birth chart

noun

plural birth charts

astrology : a document describing all of the possible astrological influences on a subject based on the precise time and place of the subject's birth

After years of reading your sun sign's horoscope and nothing else, having your birth chart read can be downright illuminating. Suddenly, you aren't just one solitary sign, but a complex being made up of many planetary signs and points.

—Sara Coughlin

The planets in one's horoscope are archetypal symbols, and the birth chart itself is said to be a unique "map of our soul," that can illuminate our self-awareness of who we are.

—Larry Schwimmer

called also natal chart

Examples of birth chart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Finding The Second House Of The Birth Chart Finding the second house begins with the birth chart, also known as a natal chart, which astrologers interpret based the planetary placements of the exact time, date and location of birth. —Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

You were bound to feel the full extent of these eclipses, as your birth chart is saturated with intense cardinal sign energy (that is, the energy of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn). —Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024

You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas If your friend is learning how to interpret their birth chart for the first time, Chani Nicholas’s New York Times best-selling astrology book is a great gift. —Sara Coughlin, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024

Pioneered by the late American astrologer Jim Lewis in the 1970s, the discipline compares your birth chart with a map of the globe to show where the planets were at the time of your birth. —Rebecca Cope, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above