Use the interactive map

How do I change the visible lines?

Generate a map from the birth-details form, then confirm its date and birthplace. If those are wrong, use birth-data correction before interpreting the map.

Use the planet controls above or beside the map. A planet's color identifies it; color is not a good-or-bad score. The solid-line guide covers ASC / MC and the dashed-line guide covers DSC / IC, so select a line to confirm its exact angle.

Start with a manageable display, then bring other available planets back when you need broader context. Filtering to one planet is a way to inspect its evidence, not a complete conclusion about a place. For the meaning of planets, angles, and distances, use the map-reading guide.

If you need a file of the map, Download Map is a separate action with its own access conditions. A downloaded image does not preserve clickable lines, movable selections, or your research notes.

What is the difference between choosing a point and choosing a line?

Click an open area of the map to inspect that point. Confirm the selected coordinates in How this place may affect you before reading its answer. You can also focus the map, use the arrow keys to move it, and press Enter to preview its center. The chosen coordinates are a research location, not a replacement birthplace.

Click a visible ordinary planetary line when your question is about that line. Open See why we reached this answer and look for Selected planetary line, the planet name, and the angle. Read any other nearby visible evidence alongside it. A selected Sun line alone does not describe every influence at the location.

Our worked example uses synthetic birth details: 15 January 1990, 12:15, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, with the time treated as known. We first hid all lines, selected the map center, and then enabled Sun without changing the birth details or the selected point.

The counts above are the panel's results for this selection, not a count of every possible Sun line worldwide. Keep the selected coordinates and visible planets in your notes so another view is not mistaken for the same evidence.

Later in the same map, we clicked the Sun MC line near 38.96° N · 1.39° W. The evidence section identified Sun · MC / Midheaven, connecting Sun's visibility and recognition themes with career, reputation, and public direction. This was a different selected point. Its interpretation does not transfer back to the first coordinates, and it does not establish that a nearby city is the best place for work.

If you already know the city name, follow Check a city. That workflow identifies the named destination; approximating it with a map click is not the same check.

How do I follow a nearby signal and get back?

Nearby discovery offers a next location to investigate when suitable visible evidence is available. Read the named signal and its distance or direction before following it. A suggestion can be far away; “nearby” is not a promise of a convenient neighborhood or a habitable destination.

1. Keep the original point's coordinates and visible-planet selection in mind.
2. Read the Nearby discovery card. In our example it named Sun MC, about 1,410 km from the original selection.
3. Select Take me there. Check the new coordinates and answer rather than carrying the old distance into the new reading.
4. Use Return to original place to go back and continue the original question.

In this exercise the selection changed from 18.15° N · 11.95° E to 18.62° N · 1.40° W; returning restored the original coordinates. That is a movement within the research map. It is not a travel-distance estimate, an instruction to relocate, or a ranking of cities. The next guidance card can change because you are now investigating a different point.

A nearby combination of planetary influences is also different from one ordinary line. If a combination is locked, the visible-line answer does not include its full interpretation. Where Planets Work Together is the separate goal-based exploration entry; do not treat a nearby card as a completed global search for your goal.

How do I turn a full location reading into a useful judgment?

Keep the same point selected and read In-Depth Location Reading below the quick answer. Start with Current recommendation, then read What this place suits, What may not suit you, and Confidence in this judgment. Open See the calculation evidence to connect that interpretation to the visible lines. This gives you a way to decide what to investigate during a visit, rather than stopping at a planet's name.

A complete reading of the same Sun MC point

For this part of the lesson, we calculated a complete teaching example with AstroCarto's map calculation and interpretation rules. It uses the same synthetic birth details—15 January 1990, 12:15, Greater London—and the rounded point 38.96° N, 1.39° W. All ten standard planets are available and visible; Lunar Node is off. This is a local calculation example, separate from the earlier locked browser preview. The point is for practising a reading, not a recommendation of a city or a confirmed place to stay.

We keep Sun MC selected. The full evidence contains Sun MC at approximately 1 km, Strong / close, and Venus MC at approximately 400 km, Wide context, with no nearby crossing returned. The calculation distances are 1.2 and 400.3 km; the line cards round them to whole kilometres.

Read the opportunity and its cost together

Suppose your question is whether to investigate a more public-facing working routine. That is our teaching scenario. Sun's visibility theme and MC's career/public-direction theme make a presentation, leadership, or client-facing activity relevant to explore. The caution asks a different but connected question: would the attention, feedback, and expectations feel sustainable for you?

Once you have checked a realistic destination, plan an ordinary trial visit with one relevant activity and time for everyday routines. Afterwards, record both what helped you participate and what felt demanding. Work availability, travel arrangements, and accommodation must be checked separately. A successful presentation alone would not settle whether living there long term suits you.

The recommendation starts with a short stay even though the Sun line is close. Strong / close describes proximity; Moderate describes confidence in this location reading. Keeping those separate lets you investigate the opportunity without reading either label as an unconditional instruction to move.

Keep a note you can use in the next step

An author-suggested note for this example is:

15 January 1990, 12:15, London birth input; selected Sun MC near 38.96° N, 1.39° W; ten standard planets visible. Sun MC is close, with distant Venus MC context. Investigate public-facing work while checking performance pressure. Confidence is Moderate. Begin with a trial visit before evaluating a longer stay.

For your own point, replace the input, evidence, and judgment with what your result actually shows. Once you identify a realistic destination nearby, check that named city so its location is explicit. For an explanation, ask AI with the relevant result context. Keep the note alongside the original result and use saved data and results to check what the account retains.

What should I check when the map seems empty or inconsistent?

Start with the state of the map before drawing a conclusion about the place.

Open your map and explore one location.