---
title: "Chart Element Interpretation"
method: POST
path: "/interpret/element"
tags: ["AI Interpretations"]
---

# Chart Element Interpretation

`POST /interpret/element`

AI interpretation of a single chart element (planet/house/aspect) in context. Useful for chart-detail pages.

## Query parameters

- `lang` 'uk' | 'en' | 'de' | 'ru' | 'pl' | 'es' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'cs' | 'ro' | 'hu' | 'el' | 'tr' | 'ar' | 'hi' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'vi' | 'id'

## Headers

- `Accept-Language` 'uk' | 'en' | 'de' | 'ru' | 'pl' | 'es' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'cs' | 'ro' | 'hu' | 'el' | 'tr' | 'ar' | 'hi' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'vi' | 'id'

## Request body

- InterpretElement — Birth data for a single natal chart. Required: date (YYYY-MM-DD), time (HH:mm:ss), latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. The short forms lat, lon, lng and tz are rejected with 400 INVALID_FIELD; pass the full names. timezoneOffset is hours from UTC and defaults to 0, meaning UTC. city is a display label only: nothing here geocodes it, so it never stands in for coordinates.
  - `date` string, required
  - `time` string, required
  - `timezoneOffset` number, nullable
  - `latitude` number, required
  - `longitude` number, required
  - `houseSystem` string
  - `name` string
  - `city` string
  - `zodiacType` 'tropical' | 'sidereal'
  - `ayanamsaId` number, nullable
  - `cosmogram` boolean
  - `language` 'uk' | 'en' | 'de' | 'pl' | 'es' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'cs' | 'ro' | 'hu' | 'el' | 'tr' | 'ar' | 'hi' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'vi' | 'id' | 'ru'
  - `disclaimer_inline` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful calculation

- object
  - `ok` boolean
  - `data` object
    - `language` string, nullable
    - `element` string, nullable
    - `interpretation` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation error
- `401` — Missing or invalid API key

## Changes

- **2026-08-11** `b0533bcc12c0` — 4 breaking, 4 warning, 2 info
  - the request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ChartInput]/latitude` became not nullable
  - the request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ChartInput]/longitude` became not nullable
  - the request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ChartInput]/latitude` became required
  - the request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ChartInput]/longitude` became required
  - …6 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/astroway/apis/astroway-calculation-api/changes/interpret/element/post.md)

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