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Mundane Astrology: National Charts

Mundane astrology reads the charts of nations and institutions the way natal astrology reads a person: the founding moment is the birth, and transits, returns, and progressions to it time the collective life. These are the charts practitioners actually use, ready to open in the workspace, with the source of each time stated rather than glossed over.

Browse the national charts

Which moment counts as a nation’s birth

A nation can have several defensible charts: a declaration of independence, a constitution coming into force, a union or a reunification. The catalog carries the chart the tradition has settled on for each state, names the founding act it is cast for, and where a country has more than one standard chart, such as Germany in 1949 and 1990, both are listed and labeled.

On the times

Founding times vary in quality and the difference matters. Some are legal instants, exact by construction, like independence at the stroke of midnight or a constitution in force from the first moment of a day. Some are documented ceremony times, good to within minutes. Some, like the Sibly chart of the United States, are the time the tradition uses rather than a record. And for many older foundings no time survives at all, in which case the chart is cast for noon and says so, because the Moon and houses of a noon chart are provisional.

What to do with a national chart

Everything the workspace does for a natal chart works on a national one. Run current transits to see what is pressing on the chart now, cast its solar return for the year, profect it, or open a leader’s natal chart beside it in synastry. The practice module also drills transits to national charts against dated historical events, so you can test a reading against what actually happened.

Frequently asked questions

What is mundane astrology?

The branch of astrology concerned with nations, institutions, and collective events rather than individuals. National founding charts are its basic instrument: the state is treated as the native and its chart is read with the same tools as a birth chart.

Which chart is used for the United States?

The Sibly chart: July 4, 1776 at 5:10 PM in Philadelphia. The time is the tradition’s convention rather than a documented record, and the catalog labels it as such.

What if a founding time is unknown?

The chart is cast for noon and labeled. Planetary sign positions and most aspects still hold, but the Ascendant, houses, and to a lesser degree the Moon should be treated as provisional.

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