What a professional reading usually includes
An astrologer doing an astrocartography reading starts from your birth chart, checks the birth time, then works through three layers. The first is the lines: which planets are angular near the places you care about, how close they are, and what each combination of planet and angle means for you specifically, given where that planet sits in your birth chart. The second is parans and crossings: the latitudes where two planets were angular together. The third is the relocation chart for each city: your houses and angles recast for that place.
Many readings add timing too: transits and progressions to the relocated chart, to suggest when a move might feel smoother. And a good reader will ask about your actual life: what you want from a place, where you have lived and how it went. That context turns a map into advice.
Questions worth bringing
| Question | What the reading looks at |
|---|---|
| Where should I move for work? | Sun, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus MC lines; relocated 10th house |
| Where might I meet a partner? | Venus, Jupiter and Moon DSC lines; relocated 7th house |
| Where will I feel at home? | Moon, Venus and Jupiter IC lines; relocated 4th house |
| Why did that city feel so hard? | Mars, Saturn, Pluto lines nearby; outer planets on angles |
| Where should I travel this year? | Lines for the feel you want, plus current transits |
How to do a thorough reading of your own map
- Get the time right. Use the time on your birth certificate or hospital record. A 15-minute error moves every line about 420 km at the equator.
- Make the map on the free astrocartography chart and look first at your Sun, Moon and Ascendant ruler's lines: astrologers consider them the most personal.
- List your places: where you live, where you grew up, and two or three you are considering. Tap each one on the map and note every line within 1,000 km and its strength.
- Read the combinations using the pages for each line, and note which themes repeat.
- Check the parans on each city's latitude in the Parans tab.
- Open the relocation chart for your top two cities to see which houses your key planets move into.
- Rank alternatives in Best places for the theme that matters most, in case a better candidate appears.
Getting value from a paid reading
If you decide to book an astrologer, arrive with your map already made and your questions clear. The most useful sessions focus on two or three real options, not the whole world. Ask how they weight line distance, whether they use parans and local space, and which house system they prefer, so you know how their reading relates to your own map. A reading is interpretation, not prediction: the best ones help you think clearly about a decision rather than make it for you.
Where this site fits
Everything a reading is built on, the lines, distances, parans and relocated charts, is free here, calculated on your device from the planets' true positions. The written meaning of every line is in the line guides, and how to read your chart walks through a complete example.