Astrocartography Lines, Explained
Every planet draws four lines across the world. Each one turns up a different part of your life — love, career, home, luck, transformation — depending on where you stand. Here is what each of the ten planetary lines means.
What is astrocartography?
Astrocartography projects your birth chart onto a world map, showing where each planet was angular — rising, setting, culminating, or at its lowest point — at the exact moment you were born. Those geographic paths are your planetary lines. Developed by Jim Lewis in 1978, the technique answers the oldest question in astrology: not when, but where.
Stand near one of your lines and that planet's energy runs stronger in your daily life. A Jupiter line brings opportunity; a Venus line brings love; a Saturn line brings discipline and weight. The angle the line represents decides how: career and reputation on the Midheaven, home and roots on the IC, identity on the Ascendant, relationships on the Descendant.
The four angles
Read any angle across all ten planets.
Career & public life
The career and reputation line — where the world sees what you do.
Home & roots
The home and roots line — where you belong, privately.
Identity & self
The identity line — where a place changes how you show up.
Relationships & partners
The relationship line — who a place draws toward you.
The ten planetary lines
Tap any planet to read its full interpretation across all four angles.
Personal planets
Sun Line
The planet of identity, vitality, and recognition
Visibility, vitality, and being seen for who you actually are.
Read the Sun lineMoon Line
The planet of emotion, instinct, and belonging
Belonging, emotional safety, and the feeling of home in your bones.
Read the Moon lineMercury Line
The planet of mind, language, and connection
Sharper thinking, faster words, and a mind that finally keeps up.
Read the Mercury lineVenus Line
The planet of love, beauty, and pleasure
Love, beauty, magnetism, and a life that looks and feels good.
Read the Venus lineMars Line
The planet of drive, courage, and conflict
Drive, courage, and the energy to fight for what you want.
Read the Mars lineSocial planets
Generational planets
Uranus Line
The planet of change, freedom, and disruption
Disruption, freedom, and a life that refuses the usual template.
Read the Uranus lineNeptune Line
The planet of dreams, spirituality, and illusion
Imagination, spirituality, and the dissolving of ordinary boundaries.
Read the Neptune linePluto Line
The planet of power, depth, and transformation
Power, depth, and transformation that remakes you at the root.
Read the Pluto lineWhich lines are best for…
The lines that matter most for one goal, ranked across every planet.
love
Where your map draws romance, attraction, and lasting partnership.
Best lines for lovecareer
Where your map accelerates ambition, reputation, and professional growth.
Best lines for careermoney
Where your map favours abundance, earning power, and financial growth.
Best lines for moneyhealth
Where your map supports energy, rest, and a sense of wellbeing.
Best lines for healthCrossings & parans — your map's power spots
Where two lines meet, the map doubles down. A complete reference to the most significant crossings and what their overlap creates.
Explore crossingsMap your own lines — free
Generate your interactive astrocartography map: all 40 lines, crossings, parans, and relocated charts, on a world map you can explore.
Open the mapHow to read your map
The complete guide to lines, angles, crossings, parans, and the orb of influence — with a real-world case study.
Read the guide