Methodology
How we actually arrive at every reading.
Astrology, tarot, and numerology have ~3,000 years of canonical tradition between them. Our reports are AI syntheses inside those frameworks — not inventions. This page is the public anchor that every paid report's Sources & Methodology appendix links back to.
Where math ends and synthesis begins.
The chart math is the same everywhere. The reading is where craft (or its absence) shows up. We draw the line in public.
- Planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris-class accuracy)
- House cusps (Placidus and Whole Sign supported)
- Vedic ayanamsa (Lahiri default)
- Vimshottari dasha periods and bhuktis
- Numerology — Life Path, Expression, Soul Urge, Personal Year
- Tarot card draws (cryptographically random)
- Natural-language reading of placements and aspects
- Pattern synthesis across the four systems
- Plan and action suggestions (always tagged, never prescriptive)
- Confidence chips on each section
- The "where they agree / where they disagree" summary
What the three confidence labels actually mean.
Every section of every paid report carries one of three labels. Here is what each one promises — and what it does not.
Multiple independent traditions converge on this reading, OR a single tradition with a long, tested track record supports it explicitly.
Example A natal Mars-Saturn square is described as a frustration/discipline pattern. Tetrabiblos (Ptolemy), Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, and modern psychological astrology all read this aspect similarly.
One tradition supports the reading; corroboration from other systems is partial or absent. Useful to consider, not safe to bet on.
Example A specific numerology personal-year theme aligns with a transit interpretation but is not directly confirmed by the Vedic dasha lord. We flag the alignment and the gap.
Drawn from a single tradition with a narrow evidentiary base, OR an inference the AI made by analogy. Hold lightly.
Example A speculative interpretation of an outer-planet transit's emotional flavor — flagged so you know it's a guess inside a framework, not a verified pattern.
The traditions every reading is drawn from.
Each is a living, publicly documented body of work. Anyone can pick up these texts and check our work. That is the point.
Western Astrology
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Tetrabiblos (Quadripartitum)Claudius Ptolemy, ~150 CEFoundational text for sign rulerships, aspect doctrine, and the planetary natures used in every Western section.
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The Astrology of PersonalityDane Rudhyar, 1936Foundational synthesis of astrology with depth psychology. Anchors our psychological-portrait reading style instead of fate prediction.
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Planets in TransitRobert Hand, 1976Standard reference for transit interpretation; underpins all Annual Forecast and timing readings.
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Mundane AstrologyBaigent, Campion & Harvey, 1992Source for planetary-cycle framing in longer forecasts.
Vedic Jyotish
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Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara, classical Sanskrit (compiled tradition)The principal classical text. Source for house meanings, planetary significations, the Vimshottari dasha system, and the canonical yogas.
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A Manual of Hindu AstrologyB. V. Raman, 1935Modernized treatment of Parashari technique. Anchors dasha-period readings across the Vedic section.
Esoteric Astrology
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Esoteric AstrologyAlice A. Bailey, 1951Framework for reading the chart as a map of soul development. Drawn on for inner-work and Soul Path interpretations.
Tarot
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Rider-Waite-Smith deck (and commentaries)A. E. Waite & Pamela Colman Smith, 1909; commentaries by Pollack, GreerThe most widely-published tarot system in English. Card meanings and spread interpretations follow the RWS canon plus major commentaries.
Numerology
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Pythagorean numerology (canonical tradition)Pythagorean school, ~6th century BCE onwardMethod is publicly documented and reproducible. Source for Life Path, Expression, Soul Urge, and Personal Year calculations.
What these systems cannot do.
Stated up front so nobody is surprised later.
- Astrology is a framework for self-reflection, not a fortune-telling apparatus. We do not predict specific outcomes (dates, names, amounts, manners of death).
- The systems disagree. When Vedic Jyotish reads a placement one way and Western reads it another, we name the disagreement instead of papering over it.
- AI synthesizes; it does not divine. The frameworks above are deterministic and verifiable. The AI selects from interpretations *within* those frameworks — it does not invent new traditions.
- Single-chart readings are inherently limited. A natal chart describes potentials and patterns; it does not describe the choices a person will make inside those patterns.
- Outer-planet (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) interpretations are speculative by tradition. We tag them accordingly.
- Birth-time accuracy materially affects house cusps and the Ascendant. If you supplied an estimated time, expect lower confidence on house-based readings.
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