reflect you back to yourself, and those bonds can shape your direction. It is easy to start defining yourself through the other person here, or to feel outshone by them.
Moon line
Belonging and emotional home
The Moon line is about where you feel held. It often marks places that feel instantly familiar and stirs the need for care and comfort. The IC Moon line is the classic 'this feels like home' signature, the ASC makes your feelings more visible, the DSC draws nurturing (sometimes needy) relationships, and the MC can put family or the public's mood at the center of your work. The comfort here can tip into over-attachment.
Moon on the Midheaven (MC)
The Moon on the Midheaven puts your feelings and needs on public display. Work that cares for people or serves the public tends to fit, such as hospitality, caregiving, food or property, and you may become known more widely here. Reputation can rise and fall with the public mood, and your private moods tend to show at work.
Moon on the Imum Coeli (IC)
The Moon at the IC is one of the classic lines for feeling at home. It falls on roots and private life, and it often brings an immediate sense of belonging and an easier time settling in. The caution is attachment: comfort here can turn into clinging to the past, and moods tied to family run close to the surface.
Moon on the Ascendant (ASC)
The Moon on the Ascendant puts your emotional life on the surface. People here tend to find you approachable and caring, and your instincts about others often sharpen. Because moods show quickly and you can absorb the feelings of the people around you, this line suits places where you have support and some room to retreat.
Moon on the Descendant (DSC)
The Moon on the Descendant puts emotional needs into one-to-one relationships. Partners met here tend to be caring and attentive to your inner life, and bonds can form quickly and feel familiar. Dependency is the traditional warning, where one person slips into parenting the other, so watch whether the care runs both ways.
Mercury line
Ideas and quick movement
Mercury lines speed up the mind. You may find yourself writing, teaching, negotiating, or simply talking more, and connections form through words and ideas. The MC favors communication work and being known for what you say, the ASC sharpens wit and curiosity, the DSC brings clever and chatty partners, and the IC keeps the mental activity close to home and study. Watch for scattered focus and too many open threads.
Mercury on the Midheaven (MC)
Mercury on the Midheaven puts the mind to work in public. It favors careers built on words and trade, such as writing, teaching, media or commerce, and your ideas are more likely to be heard and credited. It can also bring a crowded schedule and frequent changes of role, which tends to scatter focus over time.
Mercury on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Mercury at the IC brings mental activity into home and private life. Home tends to become a place for study and desk work, and conversation with family runs freely. Some people use this line to research family history. The tradition also links it with frequent moves and a household that rarely feels quiet.
Mercury on the Ascendant (ASC)
Mercury on the Ascendant shapes how you come across, usually quick and curious. People here tend to read you as articulate, and you may pick up the local language and customs faster than usual. Nervous energy is the shadow, so build quiet time into the week if the place leaves you scattered or overstimulated.
Mercury on the Descendant (DSC)
Mercury on the Descendant puts communication at the center of partnership. You tend to meet partners and collaborators through ideas and shared work, and this line favors negotiation and contracts. Relationships can stay in the head, with plenty of talk standing in for closeness, so notice whether the bond goes deeper than conversation.
Venus line
Ease and affection
The Venus line is one of the gentlest places on the map. Relationships come more easily, surroundings feel more pleasant, and daily life softens. On the DSC it is a classic love and partnership signature, on the ASC it warms how you come across, on the MC it can sweeten reputation and creative work, and on the IC it makes home beautiful and welcoming. The shadow is comfort that quietly lowers your ambition.
Venus on the Midheaven (MC)
Venus on the Midheaven brings charm to career and reputation. Work in the arts, design, diplomacy or beauty tends to fit, and you are often well liked by colleagues and the public. When goodwill comes this readily, it is tempting to coast on popularity, so the line rewards people who pair the charm with real output.
Venus on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Venus at the IC makes home and family one of the pleasant parts of life. You tend to invest in a beautiful living space here, and family relationships often feel warmer and easier than elsewhere. Comfort can make it hard to leave the house or to push yourself in other areas.
Venus on the Ascendant (ASC)
Venus on the Ascendant colors your appearance and first impressions. Others tend to find you more attractive and easy company here, and social invitations often increase. It also sharpens your own sense of style. This line favors pleasure, so spending and the wish to be liked can both run higher than you intend.
Venus on the Descendant (DSC)
Venus on the Descendant is one of the classic love lines. It falls on partners and one-to-one relationships, and it tends to bring affectionate connections and smoother dealings with others, business partners included. The caution is idealization: Venus prefers harmony, so you may overlook problems early or avoid the disagreements every relationship needs.
Mars line
Drive and friction
Mars lines turn the heat up. You move faster and push harder, which can mean real courage and output or conflict and burnout. The MC channels the drive into ambition and competition, the ASC makes you more assertive and physically charged, the DSC attracts strong (sometimes combative) partners, and the IC can raise tension at home. These places reward people who have somewhere to put the energy and unsettle those who do not.
Mars on the Midheaven (MC)
Mars on the Midheaven puts drive into career and public standing. You tend to work harder and compete more openly here, which suits entrepreneurial and physical work. Clashes with bosses and rivals are linked with this line, and the pace can lead to burnout when there is no rest built into the week.
Mars on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Mars at the IC brings energy and heat into home and family. Home tends to become a place of activity, with renovation and physical projects around the house. Household arguments and a restless base are the usual shadow, so this line suits people who want to build something at home more than people looking for rest.
Mars on the Ascendant (ASC)
Mars on the Ascendant adds force to your physical presence and how you come across. Many people feel more energetic and willing to take risks here, and others read them as direct and competitive, which suits sport and physical challenges. Haste is the risk: impatience and quarrels come easily, and the tradition links the line with accidents, so slow down where it matters.
Mars on the Descendant (DSC)
Mars on the Descendant puts energy and desire into partnership. You tend to attract bold, active partners here, and relationships start fast and run hot. The tradition also reads the Descendant as open opponents, so this line can bring competitors and disputes. Arguments can escalate quickly, which makes clear agreements and fair fights worth the effort.
Jupiter line
Growth and opportunity
The Jupiter line is the map's most sought-after signature: opportunity, optimism, and a sense that doors open. It tends to enlarge whatever it touches. The MC is read for career growth and good standing, the ASC for confidence and a generous presence, the DSC for helpful partners and mentors, and the IC for a settled, abundant home base. The one caution is excess, since Jupiter can inflate spending and over-promising just as easily as luck.
Jupiter on the Midheaven (MC)
Jupiter on the Midheaven is one of the most sought-after career lines. It tends to bring opportunity and a growing reputation, and it favors teaching, publishing, law and international work. Jupiter enlarges whatever it touches, so taking on more than you can deliver is the usual way this line goes wrong.
Jupiter on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Jupiter at the IC brings growth into home and family life. It is often read as a fortunate line for property and a generous household, and many people feel settled and supported here. It can also deepen an interest in heritage. The trade-off is excess: a bigger home and a comfortable life can run over budget and make you reluctant to move on.
Jupiter on the Ascendant (ASC)
Jupiter on the Ascendant brings optimism to your manner and how you come across. People here tend to see you as generous and open-minded, and you may feel more confident and lucky. It suits travel and study. Watch for overindulgence, since the tradition links this line with appetite and spending running high and with promising more than you can keep.
Jupiter on the Descendant (DSC)
Jupiter on the Descendant brings growth through partners and one-to-one dealings. You tend to meet generous, helpful people here, mentors and business partners included, and agreements made here are often read as favorable. It is easy to assume the other person will provide, though, or to say yes to a partnership too quickly because the mood is so good.
Saturn line
Structure and long work
Saturn lines ask for effort. They can feel heavier and more serious, and rewards are earned slowly rather than handed over. That weight also builds real competence and lasting structures, which is why Saturn places tend to mature you. The MC brings responsibility and authority along with scrutiny, the ASC can feel restrictive or aging, the DSC pulls in older or more committed partners, and the IC makes home a place of duty. Good for building, harder for playing.
Saturn on the Midheaven (MC)
Saturn on the Midheaven puts structure and responsibility on career and reputation. Progress here tends to be slow and earned, and what you build often lasts, which suits roles that reward expertise and reliability. The caution is weight: the tradition links this line with heavy duties and harsh scrutiny from authority, and recognition can take years to arrive.
Saturn on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Saturn at the IC brings responsibility into home and family. You may take on family duties here or put real effort into maintaining a property, and the upside is a solid, well-built base. It is often read as one of the heavier places to live, where home can feel cold and isolated and settling in takes patience.
Saturn on the Ascendant (ASC)
Saturn on the Ascendant gives your manner a serious, grounded weight. People here tend to see you as competent, sometimes older than you are, and steady self-discipline comes more easily. This line can also feel restrictive and lower your spirits, so it suits focused work periods better than a place to unwind.
Saturn on the Descendant (DSC)
Saturn on the Descendant brings commitment and responsibility into partnership. You tend to meet serious, reliable people here, often older or more established, and relationships move slowly toward something durable. Partnership can feel like work on this line, which the tradition links with delay and loneliness in relationships, so commitments made here ask for patience.
Uranus line
Freedom and sudden change
The Uranus line shakes the routine loose. Life can feel more electric and unpredictable, with sudden changes that break old patterns. It suits reinvention and independence and unsettles anything you wanted to keep stable. The ASC makes you more unconventional and restless, the MC brings unusual or tech-forward work and abrupt career turns, the DSC attracts free-spirited partners, and the IC keeps you from putting down heavy roots. Exciting, rarely calm.
Uranus on the Midheaven (MC)
Uranus on the Midheaven brings change and originality to career and reputation. It favors technology, science, reform and freelance work, and your public role may take sudden turns. Jobs here can start and end abruptly, and you may chafe against hierarchy, so this line rewards people who can live with an unpredictable professional life.
Uranus on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Uranus at the IC brings change and independence into home and family. Unusual living arrangements and frequent moves are typical of this line. It rarely gives a sense of deep roots, and family life can feel disrupted, so it suits people who want freedom at home more than people who want stability.
Uranus on the Ascendant (ASC)
Uranus on the Ascendant brings originality to your style and how you come across. People here tend to see you as different, and many people use this line to reinvent their look or way of life. Independence becomes a strong need. Restlessness is the risk: you may resist any routine, and others can read you as unpredictable or hard to pin down.
Uranus on the Descendant (DSC)
Uranus on the Descendant brings excitement and change into partnership. You tend to meet unconventional people here, and relationships can begin suddenly and feel electric. It suits open, freedom-loving arrangements. The caution is instability: bonds formed here can end as suddenly as they start, so a long-term partnership asks both people to keep room for independence.
Neptune line
Dreams and blur
Neptune lines dissolve edges. Imagination and artistic sensitivity rise, and so does the risk of escapism or seeing places and people as more than they are. The ASC can make you feel dreamy and hard to pin down, the MC blurs career direction while feeding creative and healing work, the DSC idealizes partners, and the IC can fog your sense of home. Beautiful for art and retreat, tricky for anything that needs clear facts.
Neptune on the Midheaven (MC)
Neptune on the Midheaven brings imagination and idealism to career and reputation. Artistic and healing work tend to fit, including film, music, spiritual work and charity, and your public image can carry some glamour. Career direction can be hard to pin down, and the tradition links this line with confusion or deception around reputation, so check facts and contracts.
Neptune on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Neptune at the IC brings idealism and sensitivity into home and family. You may feel a spiritual tie to the place or idealize it, and homes near water often appeal. Confusion about home and family is linked with this line in the tradition, along with hidden problems in a property, so get a careful survey before you buy.
Neptune on the Ascendant (ASC)
Neptune on the Ascendant blurs the edge between you and other people. Others tend to see you as sensitive or artistic, and they may project their own hopes onto you. Intuition and creative work often deepen here. It can be harder to hold a clear sense of self, though, and escapism has more pull than usual.
Neptune on the Descendant (DSC)
Neptune on the Descendant brings idealism into partnership. Relationships formed here can feel spiritual and compassionate, and you may be drawn to artistic or sensitive partners. The caution is disillusionment: it is easy to see partners as you wish they were, and the tradition links this line with deception in relationships and business deals, so clear boundaries and written terms help.
Pluto line
Power and transformation
Pluto lines run deep. Experiences here tend to be intense and transformative, surfacing power dynamics and buried material you cannot ignore. People are often changed by these places rather than simply comfortable in them. The ASC amplifies presence and magnetism along with control struggles, the MC brings powerful and high-stakes work, the DSC attracts consuming, fated-feeling relationships, and the IC excavates family and psychological roots. Not gentle, but often the most growth-forcing line on the map.
Pluto on the Midheaven (MC)
Pluto on the Midheaven brings intensity and power to career and reputation. This line suits work with high stakes or influence behind the scenes, and career changes here can be total. Power struggles with authority figures and institutions are a recurring theme, and a public role here can bring more scrutiny than you want.
Pluto on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Pluto at the IC brings deep change into home and family. Living here tends to bring family patterns and old emotional material to the surface, and it is often read as a place of psychological reckoning. The process can be intense, and it can lead to real renewal. Watch for control battles at home and with family, which the tradition links with this line.
Pluto on the Ascendant (ASC)
Pluto on the Ascendant brings intensity to your presence and how you come across. Others tend to sense depth in you and may find you magnetic or intimidating, and personal reinvention often speeds up here. People can react strongly to a presence you never meant to project, and power struggles in daily dealings are linked with this line.
Pluto on the Descendant (DSC)
Pluto on the Descendant brings intensity into partnership. Relationships here tend to be all-or-nothing, with partners who change you deeply and bonds that can feel fated. The tradition links this line with jealousy and power struggles, between partners and in business deals alike, so it rewards people who can name those dynamics openly.
Chiron line
Wounds and healing
The Chiron line touches the tender place. It can bring old wounds to the surface, and it is also where healing and the ability to help others tend to open. Many people find these places uncomfortable and quietly important. The ASC makes the vulnerability more visible, the MC points toward healing or mentoring work, the DSC draws relationships that reopen and mend old hurts, and the IC works on family and inherited pain. Growth here usually comes through what once hurt.
Chiron on the Midheaven (MC)
Chiron on the Midheaven connects your old wounds with career and public role. Work in healing, counseling, teaching or advocacy tends to feel meaningful here, and your own history can become a source of credibility. A sore spot may play out in public, and questions of worth and recognition can sting more here than elsewhere.
Chiron on the Imum Coeli (IC)
Chiron at the IC brings family and ancestral wounds into home life. Living here can bring childhood patterns to the surface, and the line is often read as a place to repair them and break inherited cycles. The process can be uncomfortable, though: home may feel unrestful at first, and old family hurts can surface before anything mends.
Chiron on the Ascendant (ASC)
Chiron on the Ascendant makes your vulnerability visible to others. People who need support tend to find you here, and your own experience of hurt can become a way to connect and help. Self-consciousness is the shadow: you may feel exposed or awkward in your manner, so give yourself the care you offer others.
Chiron on the Descendant (DSC)
Chiron on the Descendant brings old wounds into one-to-one relationships. Partners met here tend to touch tender spots, and relationships can become a place where both people heal through honesty and patience. Watch for the rescuer dynamic, where one of you does the healing and the other waits to be healed, which can unbalance the partnership.
North Node line
Your growth edge
The North Node line points toward the unfamiliar path that helps you grow. These places can feel slightly uncomfortable at first, since they ask for skills you are still developing, then reward you for stretching into them. The MC frames it through vocation and where you are heading publicly, the ASC through a new way of showing up, the DSC through relationships that pull you forward, and the IC through the foundations you are meant to build next. A lean-in line rather than a restful one.
North Node on the Midheaven (MC)
The North Node on the Midheaven points the node axis toward career and reputation. Work here tends to ask for skills you are still building, which can feel unfamiliar at first and rewarding as they develop.
North Node on the Imum Coeli (IC)
The North Node at the IC points the node axis toward home and roots. Settling here tends to ask for new ways of looking after yourself and the people you live with.
North Node on the Ascendant (ASC)
The North Node on the Ascendant points the node axis toward how you present yourself and act on your own behalf. Life here tends to ask you to lead with qualities you are still developing.
North Node on the Descendant (DSC)
The North Node on the Descendant points the node axis toward other people. Partners and collaborators met here tend to draw out capacities you are still developing, and cooperation is part of the work.
South Node line
The well-worn path
The South Node line feels like something you already know. These places can be comforting and karmic, often echoing the past or old habits, which makes them easy to settle into and easy to get stuck in. The IC deepens the sense of return and roots, the ASC makes the familiar self more automatic, the DSC brings relationships that feel like reunions, and the MC can replay old vocational patterns. Restful and safe, though rarely where you break new ground.
South Node on the Midheaven (MC)
The South Node on the Midheaven puts the familiar end of the node axis on career and standing. Work here can lean on skills you already have, and the tradition reads the South Node as releasing, so ease here may come with less sense of new growth.
South Node on the Imum Coeli (IC)
The South Node at the IC puts the familiar end of the node axis on home and family. A place can feel easy to settle into, and old domestic habits tend to return there.
South Node on the Ascendant (ASC)
The South Node on the Ascendant puts the familiar end of the node axis on your own manner and approach. Habitual responses come easily here, which can be a resource or a rut depending on what you want from the place.
South Node on the Descendant (DSC)
The South Node on the Descendant puts the familiar end of the node axis on partners and close relationships. People met here can feel known quickly, and old relationship patterns tend to repeat.
Found a line worth exploring? A relocation chart recasts your entire chart for that city, and a local space map turns the same planetary energies into compass directions from where you stand now. Once a place matters, the Cyclocartography Calculator compares moving line proximity at monthly checkpoints.
How to Use Your Astrocartography Map
Use the tool as a reflection aid alongside practical relocation research. These four steps can give you a clearer read than skimming the whole globe at once.
Step 1
Compare places you already know
Start with cities where you have lived, studied, worked, or fallen in love. The map makes more sense when you test it against experience first.
Step 2
Match places to the life theme you want
Career searches might start with Sun, Jupiter, or Saturn lines. Relationship questions often turn attention toward Venus, Moon, or Descendant lines.
Step 3
Inspect individual locations
A line rarely describes an entire nation equally. Click the map, inspect the nearest lines, and compare nearby cities before making assumptions.
Step 4
Use astrology with practical filters
Astrocartography is best as a narrowing tool. Pair it with cost of living, language, visa realities, climate, and your actual support system.
One important limitation
Astrocartography depends on the same birth details you would use for a birth chart. Even a small birth-time error can shift angles enough to change how a city reads, so use the most accurate time you can.
Best when you are asking:
Where might career visibility be easier to explore?
Which places may support relationship or home-life themes?
Why did a specific city affect me so strongly?
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an astrocartography chart?
An astrocartography chart maps where each planet in your birth chart was angular: rising, setting, at its highest point, or at its lowest point at the moment you were born. The result is a world map of planetary lines showing where different symbolic themes are most emphasized. The technique was developed by astrologer Jim Lewis in 1976.
How do I find my astrocartography?
Enter your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location in the form above to generate your personal astrocartography map. Your birth time must be accurate because even small differences shift the planetary lines significantly.
Do I need my exact birth time for astrocartography?
Yes, birth time is required. Astrocartography is based on where planets were angular at your birth, and angles shift significantly with even small time differences. Without an accurate birth time, the lines on your map would be unreliable. Check your birth certificate or hospital records for your exact time.
Is this astrocartography calculator really free? Do I need to sign up or enter my email?
Yes. With no account, sign-up or email you get the full map with every planetary line, each line's meaning, a reading for any place you click, and the cities on your three strongest lines. A free account adds the cities on every other line, saves your map, and opens custom transit dates and progressed lines. Your birth data is used only to compute your chart and is not stored. You can generate as many charts as you want.
What do the different astrocartography lines mean?
There are four line types: MC (Midheaven) lines relate to career and public life. IC (Imum Coeli) lines relate to home, family, and roots. ASC (Ascendant) lines describe how you present yourself and are perceived. DSC (Descendant) lines highlight partnerships and relationships. Each planet adds its own theme. For example, Venus DSC may describe a place where romantic or social themes are easier to notice.
How do I use my astrocartography map?
Look at which planetary lines pass near places you've lived, traveled to, or are considering. Check the line type and planet to understand what themes that location may emphasize for you. Pay attention to where lines cross because these intersections combine the symbolism of both planets. The closer you are to a line, the stronger the traditional interpretation.
How accurate is this astrocartography map generator?
Augurine uses the JPL DE440s planetary ephemeris via ANISE, the same data backbone NASA uses for mission planning. Planetary line positions match what professional astrology software produces. The practical accuracy ceiling is the birth time and location you enter, because angles and planetary lines shift quickly when the recorded birth data is off.
Should I move based on my astrocartography chart?
Astrocartography is one factor among many in location decisions. It highlights potential themes, not guarantees. Practical considerations like cost of living, career opportunities, language, climate, and personal circumstances matter as much or more than planetary lines. Use your chart as one input alongside real-world research.
What are the best astrocartography lines for love, career, or creativity?
For relationships, look for Venus DSC (partnerships) or Venus ASC (social ease) lines. For career, Sun MC or Jupiter MC lines are often read for professional visibility and opportunity. For creativity, Venus MC or Neptune ASC lines can describe artistic expression. Remember that every planet brings both opportunities and challenges.
How far from a line do I need to be for it to affect me?
Most astrologers consider the influence strongest within about 150 miles (240 km) of a line. Between 150-300 miles, the influence is moderate. Beyond 300 miles, it fades significantly. The exact distance varies by practitioner, but 150 miles is the most commonly cited threshold.
What are parans in astrocartography?
Parans are latitude crossings where lines from two different planets intersect, meaning both planets are simultaneously angular at that latitude. On the map, they appear as horizontal dashed bands spanning the globe. If you live near a paran latitude, astrologers read the combined symbolism of both planets. For example, a Sun ASC / Moon DSC paran brings identity and partnership themes into the same location layer.
What does it mean to be east or west of an astrocartography line?
Angular lines act as house cusps projected onto the globe. Your position relative to a line determines which house that planet's symbolism is read through. For example, being east of an MC line places you in the 9th house side (higher learning, travel, publishing themes), while being west puts you in the 10th house side (career, public reputation). This adds nuance beyond simple proximity because two cities equidistant from the same line can feel quite different depending on which side they fall.
What are transit and progressed overlays in astrocartography?
Transit overlays show where planets are angular right now (or on any chosen date), highlighting locations with a stronger timing signal in the present moment. Progressed overlays use the day-for-a-year method to show how your personal map has evolved since birth. Where overlay lines cross your natal lines, astrologers read a more active symbolic zone for travel timing or for comparing why a place feels different now than it did years ago.
What does my Sun line mean in astrocartography?
Your Sun line marks places where you tend to become more visible and more yourself, which is why it is read for confidence and recognition. The angle refines it: on the MC it points to career and public standing, on the ASC to personal presence and health, on the IC to a strong sense of home, and on the DSC to partners who reflect your identity. Every other planet casts its own line with its own tone, so read your Sun line alongside the other lines that pass near the same place rather than on its own.
What do the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn lines mean?
These four are the lines most people check first. The Sun line is read for visibility and vitality, Venus for ease and pleasant surroundings, Jupiter for growth and opportunity, and Saturn for structure and slow-built achievement. The first three are usually treated as supportive, while Saturn lines are heavier and more demanding, though each one carries both gifts and costs depending on the angle and how close you are. The map on this page draws all thirteen bodies, so you can compare these four against your Moon and outer-planet lines too.
Can astrocartography tell me where I should live?
Not on its own. Astrocartography shows where different themes in your chart are emphasized, so it can point you toward places that may support a goal like career visibility or a restful home base. It does not account for cost of living, visas, language, climate, or the people you would be leaving or joining, and those usually weigh more than any single line. Use it to build a shortlist worth researching, then test each place against the practical realities before you decide.
Keep your map and see the cities on every line.
A free account saves this map so you can come back without retyping your birth details, opens the city list for every line, and adds custom transit dates and progressed lines.