Birth chart
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
A birth chart (natal chart) plots the Sun, Moon, planets, ascendant, and house cusps for your birth moment and location.
Sun-sign identity is one slice of that wheel. Our multi-tradition cards show parallel views (Western, Indian Vedic, Chinese, and others) rather than one full wheel.
Example: see it on a birth date
A birth chart for January 1, 2022 can start with the sun sign Capricorn and an Indian Vedic Moon estimate of Vrishchika rashi.
Houses and rising sign still need a birth time and place. A date-only chart is only the pieces a date can support.
Enter your own date on the Zodiac Sign Calculator.
Data requirements
Full charts need date, exact time, and birthplace coordinates. Rising sign and house systems cannot be inferred from date alone.
Related
Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links to the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Indian Vedic pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Rising Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Lagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Moon Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Janma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.