Minimum inputs for the result you want

What birth data is needed

This calculator asks for a date, a time-confidence choice and a place because each supports a specific calculation step. It does not need a name, gender, email address, account or saved birth profile.

Birth inputs stay in temporary browser memory, are excluded from result URLs and copied placement text, and clear when the page reloads.

Minimum input by calculation

Every supported placement needs a valid birth date. A place is requested because it resolves the historical timezone represented by that local date; it also supplies the coordinates Rising requires. A clock time is optional for planetary signs but mandatory for any Rising result.

Minimum birth data and supported outcome
ResultDateTimePlaceWithout a time
SunRequiredOptionalRequired for local-date timezoneStable sign or all possible signs across the date
MoonRequiredOptionalRequired for local-date timezoneStable sign or all possible signs across the date
RisingRequiredRequiredRequired for coordinates and timezoneNo Rising result
Mercury–PlutoRequiredOptionalRequired for local-date timezoneStable sign or all possible signs across the date

Birth date

The verified product range begins on 1 January 1900 and ends at the bounded current date. Enter the calendar date recorded for the birthplace, not a UTC date calculated elsewhere. Unsupported dates return a limit message instead of an untested position.

Time and confidence

Before a time field appears, choose Exact, Approximate or Unknown. Approximate also requires a plus-or-minus window so the engine can evaluate what changes. Unknown never asks for a placeholder clock value. A 12-hour entry must include the correct AM/PM meaning; the confirmation step shows the interpreted local label and UTC conversion.

If a daylight-saving change makes the label repeated, choose between the displayed real offsets. If the label did not exist, enter a different recorded time or change the confidence; the calculator will not silently move it forward.

Place, coordinates and timezone

Select the country first, then a place result showing region and coordinates. This prevents an unseen first-match choice among duplicate names. If the place is unavailable, enter latitude, longitude and an IANA identifier such as Europe/Dublin through the manual fallback. The app validates the timezone identifier before calculation.

Coordinates are used for Rising and timezone-boundary resolution. Planetary positions remain geocentric; entering a place does not turn them into topocentric results.

What not to enter or send

Do not enter a name, email, hospital, certificate number or narrative history; the form has no fields for them. Do not send a full birth date, time, city, coordinates or chart screenshot through a correction channel. A non-sensitive report can name the page, error category, browser and visible audit behavior without identifying the person whose data was calculated.

Private calculation boundaries

The current form keeps raw inputs in temporary in-page memory. It does not write them to localStorage or sessionStorage, put them in a page address, or submit them to the publisher’s servers. Place search uses local bundled data. The hosting provider still receives ordinary requests for pages and static assets, as explained in the Privacy policy.

What birth data is needed questions

Why is place required if I only want a Sun sign?

The place resolves the historical timezone for the local calendar date. Near an ingress, that determines which UTC instants belong to the date being evaluated.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There is no account, saved profile or identity field in the approved scope.

Can I use coordinates instead of a city?

Yes. The manual fallback accepts latitude, longitude and a validated IANA timezone when the bundled place index does not provide the right location.

Evidence behind this page

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Content version
1.4
Last reviewed
4 September 2026
Published by
Iuliana Luntrasu
Review schedule
When form fields, input ranges, storage behavior or place and time resolution change
Latest update
Published the minimum-input guide and the calculator's data-minimisation boundary.

Calculation method review

Last reviewed 4 September 2026. Astro Placements publishes the Western tropical calculation methods, version information and uncertainty rules used on this site. Legal operator details are provided only where appropriate in the Legal notice and Privacy policy.