How to Relocate Your Horoscope

You were born at a particular time, date and place. This resulted in your natal horoscope.

Sometimes we wish to move to a place that is more advantageous for us. We can see what the vibrations will be like, what our “fate” will be like, at the new location by relocating our chart.

We are using American President Barack Obama for this example. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4th. However that same moment in time, when the planets’ relationships with each other were the same, the angles and houses of the horoscopes are different in different locations. It is night hours in the mainland (continental) USA. It is just after sunrise in London, and it is earlier in the afternoon in Sydney, Australia.

The above chart is for Obama in Chicago.  Why do you think he considers Chicago his home town?  One reason he likes Chicago would be having Jupiter, the planet of politics, conjunct his Midheaven of public reputation and fame.  Now let's look at his chart in Washington, DC.

For Washington, Obama has the Moon right on the Ascendant, he naturally connects with his Moon in Gemini nature: lots of information, talk, and other Gemini things.  Obama also has the Sun and Fortuna conjunct the 4th House cusp or IC.  He is fortunate in his home--the White House!

What if Obama is in London? 

London has Black Moon Lilith right on the Ascendant.  This suggests that in London, and to his UK audience, Obama promises more than he delivers.

Let's look in a totally different part of the world, Sydney, Australia:

Sydney would not be Obama's favorite town.  Saturn, the Great Disciplinarian, is close to his Ascendant.  Obama's role in Sydney is to be stern and to make others tow the line.  Saturn in Obama's natal chart is buried in his 12th House, he is not comfortable expressing Saturn.  In Sydney he has to.  Probably not a favorite spot for the president.

If your astrology software does not automatically relocate a chart for you, here is how to do it:

• Cast your natal chart.

• Note the sign, degrees and minutes of the Moon’s position—the Moon will remain at that exact position in all the correct relocated charts!

• Notice the time of your birth—almost all relocations will have the exact same minutes of time. (In our example, Obama’s birth is at 7:24 PM, all the other charts are set for 24 minutes after the hour in the new locations.)

• Choose a location to examine. Cast your chart for that location by entering your own date and time of birth, but the new location.

• Modify the time by the number of time zones (one hour earlier or later for each time zone) between your actual birthplace and this new one.

• A correct chart will have the Moon in the exact same position in the zodiac.

Now the complex part: interpreting the new chart. Look mostly to the angles of the horoscope. What you will most experience at the new location is planets that were angular in your natal chart and now are not, and planets that were in obscurity in your natal chart and now are angular.


Good luck!

Lalia Wilson

Lalia Wilson sees astrology as a way to understand one’s own life, one’s relationships and current patterns. Astrology is not deterministic, but rather has patterns of symbolic meaning which will be expressed in some fashion as the pattern unfolds. Contact Lalia at Lalia W /at/ aol dot com. Astrology consultations require a person’s name, birth date, time and place. All astrology consultations and Kofutu Healings are pre-paid. Consultations are by telephone to US clients, or by e-mail anywhere.