Every new beginning creates a chart.

Whether the date was carefully chosen or completely random, the new beginning locks the chart of the day/place/time. That chart will rule what you began, it’s called a Ruling Chart.
The Ruling Chart is the map of the journey ahead for whatever you started. If you got off to a bad start with a bad Ruling Chart you may or may not be able to fix it. More info below.

Ruling Charts are locked in by many kinds of initiatives/initiations, also called FIRSTS.

FIRST: The first time you do something, start something, visit a place, or meet someone for the first time.
Ruling Chart: The chart of the day/time/place you initiated a FIRST, the chart of the map of the journey ahead for whatever you started.
Locking a Date: Locking in transits by creating a FIRST.
Imprint: The energy locked in the Ruling Chart. Ruling charts do progress, but the original Imprint always carries about 50% of interpretation forever.

Business & Financial FIRSTS
First Meetings
Incorporation/LLC/Business Registration
Employment Date in a new job
Partnership/Lease/Legal/ other business agreements
New Bank or Brokerage Accounts
New Crypto Wallet
Website or Social Launch
URL purchase
Filing a Lawsuit

Personal FIRSTS
Surgery and Cosmetic Tweaks
First Face to Face Meeting
First Lovemaking
Wedding

Some new FIRSTS replace a previous Ruling Chart, some don’t.

>If you started with a bad Ruling Chart, replacing it with a well-timed FIRST is a great strategy.
>If you started with a great Ruling Chart, the strategy is to never let it be replaced with a worse Ruling Chart.

Relationships: Business and Personal

As people begin to interact there are a succession of Ruling Charts which are formed, then in many cases, replaced.
The chart of the first time for each deeper and more intimate layer of relating replaces earlier Ruling Charts, until you get to the first face-to-face meeting. The last relationship milestone reached on the lest below is your Ruling Chart.

● First app contact
● First email or text
● First phone call
● First Zoom
● First face-to-face meeting

Business Relationships
Beyond a face-to-face meeting Ruling Charts are also formed through these actions done together:
Signing an agreement
Signing a lease
Incorporating a business
Opening accounts

Personal Relationships
Past the first face-to-face, the only alters to a Ruling Chart for a personal relationship are lovemaking or getting married, and these don’t offset the face-to-face Ruling Chart completely.
This is why it’s so important to curate dates for all first meetings, career AND romantic.

>Astrologer hack: Whenever you add ANYONE to your contacts, log the meeting date too.

Ruling Charts are Natal Charts

Ruling Charts are individual, not Combined, charts.
Ruling Charts have progressions and transits like Natal Charts.
A Ruling Chart combined with your Natal Chart reveals how the FIRST affects you personally.

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LATEST REVISION DATE

22 August 2025

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