---
title: "A*C*G by Life Category"
method: POST
path: "/acg/by-category"
tags: ["Astro-Geography"]
---

# A*C*G by Life Category

`POST /acg/by-category`

A*C*G lines that govern one area of life, ranked by astrological weight and, when a point is supplied, by proximity to it. Returns curated interpretation text per line in 11 languages.

## Request body

- AcgByCategory — 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 — Hours from UTC at the given moment, not minutes. Fractional zones are hours too: 5.5 for India, 5.75 for Nepal, -3.5 for Newfoundland. Defaults to 0, meaning UTC.
  - `latitude` number, required
  - `longitude` number, required
  - `houseSystem` string
  - `name` string
  - `city` string
  - `zodiacType` 'tropical' | 'sidereal'
  - `ayanamsaId` number, nullable
  - `ayanamsa` 'fagan-bradley' | 'lahiri' | 'de-luce' | 'raman' | 'krishnamurti' | 'kp' | 'yukteshwar' | 'jn-bhasin' | 'true-citra' | 'djwhal-khul' — Sidereal school by name. Lahiri when omitted. Equivalent to ayanamsaId; send either.
  - `cosmogram` boolean
  - `category` 'adventure' | 'career' | 'communication' | 'creativity' | 'health' | 'home' | 'learning' | 'love' | 'money' | 'power' | 'relationship' | 'retreat' | 'spirituality' | 'stability' | 'success' | 'transformation' | 'travel' | 'vitality' | 'wealth', required
  - `point` object
    - `lat` number, required
    - `lng` number, required
  - `radiusDeg` number
  - `polarity` 'supportive' | 'challenging' | 'all'
  - `includeText` boolean
  - `includeCoordinates` boolean
  - `language` 'uk' | 'en' | 'de' | 'pl' | 'es' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'cs' | 'ro' | 'hu' | 'el' | 'tr' | 'ar' | 'hi' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'vi' | 'id' | 'ru'

## Response `200`

Successful calculation

- object
  - `ok` boolean
  - `data` object
    - `category` object, nullable
      - `id` string, nullable
      - `name` string, nullable
    - `language` string, nullable
    - `requestedLanguage` string, nullable
    - `count` number, nullable
    - `lines` object[], nullable
      - `planet` string, nullable
      - `type` string, nullable
      - `weight` number, nullable
      - `polarity` string, nullable
      - `strength` number, nullable
      - `distanceDeg` number, nullable
      - `pointCount` number, nullable
      - `segments` array[], nullable
        - array[], nullable
          - number[], nullable
      - `interpretation` object, nullable
        - `title` string, nullable
        - `text` string, nullable
        - `lang` string, nullable

## Other responses

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

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