Free Horoscopes > Charts > Extended Chart Selection

1. Are there interpretations for the charts you offer here?
   
   No, there are no specific interpretations for these charts. Please, check our AstroShop for the reports Astrodienst provides. What you cannot find there, does not exist. It is our policy not to have any 'secret services'.
   For natal charts, there are, for example, the Psychological Horoscope Analysis, Career and Vocation or the Child's Horoscope, depending on what you are looking for.
   For synastry, composite or relationship charts, you may be interested in the Relationship Horoscope or the Horoscope for Two.
   And for the forecast type charts, showing transits and / or progressions, we can offer the Yearly Horoscope Analysis, the Long-term Perspectives, Transits of the Year or the Horoscope Calendar.
   Other - simpler - interpretations can be found in the Free Horoscopes section in "Reports / Horoscope Readings" or - in a more entertaining form - with the AstroClick Horoscopes.
   
   
2. How can I record a preferred chart setup without having to choose again each time?
   
   The simplest way to perform that is by saving a bookmark / favorite in your browser once you look at a particular chart with the settings you prefer. Whenever you use that bookmark, you will see the same person's chart again, but have the 'person pulldown' at the top to select a different person, with the same chart option settings.
   This allows to to save as many different setup styles as you like. You simply name your bookmarks accordingly.
   
   
3. The charts I want to print are too large for the paper. What can I do?
   
   Please click here for an answer.
   
   
4. Can I generate a horoscope using the sidereal zodiac?
   
   Yes, you can. Please, choose the zodiac in the respective drop-down menu in the Extended Chart Selection. We have three types of sidereal zodiac: Fagan/Bradley and Hindu/Lahiri (both geocentric), and heliocentric.
   
   
5. Which house system is the best to use?
   
   House systems are a matter of the personal taste of the Astrologer. We cannot give advice on this choice. There is no right or wrong. It's more a matter of experience with different systems.
   
   
6. Which orbs do you use when calculating planetary aspects?
   
   Our standard chart type uses the orbs listed at the bottom of the aspects page in our Introduction to Astrology.
   Many of our chart types were designed especially for individual astrologers, and the aspects are calculated with orbs according to the preferences of these astrologers. Usually the chart types are named after these astrologers, as you can see in the Natal Chart Drawings in our online shop. This page also lists the orbs used for the calculation of aspects for Liz Greene's reports. Like most astrologers, she has her own style of work and, naturally, we respect this.
   
   
7. How can I reduce the orbs when calculating aspects?
   
   Use the option "reduced/increased orbs (0-150%)" at the bottom of the right column on the "Extended Chart Selection" page. The percentage you enter results in a reduction / increase TO x%, not BY x%. For example, if you want to reduce the aspects from 10° to 8°, you have to enter 80%.
   
   
8. Is it possible to adjust the orbs according to my personal system?
   
   A user interface to allow full freedom in choice of orbs on this website would be far to complex. If you need that, you are better off with astrology software for your PC, like Kepler or Solar Fire.
   
   
9. How can I show aspects to all planets, AC and MC?
   
   Tick the option "aspect lines to all" in the left column of the Extended Chart Selection.
   
   
10. Why is my Part of Fortune at astro.com different from other calculations?
    
    We use different formulae for Pars Fortunae for a day birth than for a night birth. You can change this rule with an option in the extended chart selection.
    The day formula is: ASC + Moon - Sun
    The night formula: ASC + Sun - Moon
    Astrologers differ in their views about which formula to use for Pars Fortunae.
    If you're interested in in-depth information, please read the article "The Lot or Part of Fortune" by Robert Hand in our "Understanding Astrology" section.
    
    
11. Can I have Lilith shown in a chart?
    
    Yes, you can. Please, choose the chart type "Natal Chart Wheel", and the style "Astrodienst w. Asteroids". The resulting chart shows Chiron, Lilith (the Dark Moon), and the major asteroids (Ceres, Eros, Juno, Nessus, Pallas, Pholus and Vesta).
    There are additional data on Lilith in the "additional data sheet". For interpretational information on Lilith, you may want to read the article on the Dark Moon in our "Understanding Astrology" section.
    
    
12. How can I enter more than one asteroid?
    
    To select the asteroids you wish to include in your chart, find the numbers on the asteroid name/number list with 10398 asteroids at the bottom of the Extended Chart Selection form.
    You then enter the asteroid numbers in the blank space for this purpose, separating the numbers with commas as in 34, 6, 49.
    
    
13. Do you give information on declinations in the chart?
    
    The declinations are given in the "additional data tables" (Please, click on the link Click to get the additional tables above the chart).
    You can also find them visualised in the 3-dimensional chart drawing in the group Astrodienst special -> 3-dimensional chart.