What you need for a reading

Your date of birth

This is the one thing every reading needs. From it Starlight works out your Sun sign, your Chinese zodiac animal and element, and your Life Path number.

If you were born in January or February, the exact date matters for your Chinese animal, because the zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year. Someone born on 20 January 1990, for example, is a Snake, not a Horse.

Your birth time

The time lets Starlight work out your Rising sign and the twelve houses of your chart, which change every couple of hours. Your Moon sign can also depend on it, since the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days.

The best sources are a birth certificate (in some countries the time is recorded on it), a hospital record, a baby book, or a parent’s memory. If you only know roughly, such as “early morning”, that still helps. If you do not know at all, Starlight will still give you a full reading of the planets by sign, and leave out the parts that need the time.

Your birthplace

The place matters because the sky looks different from different parts of the world. A town or city is accurate enough. Starlight converts your local time into world time behind the scenes, including summer time where it applied.

Your full birth name

For the name numbers, use your full name as it was first registered at birth, including middle names. Numerologists treat this as your original blueprint. You can also try the name you use every day: many people find that it describes how they show up in the world now.

Your privacy

Readings are worked out in your own browser. Starlight does not need an account and does not store your details.