Find your Sun sign
Find your Moon sign
Find your Ascendant or Rising sign
Identify the sign of each planet
Identify the house placement of each planet
Note the aspects between planets
Check the elements: fire, earth, air, water
Check the modalities: cardinal, fixed, mutable
Read the chart ruler
Review the North Node and South Node
Look at the Midheaven and IC
Compare personal planets with outer planets
Observe repeated signs and houses
Notice empty houses
Synthesize the whole chart together