Breaking news: the gay Internet community worked its normal magic and found Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s time of birth. Specifically, Twitter user @lipandbone took it upon themselves to personally email Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s staff, who replied with a correct time of birth. Why would anyone be interested in this information? Well, a time of birth is essential when it comes to the accuracy of a natal chart, which is essentially a picture of the sky at the time you were born.

While it’s possible to finagle a version of a person’s birth chart without their exact birth time in order to find out what signs the planets were in on the day they were born, a time of birth is the final ingredient that allows astrologers (and their software) to pinpoint the sign that was rising on the horizon, which “organizes” the chart into the exact houses. As you learn more about astrology, you understand not just what it means when a planet is in a specific sign, but also what these houses mean and this information is pretty crucial.

All of these ingredients together (plus a lot more) make up a birth chart — which is why astrologers are often champing at the bit for the accurate birth times of public figures and it's also why astrology-savvy people might not-so-casually ask you for your birth time on a first date.

OK, so what is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sign?

Like her fellow Bronx native Cardi B, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is a Libra sun with an Aries moon. That’s a super powerful air-and-fire combo. In fact, if you look at her chart, all of Ocasio-Cortez’s personal planets are either fire or air. By personal planets, I mean the sun (the core of the chart), the Moon (your emotions, habits, instincts), Mercury (how you communicate and develop ideas), Venus (how you express affection and value), and Mars (how you take action).

When someone has all of these planets — plus her rising (Sagittarius) — in fire and air, it creates a person who is passionate and action-oriented, an idea-driven communicator with a strong grasp of intangibles. Elementally, fire and air feed each other and make each other stronger: The challenge for anyone with this combination is making sure they’re grounded.