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Astrology · Placements

Single points
in your birth chart, looked up one at a time

Your chart is not one sign — it is a set of points: rising sign, Moon, Venus, MC and more. Each tells a different part of the story. Here they are, one by one, free and in plain language.

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Every point

Nine points in your chart

Each point answers a different question about you. Pick the one you are curious about — or read below to see which covers what.

Rising sign

How do you come across before you say anything?

Needs your birth time

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

Moon sign

What do you need in order to feel safe?

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

Venus

How do you love — and what do you actually value?

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

MC

What do you want to be known for?

Needs your birth time

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

Descendant

What do you look for in other people?

Needs your birth time

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

IC

Where do you come from — and where do you retreat to?

Needs your birth time

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

South Node

What comes so easily you overlook it?

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

Lilith

Where are you untamed — and where did you hide that?

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces

Neptune

What do you dream of, even unspoken?

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Common questions

Which point should I start with?
Your rising sign or your Moon sign. The rising sign describes how you come across, the Moon what you need internally — together with your Sun sign they form the "big three" most people begin with.
Do I need my birth time for all of these?
No. Moon, Venus, Neptune and South Node can usually be pinned from your birth date alone. Rising sign, Descendant, MC and IC are angles — they move through all twelve signs in a single day, so those need a time and a place.
What is the difference between a point and a house?
A point is the "what" — Venus stands for love and value. The sign is the "how", the house the "where" in life. Houses live in the house calculator, the connections between points under aspects.
How to use this

From one point to the whole picture

  1. Start with one point

    Most people start with their rising sign or Moon sign — those are the two that feel most immediately recognisable.

  2. Check it against yourself

    Read the interpretation as a question, not a verdict. What do you recognise, what lands nowhere? Both tell you something.

  3. Put the points together

    Single points are building blocks. The full birth chart shows how they interact — that is where the parts become a picture.

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