Astrocartography · United States
Astrocartography for Philadelphia
Whether Philadelphia suits you depends on where the planetary lines of your own birth chart fall. Below: how Philadelphia scores across 2,000 sample charts, one worked example, and a free check for your chart.
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The city
- Country
- United States
- Climate
- Humid subtropical
- Everyday language
- English
- Population
- 6.3 M
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (summer UTC−4)
- Coordinates
- 40° N, 75.17° W
How often Philadelphia comes out on top
In 3.1% of 2,000 sample birth charts, Philadelphia is among the ten best of the 222 cities in Astro Atlas. That places it 204 of 222 by this measure; the average city makes the top ten in 4.5% of charts.
The typical Total for Philadelphia is 51 out of 100. For the best tenth of charts it reaches 77 or more, and for 0.1% of charts it is the single best city on the list.
What usually makes Philadelphia work
When Philadelphia scores 70 or more, the line that helps most is most often one of these:
- Jupiter · Midheaven (MC)The most favoured career line: growth, recognition. 13% of strong results
- Jupiter · Descendant (DC)Generous, useful partners, often foreign. 10% of strong results
- Jupiter · Ascendant (AC)Optimism, growth, sense of opportunity. 10% of strong results
One worked example
For the example chart in Astro Atlas (born 2 March 1992 at 21:33 in New York), Philadelphia scores 50 out of 100 and ranks 79 of 222.
- No planetary line of this chart passes close to the city, so its score comes from smaller factors: house placements, parans and aspects to the local angles.
How the score works
Your birth date, time and place give a chart. Each planet then draws four lines on the world map: where it rose, set, culminated and anchored the ground at the moment you were born.
A city near a helpful line scores higher; a city near a demanding one asks more of you. The Total balances both for the time frame and life areas you choose, on a scale where 50 is a typical place.
The same city scores very differently for different people, which is why the sample statistics above are close to the average for most cities.
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