How a planet lines map works: angles, orbs and the birth time

One moment, the whole globe

At the moment of birth each planet was rising for some places on Earth, overhead for others, setting or underfoot for others still. Joining those places gives four lines per planet: forty lines for ten planets. The MC and IC lines run north to south; the rising and setting lines curve across the map.

Why the birth time matters

The Earth turns 15 degrees an hour. A birth time off by one hour moves the MC and IC lines by 15 degrees of longitude, up to about 1,000 km at middle latitudes. Fifteen minutes is already around 250 km. That is why the map and the report ask for the time from a birth certificate where possible.

Distance from a line

A line is not a wall. Its effect is usually read as strongest within about 300 km and fading towards 800 km. The report gives the distance in kilometres for every line near a city, so you can judge how close it really is.

Supportive and challenging lines

Lines are weighed for a goal: Venus on the setting line counts for love, Jupiter overhead for career, the Moon underfoot for home. Saturn, Mars or Pluto near a city are shown too, because a tool that hides them misrepresents the method.

Parans and local space

Parans are latitudes where two planets are on angles at the same time, which adds places that sit far from the lines themselves. Local space draws directions from your birthplace towards each planet. The report uses both only where they touch the cities in it.

What the map cannot do

It describes tendencies of places, for entertainment and self-reflection. It does not replace practical questions about visas, jobs, housing or safety, and it does not promise that a move will change your life.

The calculation runs on the same engine as astroway.info; the free map in your browser is checked against it to within a fraction of a degree.