Astrocartography for Backpackers

Fire signs prefer excitement, glamour and adventure, Air signs prefer exploration, new cuisine, and knowledge; Water signs prefer water landscapes, open sky and forests, while Earth signs prefer luxury, comforts and mountains.

Alongside tarot, astrology is one of the major tools for reflection you can use to help guide your decisions. Astrocartography is a particular branch of astrology that can help to guide you in the right direction - literally.

Read along to find out the best places for your Sun, Moon and Risings signs in Australia and New Zealand.

Aries

Arthur’s Pass National Park located in New Zealand offers an off-the-grid, one-with-the-nature backpacking experience packed with scenic routes, landscapes and real-time adventure. This is a perfect place for Martian fire sign – Aries who can’t get enough of the adrenaline rush and excitement that gets the blood pumping, all the while breathing fresh air and enjoying unaltered nature.

Along with this one we recommend Gold Coast, otherwise known as Surfer’s Paradise located in sunny Australia. Other than the 50+ kilometers of surfing paradise, there are also adrenaline-pumping theme parks, nightclubs and attractive locals to adorn the Aries-tailored experience.

Taurus

Byron Bay in Australia and Coromandel in New Zealand are two perfect places for backpacking for Venusian, earthy type – Taurus.

Byron Bay is a bohemian hub for artists, travelers, and nature lovers. The landscape is very azure and cozy, resembling those postcards from Sicily and Greece. The beaches are sandy and look like paradise.

Coromandel offers an amazing eatery and crystal clear waters, as well as beaches and the chance to hang out with friendly wildlife. Coromandel has some of the most beautiful caves and kayaking opportunities. It’s very pleasant and the pace of the experience can be as slow or as fast as you want it to be. Just what you need to soothe your senses and needs.

Gemini

Airlie Beach in Australia and Whanganui National Park in New Zealand are perfectly tailored for dual Gemini needs.

Airlie Beach resembles Acapulco (Mexico), and offers a lot of fun, like yacht sailing around the white sand isles and majestic reef, skydiving and scuba diving. The landscape is a mix of beautiful azure, deep and sky blue colors with a little bit of white. Exactly what the Mercurial taste demands – a fine mixture of variety and excitement.

The same goes for Whanganui – this place offers a lot of exciting activities like hiking, exploring and visiting a famous “Bridge to Nowhere” as well as rafting and cruising around the entire national park with your pack members, taking in the sites and an occasional dive.

Cancer

Cairns in Australia and Kaikoura in New Zealand are the perfect spots for emotional Cancers. These natives might be soft on the inside, but their external shell is hard as a rock, and they do enjoy a good adventure and sweating.

Cairns offers majestic landscapes with a lot of fresh green, azure and brick hues. There are palms, trees, waterfalls, swimming waters and beautiful beaches that seem almost private how secluded they are. Perfect exploration gem for Cancers.

Kaikoura offers both reaching the mountain peak and swimming with dolphins – Cancers are great animal lovers, and they can’t skip meeting (and petting) new animals on their adventures. In Kaikoura, there’s plenty of wildlife opportunities – whale watching, dolphin tours and visiting a seal colony! Cancers will enjoy this location to the fullest extent.

Leo

Leos love to shine and to attract attention with their glow, thus Queenstown in New Zealand and Melbourne in Australia. Both of these cities offer majestic views, Instagram shots and a lot of fun for a fun-loving Sun shining representatives of the Zodiac.

Queenstown is sitting on Lake Wakatipu and has a spectacular backdrop of the Southern Alps – perfect for taking lit photos. There’s a lot of fun activities in Queenstown, besides taking gorgeous pictures, like zip-lining, swinging on the world’s most famous swing, jetting through the canyons and gondola riding.

In Melbourne, there’s a lot of impressive architecture, nightlife, bike trails, street art and good dining, and all that is tailored for budget travelers, as well. It’s certainly a gem for Leo’s taste and the most European city in Australia.

Virgo

Virgos like neatness and aesthetics, which is not to say they aren’t adventurous or that they don’t enjoy the excitement. Quite on the contrary… This is why the wondrous Fraser Island in Australia is the 1st choice for Virgos to visit.

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and is a renowned World Heritage Site. Fraser Islands have perfect beaches with pristine sand and turquoise waters which will leave any Virgo enchanted. There are also creeks and springs, sand dunes and rainforests which is exactly what the Virgo likes and wants to see.

Wellington in NZ is the close 2nd as it offers trekking, glorious mountain ranges and quirky shops for souvenir hunting. Virgos love to surprise others and bring a little bit of joy and adventure to their loved ones, which is why this is a perfect match for Virgos. Not to mention meeting a colony of fur seals and climbing Mt Victoria for that stellar view.

Libra

Bay of Islands in NZ and Uluru in Australia are a perfect match for indecisive Libras. Although Libras are indecisive, they love beauty and aesthetics above all else, and this is why these two places are a right fit for them.

Bay of Islands offers warm weather and multiple choices with the ability to see it all. Paihia, Russell and Waitangi islands are all near each other and the bay is filled with once-in-a-lifetime adventures such as swimming with the dolphins, exploring the holes and learning Kiwi history all the while taking a stroll down the small towns of the bay and meeting the locals.

Uluru is an impressive monolith that rises 348m above the landscape and offers majestic Instagram shots at both dawn and dusk. In this orange light, The Rock glows ochre red and offers an otherworldly experience for travellers who opted to see it.

Scorpio

Scorpio loves a good mystery, which is why we recommend Kahurangi National Park in NZ and Darwin – Australia’s tropical capital that has “40 unwritten rules of Mitchell St” published that travellers need to memorize in order to survive a night out on the notorious Darwin party strip.

Kahurangi National Park offers fossil hunting, cave exploring, wildlife watching, caving, canoeing, mountain climbing and biking. All that Scorpios need, enjoy and love. Scorpios prefer to experience “it” for themselves, which is why they will appreciate this national park and the activities it offers very much.

The same goes for Darwin as it offers an exploration of Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks that look as if they’re hiding a lot of secrets and have many mysteries for the backpacker to unravel.

Sagittarius

We all know that Sagittarius are adventurous and that a single place can’t hold them. This is why we recommend Great Ocean Rd in Australia and Roys Peak in NZ.

Sagittarius loves a good road trip, and the Great Ocean Road is 244km long; it has cliff-hugging twists and bends, amazing scenery and some very special landmarks like 12 Apostles rock formation that towers above the ocean and it’s a perfect pit stop on this adventure.

Roys Peak is a hiker’s paradise and it has a breathtaking reward at the end which is exactly what the spiritually inquisitive Sagittarius is looking for – the enlightenment at the end of the road as a reward for all the sweat and hard effort. Sagittarius will enjoy both the journey to the top and the reward at the end of the adrenaline-packed road.

Capricorn

Sturdy Capricorn has a mission – to see the sights, to enjoy the journey and to cross all things from his meticulously crafted to-do list. This is why we recommend Fremantle in Australia and Aoraki/Mt Cook in NZ.

Fremantle is a historic 19th-century colonial port rich in history and magnificent sights, which will be a mind-candy for history-appreciating Capricorns. There’s a lot of micro-breweries, fashionable bars and boutiques for Capricorns to choose from. There’s also Cottesloe Beach which is a home of magnificent beaches and quokka marsupial that Capricorns are sure to fall in love with.

Aoraki/Mt Cook is the highest mountain in NZ. Aoraki is a glacier-dotted mountain and it offers varying paths to the top, which will be a real treat for sturdy (and stubborn) Capricorns. There are also glacier boat trips, snow treks through the Alps and helicopter ride up and on the mountain. Amazing variety of Saturnian activities to give pleasure to every Capricorn out there.

Aquarius

For strange and outwardly Aquarians we suggest Waitomo village on the North Island of New Zealand and Nimbin hippie village in Australia.

Waitomo is famed for its extensive cave systems that offer the magic of thousands of glowworms that light up the caves, which gave it its name – the Glow Worm Grotto. These magical caves and crevices can be explored on a silent water boat ride.

Nimbin Village is Australia’s most famous hippie destination and the capital of an alternative lifestyle. It shot to fame when it hosted the 1973 Aquarius Festival, and it still attracts people who prefer alternative lifestyles to this day. It’s a great place to visit to find your tribe and get visions from higher dimensions.

Pisces

For dreamy Pisces, Matapouri, Northland in NZ and Wyadup Rocks – Injidup Natural Spa in Australia. Pisces enjoy blending their inner imagination landscape with the 3D world.

This is why Matapouri is perfect for both their mundane senses and the soul. This place comes straight out of a fairytale. The Mermaid Pools are huge hidden emerald rock pools that run very deep and they offer a diving experience. It’s a place that has a very soothing and idyllic energy.

Wyadup Rocks are a hidden rock pool treasure, this is a lesser-known location and it offers tranquil waters that gush over the rocks and form a refreshing arena of the breathtaking spa. This is another place that all Neptunians must visit in order to experience their home planet’s ambience here on Earth.