How to Create Your Own Astrology Chart in 3 Simple Steps
the basics of creating your birth chart for free!
Hi, I’m Kaitlyn 👋
I write about real life through the lens of astrology. My goal is to help as many people as possible learn to love themselves for who they are—dark parts and all. I believe the parts we were taught to hide are where our true gifts lie.
Going forward, I will be bringing occasional astro-education pieces to paid subscribers in the Cosmic Classroom. If you’re interested in learning more about yourself through the lens of your own chart, be sure to follow along!
This first edition is free for everyone—you’re welcome to join the Cosmic Classroom at any time by upgrading your subscription.
Have you ever looked at a birth chart and wondered, “wtf is this and where do I even start?”
If you have, you’re not alone.
The first time I saw a birth chart (also called a natal chart), I was overwhelmed. It felt like the scene from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” where Charlie loses his mind trying to figure out who Pepe Silvia is.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
But, I do want to preface this post by saying astrology is a language—it’s complex, and it’s quite literally impossible to learn it in one sitting, possibly even in one lifetime. You wouldn’t sit down and expect to speak Mandarin fluently after reading one post, and learning astrology is similar in this way.
Your walls may look like Charlie’s throughout the process, but if you stick around the Cosmic Classroom, I will make sure it’s a lot less overwhelming.
Give yourself grace if you don’t get it right away.
Not to mention all of the difference schools of thought, house systems, lineages, and everything you can do with the language once you learn it. The possibilities are endless, and I hope this is just the beginning of your astro learning journey.
There are people out there who may never have an interest in learning astrology, and that’s fine. If you’re curious about learning more about yourself through the lens of astrology without the desire to spend time studying, I’d recommend booking a session. In my readings, I won’t overwhelm you with astro-jargon you don’t understand, but rather bring you the essence of you via your chart in a language you can understand. Let me do the leg-work for you.
**Warning: stop here if you’re not ready to go down the rabbit hole.
Creating your own chart in 3 easy steps:
1. Create an account
Go to www.astro.com and create a free account. This is the website I recommend most, as it’s accurate and one of the easiest to navigate. There are plenty of options to play around with as you get more comfortable and start synthesising your knowledge.
2. Input your birth information
This is where you’ll need your birth information (or the information of the person you’d like to create a chart for). You’ll need the name, date of birth, time of birth, and place of birth of the person in question.
On the “Stored Astro Data” page, click + Add new Astro data.
Input the information of the chart you’d like to generate.
The time of birth is really important here. The time of birth will affect the rising sign1, which changes approximately every two hours—the closer to the correct birth time, the better. Ask your parents, get your long form birth certificate, or contact vital statistics if you don’t have it. There are astrologers who can reverse engineer your birth time as a last resort—this is called chart rectification.
If you don’t have the birth time, you can still look at the planets in each sign, but disregard the houses and rising sign. The moon (and other personal planets near the end/beginning of a sign) may also change as it moves quite quickly, too.
You will still be able to gather valuable information, but it won’t be as in depth if you don’t have the time of birth.
3. Get your birth chart!
Once the information is input into the system, you will see the name of the person in the Stored Astro Data page. Click the name to generate the natal chart. You will be brought to a page with many options.
For now, we will be working with the quick access chart drawing.
You will then be brought to the image of the natal chart for the selected person.
Be sure to save your chart or print it out—this is just the beginning. It will be useful as you continue on this journey of learning more about yourself through the lens of astrology.
Now if you’ve gotten this far, you may be thinking it’s about as useful as a credit card with no balance. Don’t worry, we’ll get you the funds you need in the currency of knowledge.
We’re going to take it slow and simple here.
If you have any questions about this process, leave a comment and I would be happy to help you out!
In the next post, we will learn how to identify the things you see on the photo above. Keep your own chart nearby as we explore it together.
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The constellation rising on the Eastern horizon at the time of birth.
If time of birth is as significant as you say, is there a way for adjusting if you were born in a different country and therefore in a different time zone?
Thanks for starting this series. I’m excited to follow along.