Astrocartography: find where you are meant to be

Astrocartography maps your birth chart onto the world. Every planet in your chart draws four lines across the globe — the places where it was rising, setting, culminating or at the nadir at the moment you were born. Stand near one and that planet's themes get louder in your life.

How Lora's astrocartography works

Enter your date, time and place of birth, then pick the question you actually want answered. Instead of handing you a flat world map covered in lines and leaving you to interpret it, Lora returns specific places, with the reasoning for each: which planetary line runs through it, on which angle, and what that combination tends to mean.

The four angles

  • Ascendant (AC) — identity, appearance, how you come across.
  • Midheaven (MC) — career, public reputation, visible achievement.
  • Descendant (DC) — relationships, partnership, who you attract.
  • Imum Coeli (IC) — home, roots, family, inner life.

The same planet reads differently on each angle: Venus on the DC line is a relationship signal, Venus on the MC line is closer to a reputation for taste. Where two lines cross, both influences apply at once — those crossings are called parans.

Questions you can ask

  • Where should I live?
  • Where should I travel?
  • Where will I fall in love?
  • Where will I be successful?
  • Where will I heal?
  • Where will I experience the most growth?
  • Where will I be the most creative?
  • Where will I discover my purpose?
  • Where should I start my family?
  • Where should I get married?
  • Where should I be cautious about moving?
  • Where will my career thrive?
  • Where will I heal old relationship wounds?
  • Where should I launch my company?
  • Where will I feel happiest day to day?
  • Where can I reinvent myself completely?
  • Where should I be during a saturn return?
  • Where will I feel most at home?
  • Where can I make friends easiest?
  • Where will my nervous system recharge?
  • Where will I feel the most guided?
  • Where do I attract the wrong people?
  • Where should I not move for my mental health?
  • Where will I attract the most money?
  • Where will I attract emotionally available people?
  • Where will I finally stop feeling burnt out?
  • Where will I feel the most confident?
  • Where will my intuition be the strongest?
  • Where will I meet my twin flame?
  • Where will I lose money?
  • Where will opportunities align with my destiny?
  • Where will I undergo a full ego death?
  • Where will everything click into place?
  • Where will I heal from my last breakup?

Frequently asked questions

Is Lora's astrocartography free?

Yes, the core reading is free. Sharing unlocks additional readings.

Do I need my exact birth time?

An accurate birth time matters more here than in almost any other kind of astrology: a few minutes shifts a line by hundreds of miles. Without one you can still read the map, but treat line positions as approximate.

How close to a line do I have to be?

The influence is strongest on the line itself and fades outward, with roughly 300–400 miles the usual working range. Line crossings have a tighter radius than single lines.

Can astrocartography tell me where to move?

It tells you which planetary themes a place amplifies for you specifically. Whether that is the right trade for a move is a judgement call — a strong line for one person is unremarkable for another, because the lines come from your chart and nobody else's.

Is my birth data stored?

No. Readings are generated from your data and the data is not retained or sold to third parties.

More from Lora

  • Lora — the living map of the cosmos.
  • Every Lora tool.
  • Book a reading with a practitioner.
  • Free birth chart generator.
  • How accurate is astrocartography?