Do Astrologers Need an Exact Birth Time?
When you consult an astrologer, you’re always asked for three things. Your date of birth, your time of birth and your place of birth. Astrologers will say that a chart reading is of limited use without a time of birth, for a number of reasons. We need to know what areas of life are going to be affected by the Sun, the Moon and the planets. We do this with reference to the physical horizon, and the horizon will do a complete circle in twenty-four hours. So all things being equal, a person born at midday will be very focused on being successful, while someone born at midnight will be more introspective, and might put security before success. There is also the question of the rising sign. This is the sign that is on the eastern horizon at birth, and it describes our persona, and the way in which we interface with the outside world. On average, the rising sign, often known as the ascendant, changes sign every two hours. It’s therefore important to have some idea of what time you were born.
