Astrologer Madalyn Hillis-Dineen explains that understanding your natal chart as it relates to astrocartography can help you figure out which physical locations are best for you in terms of romance, career, retirement, and even vacationing. Certain places, for example, may cause you emotional unrest, while others might bring out the playful side of your personality. These maps use your birth information (date, time, and location) to figure out where, at the time of your birth, the planets were on their four angles. Take the sun, for example: In one city it may be rising; in another, setting. But somewhere else it’s peaking in the sky (culmination), or at its lowest point (anti-culmination), Hillis-Dineen says. “Astrologers believe that angular planets are the most powerful,” she adds. “When we move to another location, there is the possibility that a particular planet may be angular and would therefore become a more important factor in the life than it had previously been.” Once you’ve got your map of all the planets, you can use the information to figure out how locations might affect you. Even if a place you’re really itching to travel to isn’t in the stars at the moment, there are options: “You can enjoy the culture of those places without going there, with literature, art, music…,” she says. “You might seek to do business with companies based in that particular locale. You could become friends with folks from those areas. For instance, my husband was born on my Sun line even though I didn’t actually meet him in his place of birth.” Other ideas include eating the cuisine of the particular location, learning the language, watching movies, and buying goods from local artisans online. RELATED STORY: How To Find More Joy In Your Life, Based On Your Astrology Chart Astrocartography allows us to understand our relationship to the planets and the Earth, so we can plan accordingly, make adjustments, and know how to work with the energy of whichever line we may find ourselves under. RELATED STORY: How To Use Astrology To Understand Your Purpose In Life
