There are thousand of pointers which can be looked into the Birth chart but one must look at the following points for good reading of the Birth Chart.
1. Chandra Lagna or Normal Lagna. One must find out which has more strength . The strength can be looked at number of planets in the lagna or chandra lagna and also the degrees passed in the same. the aspects should also be considered both from Graha drishti and rashi drishti perspective.
2. See where the lagna lord has gone and Planets associated with lagna lord and the houses they own. See whether 6th , 8th and 12th lord are in Trines to Lagna or lagna lord
3. Check Navamsa position of lagna lord and the also which stars the lagna lord is placed in Birth chart or rashi chart.
4. Check the nakshatra of moon and the nakshatra to read the focus of the mind.
5. Check which planets exalts in Chandra rashi or lagna rashi and which planets are natural enemies or gets debilitated in the same rashi.
6. check How many planets are in earth sign , water sign etc to get what element is dominant in Chart. e.g for checking the drive and initiatives check how many planets are fire signs.
7. Check association on 6th, 8th and 12th lords.
8. Check how many planets are in Dharma, arth , kama , Moksha trines both in rashi and navamsa chart.
9. Check where does the arudha lagna falls and where the lord has gone and what is the association of arudha lagna lord with lagna lord. Are both enemies to each other, brotherly or supportive.
10. Check the nearest degrees of planets to check the association of planets basis G K technique of degree of planets.
11. check what time of karaka lord is lagna lord. Whether atama karaka , Bharatri karaka , dara karaka etc.
12. Check how many planets are having drishti on lagna or lagna lord or on chandra lagna . that will influence the personality greatly.
13. check where the dispositor of chandra lagna is .Whether the same is in 6th , 8th or 12th.
14. If the dispositor of lagna lord or chandra lagna is in 5th , 9th then goods things will prevail . If these dispositor lords are exalted then goods things will happen or vice versa.
15 One must look at the sarva ashtakvarga to look into the strength of houses.
16 It is important to see in whose star majority of planets are sitting . That Star lord and its houses will have main area of focus in life.
17. Check few Rajayoga combinations. AL Lord and atmakaraka combinations, 5th lord and 10th lord combination, 5th lord in lagna or its association with moon etc etc . List few more powerful combinations of rajayaoga planets.
18. Check which planets are panchanga lords. List them and see what kind of karaka they are. AK, DK, AmK etc etc.
19. See which planets are retrograde. Check Parivartana of Planets .
20 Check which planets are in digbala and also check planets in combustion and retrogression.
21. planets in close conjunction are involved in graha yudha. check the same.
22 Planets first does the work of the nakshatra its placed and then for the houses it owns. Hence pay attention to Star lord Houses also.
23. use navtara Chakra to find which planets are placed in Nidhana, vadh and other inauspicious taras. Dash of these planets will create problems.
24 Check Conjunctions of planets. They give lot of messages. e.g sun and Jupiter conjunction brings ego (sun) with religion (jupiter)...mars and ketu shows Military (mars) and Terror (Ketu) or Pishacha Yoga or military/ fighting related.. Jupiter Ketu shows high level of spirituality or spread of Dharma
25 Pay attention to Lagna Rashi. They show distinctive habits. e.g Tula lagna or Libra lagna people survive by creating wars. Scorpio Lagna survive by Transforming something.
26 . Check which planets are friendly to lagna and chandra lagna. Also see 6,,8,12 from moon and see where these planets are placed in.
27 Check the Curses appearing in the chart and also planets in marana karaka sthna. Such marana karaka planets will destroy significations of that house which they own.
28. Check planets within 1 degree to each other while conjoining. This is Graha Yudha .
29 Check which Planets are in mula Trikona and where are they placed from their Mula Trikona.
30 Check which are in marana karaka sthana.
31. Check Graha Yuti. When Sun and Mars Combine, Sun will take out all energies of Mars because he is sitting with his exaltation sign lord. Saturn Venus does exactly the same. Rahu Mercury does the same. Jupiter Moon does the same. Reverse is also True.
32 . Check for key messages like when Moon is in 3rd house...person eats food while Travelling, If Venus is in 3rd House , person would like wife to be conversation based or does lot of conversation with Wife.
33. Study Conjunctions thorughly...Moon with venus...One wants motherly love or would like mother to hold on to her chest, drinks lot of Refined Liquids as both have jala tattva,....moon mercury keeps changing the documents information , eats vegetables (mercury), 24 X 7 scheduling , information, documents .