While most early and modern-day charts are geocentric, meaning they focus on the Earth as the center of the universe, there are some practitioners and systems that can create a heliocentric chart, with the sun at the center. There is an ongoing debate among astrologers and practitioners about which particular methods provide the most accurate results, but the positions of the lunar and planetary elements generally remain the same in both systems.

Zodiac in degrees 0.00 Sun Capricorn 16.46 Moon Pisces 24.39 Mercury Capricorn 24.14 R Venus Sagittarius 23.06 Mars Aries 17.20 Jupiter Libra 1.40 Saturn Sagittarius 9.58 Uranus Leo 5.41 R Neptune Scorpio 2.24 Pluto Virgo 0.06 R Lilith Aquarius 14.25 Asc node Scorpio 27.52 Text Explanation: This birth chart shows the positions of the planets of Katie Couric

The sun represents vitality, a sense of individuality and outward-shining creative energy.

Sun in Capricorn

She is honest, reserved, circumspect, honorable and strong-willed. Quietly ambitious within the realms of the possible, she likes and takes on responsibility. She can work in the social domain.

Weaknesses: a bitter, hostile, disagreeable and mistrustful mind.

Capricorn ascendant Scorpio

Sun in II

Financial ambition. Lucrative job, she satisfies her needs, which are substantial. Moves money about a lot and sometimes spends recklessly.

183 Conjunction Sun - Mercury

She is intelligent and knows what she wants. Is a good organizer, she likes moving, travel. She likes literature.

-217 Square Sun - Mars

She is violent, impulsive. She throws herself headlong into situations without ever thinking of the consequences of her actions. This can cause a lot of problems. She cannot stand still and channels badly the energy which she possesses.

142 Sextile Sun - Ascendant

The moon represents a reaction, unconscious pre-destination, and the self-image.

Moon in Pisces

Imaginative, sharp insights. She is impressionable, with an abundant imagination. Multiple births.

Weaknesses: troubles caused by too much sentimentality, worries, problems, unhealthy imagination, nervousness.

Moon in IV

She likes family life, peace and quiet: she likes to stay at home, surrounded by loved ones, in agreeable circumstances. Positively influenced by the mother.

311 Sextile Moon - Mercury

She has good judgement, a good memory. She is intelligent, imaginative, vivacious and develops all through life. She speaks easily. She has an aptitude for learning foreign languages.

-119 Square Moon - Venus

While she is gay and gracious, she is also inconstant and capricious. She has a changeable nature. A varied love life and a sometimes dubious morality. She is weak and easily influenced, and can get involved in unfortunate situations because of a lack of understanding.

-62 Opposition Moon - Jupiter

She is indifferent to others, to those who surround her: she is negligent and indecisive. She likes excess, gambling and her honesty is elastic. This aspect does not help professional success, especially as she tends to spend more than she earns.

Mercury represents communication, Cartesian and logical spirit.

Mercury in Capricorn

Reflective, deep thinker: a fine and vivacious mind. Undertakes lengthy studies or, if circumstances do not allow, will teach herself. A rational person.

Weaknesses: rancor, coldness, malice, and often a pessimist.

Mercury in III

Deep studies. Adaptable. She is attracted to the Arts/letters. She knows how to share ideas. Moves around a lot professionally. She can easily keep many irons in the fire at the same time.

Venus represents an interest for emotions and values, exchange and sharing with others.

Venus in Sagittarius

Open-heartedness, devotion, generosity, charity, altruism. She likes foreigners or she can find love abroad. Has problems with the family or with the society in which she lives. She looks for affection, love far from the family circle or from the native country.

Weaknesses: she loves adventure and risk, and the unforeseen is always to be expected.

Venus in II

There is a link between emotional life and money. She is helped by friends or by a person to whom she is emotionally linked. Takes advantage of friendships for professional success. Activities connected with beauty, aesthetics, finery. Danger: big spending.

54 Trine Venus - Mars

She is amorous, not a peaceful and calm lover but a passionate one with a strong temperament. She is demonstrative in love, and likes healthy pleasures. She enjoys life to the full.

Mars represents the desire for action and physical energy.

Mars in Aries

She is aggressive, offensive, impulsive, provoking. She is bold and adventurous.

Weaknesses: aggressiveness, boldness that can lead to violence, or to an accident, but certainly leads to problems.

Mars in V

Spontaneous nature. She likes games, sometimes even violent sports. She takes professional risks. A great worker, she likes everything that can be done quickly, and detests things that hang around for a long time. It is the same for her emotional life: no candy-floss or fine speeches, she gets directly to the point.

Jupiter represents expansion and grace.

Jupiter in Libra

A high liver with a sweet, attractive and sunny disposition. Likes justice, which she trusts. She knows how to forgive completely.

Weaknesses: she can have problems, because she gets involved in doubtful situations through trusting too much.

Jupiter in XI

She is cooperative, organizes everyone. She climbs the social ladder thanks to help from friends and acquaintances who are chosen, not for their qualities, but for the advantages they can bring. She achieves her objectives.

Saturn represents contraction and effort.

Saturn in Sagittarius

She has her own way of thinking about a subject, she has her own ideas about things. She respects society and its rules guide her conduct.

Weaknesses: hard, unforgiving, rigorous, insensitive and sometimes inhuman. A limited and narrow mind.

Saturn in I

She is methodical, patient, distrustful, polite. She speaks little and does not waste energy unnecessarily. She has a good memory and sense of organization, likes to do things well. She is never slapdash and has a sense of responsibility.

Uranus represents individual liberty, egoistic liberty.

Uranus in Leo

She is self-contained, resolute, tenacious. Likes freedom of action and independence.

Uranus in IX

Interested in humanity. She is highly intellectual. She travels a lot. Her mind is always alert, even when sleeping, during which time she often resolves the problems of the previous day.

Neptune represents transcendental liberty, non-egoistic liberty.

Neptune in Scorpio

Investigation, inquiry, secrets.

Neptune in XII

She likes isolation, a withdrawn life, dreams and meditation. She has little desire for action.

Pluto represents transformations, mutations and elimination.

Pluto in Virgo

Takes away her shyness.

House I is the area of self identity. The ascendant is a symbol of how one acts in life. It is the image of the personality as seen by other, and the attitude that one has of life.

Capricorn ascendant Scorpio

Ascendant in Scorpio

Emotional life certainly very changeable. Lovers will come and go, and then come back again. Sexuality is very important for her, for her stability.

House II is the area of material security.

House II in Sagittarius

Social success in one of the professions or in an import/export company dealing regularly with foreign countries.

House III is the area of social and intellectual learning.

House III in Capricorn

Nothing is left to chance, everything is calculated, dissected slowly and methodically, twice rather than once, in peace and quiet by herself. She is introverted, and doesn't speak about her plans until they are underway.

House IV is the area of action and emotion.

House IV in Aquarius

She will leave the family home reasonably young. Likes liberty, wants a life that is out-of-the-ordinary, and certainly one that does not correspond with mum and dad's.

House V is the area of self-security.

House V in Pisces

With lofty feelings, she is full of tenderness, sentimentality. Things do not always go her way. A meeting with a person who is either not free, too young or from a different family or social background means that living together will be done in the utmost secrecy while waiting for the chance to legalize the situation quietly, without any trouble. This state of affairs will make her melancholy. A lovely little family will result from this union.

House VI is the area of learning by material transaction.

House VI in Aries

Ability to command, knows how to take up her responsibilities at work. Weak point: headaches, fevers.

House VII is the area of social et intellectual action.

House VII in Taurus

Marries for love but also well financially. A peaceful union even if exchange of ideas isn't always smooth.

House VIII is the area of emotional security and of security of the soul.

House VIII in Gemini

If she is a writer, a painter or involved in another of the Arts, and if fame doesn't come when living, then it will come posthumously. Small inheritance from near relations. Take care of the lungs - if a smoker, then it is advisable to stop.

House IX is the area of learning that shapes the identity.

House IX in Cancer

Fertile imagination. She is easily influenced. Likes travel, especially cruises.

House X is the area of material action. The Mid-heaven represents the work one will do in his life, the place one will take in the world of society. It becomes more important as one grows older

House X in Leo

All the leadership qualities are there: authority, sense of organization, initiative, intelligence, but also thanks to outside help. She is a fighter.

House XI is the area of search for social and intellectual security.

House XI in Virgo

Friends must resemble her, anyone having different ideas or ways of doing things cannot be friends. Discussing ideas is not her cup of tea. Her knowledge is the result of study but also of the down-to-earth nature that characterizes her.

House XII is the area of education and of emotion.

House XII in Libra

Marriage doesn't bring luck, honors come as she imagined they might.

Creating your own birth chart is a great way not only to learn more about your own personality and how you interact with others as well as the challenges that you might face in life, but can also be fun. You can create a visible planetary map of your own time of birth, as well as create keepsakes for your children reflecting the time they were born.

There are numerous sites online that will allow you to create your own birth chart, and the process is simple. You simply enter your birth date, your gender, and the time and location of your birth. While the exact time and location of the birth are certainly not essential, they can contribute to more accurate results. If you are unsure of the time and location of your birth, you can request a copy of your birth certificate from your state registrar's office.