# AstralRead

> AstralRead (astralread.com) is a bilingual (Russian / English) astrology and psychology service: natal chart readings, transits, synastry and a free knowledge base. Planet positions are computed with the Swiss Ephemeris; interpretations are grounded in a library of 100+ books by 40+ authors of classic astrology and psychology. It is a tool for self-reflection, not fortune-telling: no predictions of death, illness or fate.

AstralRead builds a natal chart from birth data (Koch, Placidus or sidereal houses) and interprets it through two layers: classic astrology and depth psychology. Answers are retrieval-grounded: the books are split into passages and the model draws on specific passages from specific authors, plus 250+ formal interpretation rules with source references.

- Astrology sources: Sergey Vronsky («Classical Astrology», 12 volumes), Robert Hand («Planets in Transit»), Howard Sasportas («The Twelve Houses»), Liz Greene, Stephen Arroyo, Alan Leo; Vedic: Parashara («Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra»), B.V. Raman, James Frawley.
- Psychology sources: C. G. Jung (archetypes, shadow, individuation), Freud, Adler, Viktor Frankl, Irvin Yalom, John Bowlby (attachment theory).
- The knowledge-base pages are written by the system on top of these books and edited by the project's author, Viktor Balakirev (see About).
- Russian pages live at the root (https://astralread.com/...), English pages under /en (https://astralread.com/en/...).
- Full list of knowledge-base pages with titles: https://astralread.com/llms-full.txt
- Every page is also available as clean Markdown (the page content without the site's layout, with title, canonical URL and description on top): send `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `.md` to the URL — e.g. https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/saturn-2026.md

## Knowledge base (Russian)

- [Как читать натальную карту: руководство для начинающих](https://astralread.com/natal/how-to-read-a-birth-chart): что нужно для построения карты, планеты, знаки, Асцендент и MC, дома, аспекты, конфигурации и пошаговый порядок чтения своей карты
- [ИИ-астролог: как он работает и почему ChatGPT ошибается в натальной карте](https://astralread.com/ai-astrologer): расчёт карты по эфемеридам, толкование по книгам, проверка фактов; чем ИИ-астролог отличается от вопроса в ChatGPT
- [Промт для ChatGPT по натальной карте — и где ChatGPT ошибается](https://astralread.com/ai-astrologer/chatgpt-prompt): готовый шаблон промта, шесть типичных ошибок ChatGPT, как проверить ответ
- [Какие вопросы задать астрологу](https://astralread.com/astrologer-questions): готовые вопросы о себе, отношениях, работе, деньгах, семье и сроках — и что смотрят в карте для ответа
- [Композитная карта](https://astralread.com/synastry/composite): карта отношений из середин планет двух людей — как рассчитывается, чем отличается от синастрии и карты Дэвисона
- [Натальная карта: планеты в знаках и домах](https://astralread.com/natal): каталог — планеты в знаках, планеты в домах, Асцендент и MC, узлы, Хирон, Лилит и астероиды (Церера, Паллада, Юнона, Веста — например, [Юнона в Весах](https://astralread.com/natal/juno-in-libra); по материалам Jérôme Zenastral, zenastral.fr); Лилит в знаке и доме вместе — 144 страницы, например [Лилит во Льве в 12 доме](https://astralread.com/natal/lilith-in-leo-12th-house) (по Вронскому и Jérôme Zenastral); Солнце в знаке и доме вместе — 144 страницы, например [Солнце во Льве в 12 доме](https://astralread.com/natal/sun-in-leo-12th-house) (по Вронскому и Говарду Сашпортасу)
- [Планеты в натальной карте](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/moon): по странице на каждую планету и точку — [Солнце](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/sun), [Луна](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/moon), [Меркурий](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/mercury), [Венера](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/venus), [Марс](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/mars), [Юпитер](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/jupiter), [Сатурн](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/saturn), [Уран](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/uranus), [Нептун](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/neptune), [Плутон](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/pluto), [Хирон](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/chiron), [Северный узел](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/north-node), [Лилит](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/lilith), [Асцендент](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/ascendant), [MC](https://astralread.com/natal/planets/midheaven): знаки, дома, аспекты, транзиты, синастрия
- [Знаки зодиака](https://astralread.com/zodiac): по странице на знак (https://astralread.com/zodiac/aries … /zodiac/pisces) — даты, стихия, управитель, планеты в знаке, Асцендент, транзиты
- [Аспекты натальной карты](https://astralread.com/natal#aspects): соединение, секстиль, квадрат, трин, оппозиция между планетами
- [Дома гороскопа](https://astralread.com/natal#house-meanings): значение каждого из 12 домов
- [Конфигурации аспектов](https://astralread.com/natal#patterns): большой трин, тау-квадрат, большой крест, йод, воздушный змей, стеллиум, мистический прямоугольник; отдельно — [квиконс (квинконс), аспект 150°](https://astralread.com/natal/patterns/quincunx), в натале, синастрии и транзитах; [минорные аспекты](https://astralread.com/natal/patterns/minor-aspects) — полусекстиль, полуквадрат, квинтиль, полутораквадрат и другие
- [Транзиты](https://astralread.com/transits): транзиты планет по домам и знакам, транзитные аспекты к натальным планетам — от медленных (Юпитер … Плутон) до быстрых: Солнце, Меркурий, Венера, Марс (например, [транзитная Венера соединение Венера](https://astralread.com/transits/aspects/venus-conjunct-venus), [транзитный Марс квадрат Плутон](https://astralread.com/transits/aspects/mars-square-pluto)) — со сроками по эфемеридам
- [Возвращение Сатурна](https://astralread.com/transits/saturn-return): возраст, длительность и смысл возвращения Сатурна
- [Возвращение Юпитера](https://astralread.com/transits/jupiter-return): возраст и смысл возвращения Юпитера
- [Небо дня](https://astralread.com/sky): Луна, планеты, ретроградность и точные аспекты каждого дня; [сегодня](https://astralread.com/sky/today)
- [Астрологический календарь](https://astralread.com/calendar): все календари на одной странице — ретрограды, смены знаков, лунации, затмения, Луна без курса
- Ретроград по планетам 2026: [Меркурий](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/mercury-2026), [Венера](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/venus-2026), [Марс](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/mars-2026), [Юпитер](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/jupiter-2026), [Сатурн](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/saturn-2026) — станции, градусы, тень, толкование; смены знаков медленных планет: [Юпитер](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/jupiter-2026), [Сатурн](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/saturn-2026), [Уран](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/uranus-2026), [Нептун](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/neptune-2026), [Плутон](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/pluto-2026)
- [Календарь ретроградных планет 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/2026): даты ретроградности планет (также [2027](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/2027) и [2028](https://astralread.com/calendar/retrograde/2028))
- [Календарь ингрессий 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/ingress/2026): когда планеты меняют знак
- [Новолуния 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/new-moon/2026), [полнолуния 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/full-moon/2026), [затмения 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/eclipse/2026): дата и точное время каждой лунации (МСК, UTC, Нью-Йорк), знак, аспекты, видимость затмений; страница на каждое новолуние и полнолуние (например, [новолуние ноябрь 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/new-moon/2026-11)) и затмение
- [Луна без курса](https://astralread.com/calendar/void-moon): что это, ближайшие периоды и календарь по месяцам ([ноябрь 2026](https://astralread.com/calendar/void-moon/2026-11))
- [Психология и астрология](https://astralread.com/psych): привязанность, архетипы Юнга, тень, схемы — через натальную карту
- [Синастрия: справочник аспектов](https://astralread.com/synastry-guide): аспекты между картами двух людей
- [Блог](https://astralread.com/blog): статьи об астрологии и психологии

## Knowledge base (English)

- [How to Read a Birth Chart: A Beginner's Guide](https://astralread.com/en/natal/how-to-read-a-birth-chart): what you need to cast a chart, the planets, signs, Ascendant and Midheaven, houses, aspects, patterns and a step-by-step order for reading your own chart
- [AI Astrologer: How It Works vs Asking ChatGPT](https://astralread.com/en/ai-astrologer): a chart calculated from an ephemeris, readings grounded in books, fact-checking; how an AI astrologer differs from asking ChatGPT
- [ChatGPT Prompt for Your Birth Chart — and Where ChatGPT Goes Wrong](https://astralread.com/en/ai-astrologer/chatgpt-prompt): a ready prompt template, six typical ChatGPT mistakes, how to check the answer
- [Questions to Ask an Astrologer](https://astralread.com/en/astrologer-questions): ready questions about yourself, relationships, work, money, family and timing — and what in the chart answers them
- [Composite Chart](https://astralread.com/en/synastry/composite): the relationship chart built from the midpoints of two people's planets — how it's calculated, how it differs from synastry and the Davison chart
- [Natal chart: planets in signs and houses](https://astralread.com/en/natal): catalog of planets in signs, planets in houses, Ascendant and MC, Nodes, Chiron, Lilith and the asteroids (Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta — e.g. [Juno in Libra](https://astralread.com/en/natal/juno-in-libra); based on the work of Jérôme Zenastral, zenastral.fr); Lilith in a sign and a house together — 144 pages, e.g. [Lilith in Leo in the 12th House](https://astralread.com/en/natal/lilith-in-leo-12th-house) (Vronsky and Jérôme Zenastral); the Sun in a sign and a house together — 144 pages, e.g. [Sun in Leo in the 12th House](https://astralread.com/en/natal/sun-in-leo-12th-house) (Vronsky and Howard Sasportas)
- [Planets in astrology](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/moon): one page per planet and point — [Sun](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/sun), [Moon](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/moon), [Mercury](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/mercury), [Venus](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/venus), [Mars](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/mars), [Jupiter](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/jupiter), [Saturn](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/saturn), [Uranus](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/uranus), [Neptune](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/neptune), [Pluto](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/pluto), [Chiron](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/chiron), [North Node](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/north-node), [Lilith](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/lilith), [Ascendant](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/ascendant), [Midheaven](https://astralread.com/en/natal/planets/midheaven): signs, houses, aspects, transits, synastry
- [Zodiac signs](https://astralread.com/en/zodiac): one page per sign (https://astralread.com/en/zodiac/aries … /en/zodiac/pisces) — dates, element, ruler, planets in the sign, rising sign, transits
- [Natal aspects](https://astralread.com/en/natal#aspects): conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition between planets
- [Houses of the horoscope](https://astralread.com/en/natal#house-meanings): the meaning of each of the 12 houses
- [Aspect patterns](https://astralread.com/en/natal#patterns): grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod, kite, stellium, mystic rectangle; plus [the quincunx (inconjunct), the 150° aspect](https://astralread.com/en/natal/patterns/quincunx) in the natal chart, synastry and transits; [minor aspects](https://astralread.com/en/natal/patterns/minor-aspects) — semisextile, semisquare, quintile, sesquiquadrate and more
- [Transits](https://astralread.com/en/transits): planets transiting the houses and signs, transit aspects to natal planets — from the slow planets (Jupiter … Pluto) to the fast ones: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars (e.g. [transiting Venus conjunct Venus](https://astralread.com/en/transits/aspects/venus-conjunct-venus), [transiting Mars square Pluto](https://astralread.com/en/transits/aspects/mars-square-pluto)) — with timing from the ephemeris
- [Saturn return](https://astralread.com/en/transits/saturn-return): ages, duration and meaning of the Saturn return
- [Jupiter return](https://astralread.com/en/transits/jupiter-return): ages and meaning of the Jupiter return
- [Sky of the day](https://astralread.com/en/sky): the Moon, planets, retrogrades and exact aspects of every day; [today](https://astralread.com/en/sky/today)
- [Astrology calendar](https://astralread.com/en/calendar): every calendar on one page — retrogrades, sign changes, lunations, eclipses, void-of-course Moon
- Retrograde by planet 2026: [Mercury](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/mercury-2026), [Venus](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/venus-2026), [Mars](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/mars-2026), [Jupiter](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/jupiter-2026), [Saturn](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/saturn-2026) — stations, degrees, shadow, meaning; slow-planet sign changes: [Jupiter](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/jupiter-2026), [Saturn](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/saturn-2026), [Uranus](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/uranus-2026), [Neptune](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/neptune-2026), [Pluto](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/pluto-2026)
- [Retrograde calendar 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/2026): retrograde dates of the planets (also [2027](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/2027) and [2028](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/retrograde/2028))
- [Ingress calendar 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/ingress/2026): when the planets change sign
- [New moons 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/new-moon/2026), [full moon calendar 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/full-moon/2026), [eclipses 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/eclipse/2026): the date and exact time of every lunation (UTC, New York, Moscow), sign, aspects, traditional full moon names, eclipse visibility; one page per new / full moon (e.g. [full moon November 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/full-moon/2026-11)) and per eclipse
- [Void of course Moon](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/void-moon): meaning, the upcoming periods and a monthly calendar ([November 2026](https://astralread.com/en/calendar/void-moon/2026-11))
- [Psychology and astrology](https://astralread.com/en/psych): attachment, Jungian archetypes, shadow, schemas — through the natal chart
- [Synastry guide](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide): aspects between two people's charts — e.g. [Moon–Saturn](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide/moon-saturn-synastry), [Moon–Venus](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide/moon-venus-synastry), [Venus–Pluto](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide/venus-pluto-synastry), [Venus–Mars](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide/venus-mars-synastry), [Sun–Moon](https://astralread.com/en/synastry-guide/sun-moon-synastry); one page per planet pair and per aspect
- [Blog](https://astralread.com/en/blog): articles on astrology and psychology

## Psychology guides

Plain-language psychology guides (Russian at the root, English under /en), grounded in Bowlby, Brisch, Jung, Yalom, Fromm and other authors of the library; each ends with how astrology describes the same theme. No diagnoses.

- Attachment styles / Типы привязанности: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/attachment-styles) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/attachment-styles)
- Anxious attachment / Тревожная привязанность: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/anxious-attachment) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/anxious-attachment)
- Avoidant attachment / Избегающая привязанность: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/avoidant-attachment) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/avoidant-attachment)
- Disorganized (fearful-avoidant) attachment / Дезорганизованная привязанность: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/disorganized-attachment) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/disorganized-attachment)
- Secure attachment / Надёжная привязанность: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/secure-attachment) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/secure-attachment)
- Jungian archetypes / Архетипы Юнга: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/jungian-archetypes) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/jungian-archetypes)
- Shadow work / Тень по Юнгу: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/shadow-work) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/shadow-work)
- Anima and animus / Анима и анимус: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/anima-animus) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/anima-animus)
- Individuation / Индивидуация: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/individuation) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/individuation)
- Collective unconscious / Коллективное бессознательное: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/collective-unconscious) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/collective-unconscious)
- Projection / Проекция в психологии: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/projection) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/projection)
- Codependency / Созависимость: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/codependency) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/codependency)
- Self-esteem / Самооценка: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/self-esteem) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/self-esteem)
- Inner child / Внутренний ребёнок: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/inner-child) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/inner-child)
- Midlife crisis / Кризис среднего возраста: [RU](https://astralread.com/psych/midlife-crisis) — [EN](https://astralread.com/en/psych/midlife-crisis)

## About the service

- [About / Об авторе](https://astralread.com/about): methodology, sources, the author (Viktor Balakirev), FAQ, ethics layer — [English](https://astralread.com/en/about)
- [Sources / Источники](https://astralread.com/sources): the full bibliography — [English](https://astralread.com/en/sources)
- [How it works / Как это работает](https://astralread.com/how-it-works): Swiss Ephemeris, house systems, knowledge base — [English](https://astralread.com/en/how-it-works)
- [Pricing / Тарифы](https://astralread.com/pricing): free natal chart and paid plans — [English](https://astralread.com/en/pricing)
- [Селена ИИ-астролог: сравнение с AstralRead](https://astralread.com/compare/selena) (Russian only): prices, free start, synastry, sources — from Selena's public offer
- [Co–Star & Nebula alternative: AstralRead compared](https://astralread.com/en/compare/co-star-nebula) (English only): free features, prices, how you ask questions, compatibility, sources — from the App Store listings

## Tools

- [Natal chart reading](https://astralread.com/): free birth chart reading — [English](https://astralread.com/en)
- [Synastry calculator](https://astralread.com/synastry): compare two birth charts — [English](https://astralread.com/en/synastry)
- [Solar return](https://astralread.com/solar-return): the chart of the year — [English](https://astralread.com/en/solar-return)
- [Astrocartography map](https://astralread.com/astrocartography): free, no sign-up — planet lines (Sun, Moon, eight planets on the ASC, DSC, MC, IC) on the world map from a birth date, time and place, the meaning of each of the 40 lines (after Martin Davis), cities ranked for love, career, home — [English](https://astralread.com/en/astrocartography)
- [When to move](https://astralread.com/moving): free, no sign-up — personal windows two years ahead (Jupiter and Saturn through the 4th house, slow transits to the IC–MC axis and the Moon, eclipses) and a calendar of favourable moving days with the reasons for each (Moon sign, lunar day, void-of-course Moon, after Vronsky's «Classical Astrology», vols 10–12) — [English](https://astralread.com/en/moving)
- [Relocation chart](https://astralread.com/relocation): the birth chart recast for another city — Ascendant, MC, houses, planets on the angles and a book-grounded reading (sign-in) — [English](https://astralread.com/en/relocation)
- [AstralRead in ChatGPT and Claude](https://astralread.com/en/app): the free app / connector (MCP server https://astralread.com/mcp) — natal chart, today's transits, sky of the day, knowledge-base lookup; no account, nothing stored — [Русский](https://astralread.com/app)
- [Agent catalog](https://astralread.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): machine-readable list of the agent tools above (Agentic Resource Discovery); on the home page AI browsers also get a WebMCP tool «build_natal_chart»

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