Knowledge Foundations
AstralRead is built on the shoulders of giants. Below is the non-exhaustive list of literary traditions and reference works that inform our AI's consultations. We synthesise concepts; we do not reproduce the originals.
Methodology. AstralRead's knowledge base contains chunked, embedded references to classical and contemporary works in psychology and astrology. When you ask the service a question, our AI retrieves relevant concepts, synthesises them with the technical details of your natal chart, and produces an original response. The service does not reproduce or redistribute the source texts in any form.
Legal basis. Reference works are utilised under the fair-use doctrine, the EU Text and Data Mining exception (Directive (EU) 2019/790, Article 4), and analogous provisions in the laws of Montenegro and other applicable jurisdictions. AstralRead does not claim any copyright in the source works themselves.
Encouraging the originals. We strongly encourage interested users to obtain authorised editions of any work referenced below directly from the respective publishers. The original works contain depth and nuance that no AI synthesis can fully convey.
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Astrological tradition
Our natal-chart interpretation framework draws on the continuous tradition of Western astrology, including:
- Hellenistic astrology (Ptolemy, Vettius Valens — public domain)
- Medieval and Renaissance synthesis (Lilly, Morin de Villefranche)
- 20th-century psychological astrology — Dane Rudhyar, Liz Greene's humanistic framework
- Russian astrological tradition — including B. Vronsky's twelve-volume systematic exposition
- Modern technical astronomy via Swiss Ephemeris (open-source)
Astronomical calculations are performed deterministically via Swiss Ephemeris (LGPL-licensed) — no copyrighted ephemeris tables are reproduced.
Psychological frameworks
Depth and analytical psychology
Carl Gustav Jung — archetypes, shadow, anima/animus, individuation. Sigmund Freud — unconscious, transference. Alice Miller — childhood developmental wounds.
Attachment theory and developmental psychology
John Bowlby's foundational attachment work; Mary Ainsworth's attachment styles; Donald Winnicott on the “good-enough mother” and transitional objects; Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages; Lev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development; Melanie Klein's object-relations theory; contemporary research in attachment-disorder treatment and developmental neuroscience.
Cognitive and existential traditions
Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy and schema work; Viktor Frankl's logotherapy; Daniel Kahneman's dual-process cognitive science; Erich Fromm's humanistic psychoanalysis.
Modern parenting and child psychology
Russian family-psychology tradition (notably the work of Lyudmila Petranovskaya and Yulia Gippenreiter on parental attachment and respectful communication); contemporary attachment-based parenting research; growth-mindset and emotional-regulation frameworks applied to early childhood; Maria Montessori's developmental pedagogy.
Somatic and bioenergetic traditions
Modern body-psychology literature on the relationship between somatic experience and emotional regulation.
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- We do not reproduce verbatim text from any of these works in our consultations or marketing content.
- We do not substitute for the original works — we recommend obtaining authorised editions for serious study.
- We do not provide medical, psychiatric, or therapeutic services. Our consultations are educational and reflective in nature, as set out in our Terms of Service.