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Birth data requirements
To prepare an accurate birth chart, we need:
- Birth date. Spell out day, month and year to
avoid the confusion arising from differences in
Canadian vs American date formats.
- Birth time to the minute if available, indicating
AM/PM, and whether near noon or midnight.
Don't adjust for Daylight Saving Time.
- Birth place, ie, town, province or state, and
country. If born in a village, indicate nearest
large town.
- Although it's still possible to prepare a valid
birth chart without the time, figuring out the
correct ascendant demands extra work, and
may cost extra.
Please make every effort to acquire your correct birth-
time. Don’t rely on mother's memory that you were
born “early in the morning” or “just after dinner."
Seek your birth-time in this order of priority:
- Birth certificate from the hospital where you
were born. Hospitals vary widely in fees they
charge and the years they retain birth records,
so inquire sooner than later.
- Baby book in which your mother or another
relative might have written (to the best of
their memory, sometimes days/weeks/months
later) your birth-time and other birth data.
- The recollection of family members. But don’t
accept this without first trying to get the
written records!