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Enter your data. Type in your name, your gender, and the date, time, and place of your birth. Astro.com only requires the city of your birth, and will automatically calculate the latitude and longitude for you. When you start entering the city, the website will give you suggestions to choose from. The time of birth setting uses military time, so make sure you’re entering that correctly.^[5]

• If you were born after noon, add 12 to the hour you were born to get the correct military time. So, for example, if you were born at 6:57 pm, in military time you were born at 18:57.
• If you're using cafeastrology.com, go to http://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php to fill in your birth data.
• For many websites, putting your name and gender does not actually affect your chart.
• Cafeastrology.com only has 'man' and 'woman' options for gender. It doesn't affect your chart, however, so don't worry too much if you don't identify with a binary gender.
• Astro.com also has an option under 'gender' called “event.” You can use that if you don't identify with binary gender labels.

Learn about the first six houses. The different houses point to different aspects of your life. What sign rules the differing houses will influence your astrology chart.

• The first house represents you at birth. That is, your identity, physical appearance, attitude, temperament, and other inherent qualities. Planets and signs found in the first house have a huge influence on your personality.^[5]
• The second house represents your money, personal assets, self worth, and attitude towards such things. Financial security and emotional well-being throughout your life can be evaluated by what sign and planet are found in the second house.^[6]
• The third house represents communication and transportation. How others communicate with you, physical forms of communication like letters, and short distance travel is found in the third house. This also points to your mental attitude, learning style, self-expression, and manner of speech.^[7]
• The fourth house represents home, family, and property. Your roots, background, childhood, and the inner emotions that stem from these areas of your life are dominated by this house.^[8]
• The fifth house represents children and how you relate to them. Romance and love affairs are also found in the fifth house as are how you approach pleasure and fun.^[9]
• The sixth house is the house of health and service, representing your general physical well-being throughout life.^[10]