Every AstroReading dossier is composed through three stages — astronomical calculation, structured astrological interpretation, and PDF design.
Planetary positions are computed with PyEphem, using VSOP87 for the planets and an ELP-2000-based lunar theory. From this calculation we derive your complete chart: all planetary positions, house cusps (Placidus system), aspects between planets, retrograde status, elements, and modalities. Above 66° of latitude, where the Placidus system is undefined, Porphyry houses are used.
Your full chart is calculated — every planet, house, and aspect — and the reading draws on the placements that matter most for its question, not only your Sun sign. The interpretive content is developed with assistance from large language model tools and checked automatically for chart accuracy and consistency. The result is a dossier composed for your chart alone.
Set in Cormorant Garamond on a dark ground — ink and cream, with a restrained champagne accent. The length depends on the product and on your chart.
Traditional astrology readings unfold across a single conversation and rarely leave behind a structured document. A dossier works differently: it composes a written archive from your exact birth configuration — every planet, every house cusp, every aspect — that you can return to. The astronomical calculations are the same any astrologer would use; the interpretation is set down as a structured document for your chart specifically, not transcribed from a conversation.
We believe in being clear about what this is and isn't. Every methodology has boundaries — here are ours.
Astrology is a reflective framework. We're confident in what we deliver — and equally clear about what we don't.