Astrocartography

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The practice that combines astrology and geography to interpret how celestial positions affect individuals based on their locations is known as a specific form of astrological mapping
2. This technique analyzes astrological influences relative to geographic locations in order to guide personal choices and life events
3. It involves the use of maps to illustrate how the positions of celestial bodies impact life circumstances based on different areas of the Earth

Etymology: "Astrocartography" is a plain compound: "astro-," from the Greek "astron" meaning "star," joined to "cartography," the making of maps. The result describes charting the sky's influence onto the surface of the Earth, so that a particular place on the map carries its own astrological reading. The word's parts are both old, but their combination is a modern coinage, and the practice it names is the one that gives it its meaning. Astrology ties a person's fortunes to the positions of the planets at birth, while geography ties things to places. Astrocartography joins the two by plotting where planets were rising, setting, or passing overhead at the moment of a person's birth, then drawing those lines across a world map. A reader can then see which cities or regions the chart associates with particular planetary influences.