I don't know my time of birth and don't think anyone else does. Am I forever doomed to astrological obscurity?
Without the correct time the science if astrology is much more general. Although we can get an idea about the karmic issues and the lessons and times to make changes in the life of the person involved it is becomes more difficult to go into specifics.
There are several options to take for someone looking for the time of their birth.
1. Ask relatives for a general time that they remember.
2. Look carefully at a birth certificate.
3. Write to the city/county ask for vital statistics.
4. There are several vital statistic online links. Go to google. Find them and specify that you need the time of birth with your birth certificate.
5. Remember: If you were born at a hospital it is a legal obligation for the doctor to write the time of birth. Why? Wonder if a family had their baby confused with another one?
6. If you have tried all the above methods: If for instance you were born in a house and all your relatives having any knowledge of the events have passed away.....If you have tried all these methods and still have no answers you can have your chart rectified by an astrologer. This is an involved process. It requires major events in the persons life and finding the time of birth is done by coming up with the time through rectification. This is a method used to find out the time of birth of people when astrologers do not have their time of birth.