If we wanted to see our secondary progressions at age 3, we’d pull up a 1972 ephemeris and count three days from our birthday to December 5, 1972. Let’s use our birthday of Decemas an example. Said another way, where the planets were on your first day of life is where they are in year one of your progressed chart. Like we said, in a progressed chart in astrology, each day counts for a year of your life. You can run a progressed chart using this calculator below, but we will explain how it works using an “old school” ephemeris-the essential map for every astrogeek! Show me this ephemeris thing… In other words, one year of life translates into one day on the ephemeris.

How do I calculate my progressed chart?Ī progressed chart in astrology is calculated according to the “day per year” system. You wouldn’t run an old Windows or IOS when a far more advanced software was available, right? The progressed chart keeps you updated over time. The progressed chart maps your system upgrades. This is the “fresh out of the box” model of you, and reveals your fundamental nature. Think of the birth (natal) chart as your factory settings. What’s the difference between my birth chart and my progressed chart in astrology? The progressed chart is one way of tracking your cosmic evolution over time. Though each of us is born with planets in a fixed birth chart, we are shaped by outside influences like our environments, family structures, experiences and so on. Life is a journey and astrology operates the same way. It answers: how are you transforming with each year? Secondary progressions-also called a progressed chart-map your personal evolution over time. The progressed chart in astrology shows where are you on your soul’s journey.

Birth chart with degrees of planets