Alright, so I had this itch today to look up Frida Kahlo’s chart. Not just any chart, though. I specifically wanted to cast it using Whole Sign Houses. It’s a system I find pretty straightforward sometimes, and I was curious. So, here’s pretty much how I went about getting that done.
First things first, I needed her birth data. My go-to for this kind of thing is always Astro Databank. You just know they try to get the most accurate info, or at least they tell you how shaky it might be. So, I fired up my browser and headed over there. Typed “Frida Kahlo” into their search bar. Bam, there she was.
Found her entry, and the first thing I always check is that Rodden Rating. Super important. You don’t want to be working with data that’s basically a wild guess. Hers is pretty solid, an ‘A’ rating last I checked, which means it’s from a biography or autobiography, good enough for me. I jotted down the date, time, and location: July 6, 1907, 8:30 AM, Coyoacán, Mexico. Got to have those details precise, especially the time for the Ascendant and houses.
Okay, data secured. Next up, actually generating the chart. I’ve got my usual astrology software I use for this. You could use any of those online chart calculators too, tons of ’em out there. I just prefer my own setup, creature of habit, you know? So, I opened that up.
Then it was just a matter of punching in Frida’s details. Name, date, time, location. Standard stuff. But here’s the crucial bit for what I wanted: the house system. Most programs default to Placidus, which is fine, but I was set on Whole Sign Houses for this particular look. So I had to make sure I went into the settings or options for the chart calculation and specifically selected “Whole Signs.” It’s an easy step to forget if you’re not paying attention, and then you end up with a completely different house setup.
With all that entered and selected, I hit the button to draw the chart. And there it was, Frida Kahlo’s natal chart, laid out with whole signs. Simple as that, really. You see the Ascendant, and that entire sign becomes the 1st house. The next sign is the 2nd house, and so on. Nice and clean.
I took a quick look, saw where her Sun in Cancer fell, her Moon, her Leo Ascendant – all placed within that whole sign framework. It gives a different feel to the chart’s structure compared to, say, Placidus. No detailed dive into it today, just wanted to get the chart itself generated correctly with this specific system.
So yeah, that was my little practical exercise for the day. Getting Frida Kahlo’s chart up with Whole Sign Houses using Astro Databank for the raw info. Pretty straightforward if you know the steps and what to look for. Just a bit of astrological admin, really.