Frequently Asked Questions

Life Astro Chart is a free calculator that turns your birth date and three tarot cards into a year-by-year life chart from age 1 to 100. It calculates where the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus stood when you were born, follows those planets through every year of your life and scores each year by the traditional aspects they form with your birth positions. Your three tarot cards set the tone of the three life phases divided by your Saturn returns. The complete method, including every orb and weight, is published on our methodology page.

Yes. There is no account, subscription or paid upgrade, and you can calculate as many charts as you like. The site is funded by advertising.

The astronomy is accurate: we checked our planetary positions against a high-precision ephemeris, and the largest error between 1900 and 2130 is about half a degree. The interpretation is a different matter. Astrology and tarot are cultural traditions with no proven power to predict events, so treat the chart as a structured prompt for reflection, not as a forecast.

Only your birth date and three tarot cards. Your Sun sign is worked out from the date, so you do not have to select it. A name is optional and only appears in your own report. We do not ask for your birth time or place; if your Sun sits right on the boundary between two signs, the calculator tells you.

Pick the cards whose names or images speak to you, or press "Draw 3 cards for me" for a random draw. The order matters: the first card colours your formative years, the second your building years and the third your harvest years. Our tarot guide explains the meaning of all 22 Major Arcana cards.

No. The chart and the report are produced by a fixed, published method that runs in your browser, so the same birth date and cards always give the same result. If you would like a longer written interpretation, the results page offers an optional prompt, containing your calculated chart, that you can copy into an AI assistant of your choice.

Saturn takes about 29.5 years to go around the zodiac, so around the ages of 29, 58 and 88 it comes back to the position it held when you were born. Astrologers read each Saturn return as a life checkpoint: a time when commitments, careers and relationships that are not built to last get tested. The calculator finds your exact Saturn return ages and uses them to divide your chart into three phases.

Each year gets a score from 0 to 100: the baseline of its life phase plus the effect of that year's planetary aspects. A green candle means the year scores higher than the one before, a red candle that it scores lower. The section scores in the report (0 to 10) average the years that matter most for each theme; wealth and health are described without a score, so that they are not mistaken for financial or medical ratings. The scores are relative indicators, not grades of your life.

Because it is calculated, not improvised. Your birth date fixes your birth sky, and the future positions of the planets are known, so only the cards change the result. Choosing different cards changes the tone and volatility of your life phases, but not the timing of your turning points.

The Life K-Line chart borrows the candlestick format of financial charts. Each candle is one year of your life, from one birthday to the next. The candle opens at the previous year's score and closes at this year's score; the wicks show how turbulent the year is. Dashed lines mark the Saturn returns that separate your three life phases, and a star marks your highest point.

Yes. You can export your report as a JSON file and open it again later on this site, save it as a standalone HTML file that works offline, or print it and save it as a PDF. All files are created on your own device.

Life Astro Chart is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Use the language selector in the header to switch. The calculator, the report, the zodiac and tarot guides and this FAQ are all available in each language.

Your birth date, name and cards never leave your browser: there is no server-side calculation and nothing is stored. The site does show ads from Google, which use cookies; our privacy policy explains this and how to opt out of personalised advertising.

No. Many people use the chart as a prompt for self-reflection: a way to look back at the years that shaped them and to think about the phases ahead. Take whatever feels useful and leave the rest.

The life chart describes one person, but you can calculate a chart for each person and compare the timing of your phases and turning points. For sign-to-sign compatibility, see the compatible signs listed on each page of our zodiac guide. A full synastry reading needs exact birth times and is beyond what this calculator does.