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• Method 1 of 2: Find your birth certificate or hospital information
• Method 2 of 2: Calculate the time of your birth using astrology
• Tips
• Warnings

Not all hospitals and countries keep track of the times of birth, but it can be worth the effort and money to look for a full birth certificate. The memory of your parents, the midwife, and relatives and friends can also come in handy. If you are looking for the time of your birth for astrological purposes, you can try to determine it through a process called horoscope rectification.

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Method 1 of 2: Find your birth certificate or hospital information

1. Ask your parents or other people who were present at your birth. Your parents may remember what time you were born or may refer you to relatives or friends who were present at the time of your birth. They may have a copy of your birth certificate.
   • If your parents keep papers, letters, and other things, look for old diaries, photo books, or letters from your family from around the time of your birth.
2. Read the rules about birth certificates. Not all countries keep track of the time of birth on birth certificates. Find out more about the policies of the country where you were born from an online search. In some countries you will need some details:
   • In the United States, the time of birth is only included in the "full version" of the birth certificate. This information is often missing on certificates from before the 1930s or in cities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants.
   • In England and in some Scottish hospitals, times of birth are only recorded for multiple births (twins, etc.)
   • Many Western European countries keep track of the times of birth, but this is not the case in Australia, Canada, Ireland or India.
3. Request a birth certificate with the time of your birth to the government. If you do not have a copy of your birth certificate, you can usually request a copy at city hall or other government agencies in the county or municipality where you were born. It may be necessary to provide one or more proofs of your identity and / or to pay a fee. Always state that you are specifically looking for the time of your birth. Start your search at one of the following links and choose the one that corresponds to the country where you were born:
   • Australia
   • Canada
   • England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   • For more information about requirements, see United States or here.
4. Ask your hospital for details. As a last resort, you can try to get your data in the hospital where you were born. Contact the hospital by phone, e-mail or by paying it a visit in person and ask to see details that may include the time of your birth. It may be necessary to provide one or more identification documents.

Method 2 of 2: Calculate the time of your birth using astrology

1. Find out if this is necessary. If you believe that astrology can predict the future based on the time and day of your birth, then you may have already drawn up a horoscope or hired someone to do it for you. If the time of your birth is based on your mother's memory, if it was rounded to the hour or if you have no idea, then your horoscope could be based on incorrect information. The online programs below calculate how likely a particular horoscope, or part of a horoscope, has to be accurate. Enter the number of hours that you think may differ from the time of your birth, or enter "12" if you don't know the time of your birth at all. If there is a high probability that your horoscope does match the predictions, then you can skip the time-consuming process below entirely.
   • Ascendant for Western Astrology or Vedic Astrology
   • Zodiac sign of your ascendant
   • Sunbow
   • Dasha predictions
2. Let a horoscope "guess". This horoscope should not be very detailed as it will only serve as a starting point. If you don't know the time of your birth, set up the horoscope as if you were born at noon. If you know it was between 4:00 AM and 8:30 AM, base the horoscope at 6:15 AM.
   • You can hire an astrologer if you don't know how to do this or you can choose to learn it yourself. You can also hire an astrologer to rectify your horoscope and skip the steps below.
3. Compile a list of important events. Write down as many important events in your life as you can think of. You will need a year, a date and preferably a time for each of them. Traumatic experiences and accidents are most helpful, but you can also write down marriages, divorces, child births, job changes, and other important events. You can use it to see if your current horoscope predictions match the events in your life.
4. Make predictions based on your horoscope. Use transitions, solar arcs, and other astrological techniques to make predictions based on your "guess" horoscope. Here are some tips on which one to use based on how fast the astrological bodies move through the horoscope. Consult an astrology website or an astrologer if you don't know how to do this:
   • All solar arcs except the Ascendant, the Midheaven and the Moon.
   • Transitions for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Moon. If you are confident enough about your date of birth you can add the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars.
5. Compare the predictions with the actual events of your life. Different astrologers use different techniques to "rectify" a horoscope, but the standard thought is to see if the events of your life match the predictions or see if the events of your life can be explained based on a different time of your birth. Here are some of the techniques astrologers use:
   • Do not consider events that can be explained by planetary connections. Look at the other events to see if they occur more often when celestial objects are at a certain angle. The degrees of this can correspond to your Ascendant and Midheaven if the positions are correct.
   • Compare the transitions of a recent outer planet (Jupiter to Pluto) with recent events in your life to see which house affects you.

Tips

• A passport can be used as proof of identity.

Warnings

• Correcting a horoscope is subjective, and even some people who practice astrology are not convinced that it helps, especially when the time of birth differs by more than a few hours.