Your sky, mapped and read for you.
Your whole birth chart, taken a chapter at a time, so that it builds into one picture of you. I can help you see what's there, and explore what it might mean in your own life.
£60 Each reading is created individually, for one chart, and includes the areas of your life.
Have a look inside one first
The best way to know whether a reading is for you is to see one. Here you can read part of a chapter, look at the diagram that goes with it, and see the kind of question you could ask. I've used invented placements, because my clients' readings stay private.
Inside a reading
Mars · Effort and momentum
Chapter excerpt
You tend to take a while to get going, and then you keep going
When something needs doing, you rarely leap at it. You like to know what the effort is for, roughly how long it will take, and whether it will still matter by the time it's finished. Until those questions have settled, you can look slow from the outside, and people who move quickly may read your pause as reluctance.
Once you have started, though, the picture changes. You can carry on with a piece of work long after the people who began it with you have drifted away. That steadiness gets things finished, but it can also keep you working on something whose purpose has gone.
Recognition
You have probably been the last person still working on a shared project, and felt a little alone doing it. You may also have been told you were holding things up at the start, by someone who was nowhere to be seen at the end.
If that doesn't fit your experience, you are welcome to set it aside. A Recognition is an invitation to check the reading against your own life.
The working behind the words
Where the interpretation begins
Mars: how you act. The chapter starts with effort, assertion, and what gets you moving.
Taurus: a steady pace. In this interpretation, fixed earth gives that effort a sustained, practical quality. Starting can take time; stopping can be hard too.
The position is a measurement and the meaning is an interpretation. A reading weighs the other placements and aspects before it draws any conclusions.
An example conversation
Ask about what you've just read
Your question
Does this mean I should always keep going?
Example response from the chat function
The chapter describes a tendency to persist. It also names the cost: you can stay with a task after its purpose has gone.
A useful question is whether the work still matters to you, or whether stopping feels difficult because of how much you've already put in. The reading gives you a pattern to examine; the decision is yours.
Based on the sample Mars chapter above.
This is a prepared example. In your private learning portal, you can ask your own questions about your reading.
Would you like more than an excerpt? You're welcome to see everything a reading contains, with three chapters open to read. It's the reading made for my own chart.
Your chart is measured first, and then written.
Your chart is calculated to the arcminute and measured before anything is written. The measurements decide which parts of the chart matter most and in what order they are read.
The reading is then drafted for your chart alone, under a method I built and a library I put together. Each reading is made under my direction, and I am answerable for what it says.
The chapters are written around each planet, angle and larger pattern in your chart, with the working available alongside the reading.
A reading is honest about the harder parts of your chart as well as the easier ones, and you're free to disagree with any of it. Each section ends with something specific to check against your own life, and if you don't recognise it, you're invited to set that section aside.
It arrives in a learning portal that only you can open, with diagrams drawn from your own positions so that you can see what a chapter is describing. The portal keeps your place, so you can leave it and come back whenever you like. A chat function sits alongside it for the moments when you'd like greater clarity, and its answers are drawn from your own reading and an extensive knowledge base.
Ian, founder
Where the method comes from, and how it works →
A few things people ask
When do I pay, and can I change my mind?
You pay when you order, by card, on a secure Stripe page. Before you pay, that page shows the price, tells you when your reading will be delivered, and asks whether I should start straight away or wait until the 14 days in which you can cancel have passed. You can cancel for a full refund within 14 days of paying, as long as I have not started. Each reading is created individually, and yours is delivered within 7 days of my starting it. I take a small number of orders at a time, so if the places for this round are taken, your details will still have reached me and I will reply by email when one opens. If you would like to ask me something first, you are very welcome to get in touch through the contact page.
Do I need to know any astrology?
Not at all. The reading is written in everyday language and explains what it needs to as it goes. The working behind each chapter is kept separate, so it is there if you would like to see it and out of the way if you would not.
Do I need my exact birth time?
Yes, as close as you can get it. The birth time sets the angles of the chart, and a good part of the reading rests on them. A time from a birth certificate or a parent's memory is the usual source. If you don't know yours, tick the box for that on the order form. Nothing is charged, your details reach me as a request, and I'll reply about what is possible.
How is this different from the free chart?
The free chart shows you the measurements, which are your placements, your closest aspects, and how uncommon your strongest pattern is. A reading goes further and explores what those measurements might mean for you, chapter by chapter.
Is AI used in writing the reading?
Yes, as a drafting tool. Your chart is calculated to the arcminute and measured before anything is written. The reading is then drafted for your chart alone, using AI as a drafting tool under a method I built and a library I put together. Each reading is made under my direction, and I am answerable for what it says. I believe this is how AI should be used, and it has been the key that unlocked this whole process. When it works inside a system one person has built, with a practitioner's skills and knowledge behind it and a human in the loop throughout, the speed of AI makes it possible to produce work that would otherwise never be made. That, to me, is how we can use it to bring more good work into the world.
Can I give a reading as a gift?
Yes. A gift reading is delivered privately to the person it is for, at their own email address, and not to the person who paid for it. So you will need their email address as well as their date, time and place of birth. Choose the gift option on the order form and enter their details.
Whenever you're ready
Start your reading
Tell me when and where you were born, and I'll take it from there. The form leads you straight to a secure payment page.
From your order to your reading
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You tell me when and where you were born
The form asks for your name, your email and your birth details. They are stored securely and used only to prepare your reading.
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You pay securely by card
The payment page shows the price and the delivery time, and asks whether you would like me to start straight away.
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Your reading is created
Your chart is measured, the chapters are drafted and the figures are drawn. It usually arrives within 48 hours, and often within about six hours, depending on what time of day you order.
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Your reading arrives
I email you a private link to your learning portal, with the chat function ready for your questions, and you can take it at your own pace.
Not ready yet? That's fine.
Your free chart is a good place to begin. It shows you the measurements a reading starts from: your placements, your closest aspects, and how uncommon your strongest pattern is.