From the Ascendant one calculates the houses, which designate areas of life.The time of birth is needed to calculate the Ascendant or rising sign.Western natal astrology is very much centered around knowing the time of birth.First we have to start by explaining why a birth time is important.I put out a survey on Twitter and Facebook, so thanks everyone who answered.Both interpretive techniques for the birth chart on its own and timing techniques.Assuming that rectification is out of the question. The zodiac compatibility chart below gives a percentage match with each sign and other important notes such as sexual chemistry, volatility, commitment and more.What techniques can be applied to a natal chart when there is no birth time?.This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. In this podcast we set out to discuss which techniques can be applied to a person’s birth chart even if their birth time is unknown, and what we discovered along the way is that there is actually a lot that you can still do without a birth time.īelow you will find the show notes, followed by links to download the recording. While in many western countries the birth time is usually recorded on a person’s birth certificate, not everyone knows or can obtain their birth time, which means that there are some techniques that simply cannot be applied to their chart. Western astrology has focused very heavily on using timed birth charts since about the 1st century BCE, and there are many techniques in natal astrology that can only be employed if you know a person’s exact time of birth. In episode 270 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim discuss which techniques you can use in natal astrology to interpret a birth chart even when you don’t have a birth time.

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