
The relocated chart is the basis for most locational astrology, even astrocartography, perhaps the most common (and prettiest) locational astrology technique, where planetary lines of a million hypothetical relocated charts are condensed onto a map of the world in vibrant colored lines. While you will always default to your natal chart using the location where you were born for just about any astrological inquiry, you can learn a lot about how you will experience a place based on what’s known as the “relocated natal chart.”

How does location impact astrology and energy after you’re born? If the baby born in Boston is a Leo rising and the baby born in Tokyo is an Aquarius rising, they will have vastly different personalities, life experiences, and birth charts just because they’re born in different locations. The difference between a baby born in Tokyo and a baby born in Boston at the exact same minute of the same day is the sign on the horizon–– the rising sign! Obviously, this is because of time zones and the fact that it’s always night and it’s always daylight somewhere in the world. However, it also determines the remaining twelve houses of the chart. You might know this as the rising sign or ascendant, which says a lot about how you show up to other people. One of the most significant parts of any natal chart is the sign rising up on the horizon when the chart is created (a.k.a., the time you were born). But thorough astrology is much more than planets in signs––there is a whole chart to unpack! What should I look for in astrocartography?

Whether you’re born in Tokyo or Boston, the planets in your chart will stay in the same signs. It can help you discover the best (and worst) places to live all around the world. It’s important enough to call for an entire branch of astrology known as Locational Astrology, commonly referred to as astrocartography or astrogeography.

The third and final piece of critical information is often the most overlooked. To calculate an astrological birth chart, you need three things: birth date, birth time, and location. SHARES Find your best places in the world using locational astrology
