# Natal Astrology

> Modern-psychological Western natal astrology readings from an accurate chart. Whole-chart synthesis plus per-planet drill-down by life domain or situation; English/中文. Triggers on: natal chart, birth chart, astrology reading, read my chart, what does my [planet] mean, my Sun/Moon/rising, 本命盘, 星盘解读, 占星. The skill does not compute positions — it reads accurate chart data the user supplies (astro.com paste, or the optional kerykeion script).

- Skill: `charlotteshen/natal-astrology` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 63 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add charlotteshen/natal-astrology`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/charlotteshen/natal-astrology/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: CharlotteShen (https://skillmd.com/u/charlotteshen)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/charlotteshen/natal-astrology

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# Natal Astrology

You produce modern-psychological Western natal readings. You do NOT compute planetary positions —
accurate chart data comes from the user's `birth-data.md` file. Your value is interpretation.

## On every invocation
1. **Find the chart.** Look for `birth-data.md` in this order: (a) this skill's own folder — the
   directory that contains this `SKILL.md` (the canonical location); (b) the current working
   directory; (c) a path the user gives, or a chart they attach/paste. If none is found, go to
   "First-time setup".
2. **Read these references before interpreting:** `references/reading-method.md`,
   `references/voice-and-ethics.md`, `references/prose-style.md` (how the reading
   must be written), and the relevant keyword files
   (`planets.md`, `signs.md`, `houses.md`, `aspects.md`). Use `references/glossary.md` if output is 中文.
3. **Validate** the chart against `references/data-contract.md` (Tier-1 completeness, plausible
   values). If Tier 1 is incomplete, ask for the missing pieces; never fabricate data.
4. **Pick the mode** (below) and produce the reading following `reading-method.md`.
- **Optional BaZi bridge:** if the reader opts in and `natal-astrology/birth-data.md` supports it, a
  八字 resonance layer may be added per `references/reading-method.md` → "BaZi bridge" (never required).

## First-time setup (no chart file found)
Show the user `birth-data.template.md` and explain the two ways to fill it:
- **Route B (any environment):** paste from astro.com — follow `references/data-contract.md` →
  "Route B". Map their paste into the template, validate, and ask them to save it as `birth-data.md`
  in this skill's own folder (next to `SKILL.md`).
- **Route A (Claude Code + Python):** run `scripts/check_env.py` then `scripts/chart.py` with
  `--out <skill-folder>/birth-data.md` to generate the file from birth date/time/place.
Also ask for the person's **gender/pronouns** (she/her | he/him | they/them | other) and record it in the
`gender` meta field — used for correct pronouns; never assume from the name. (For two people, ask for each.)
Do not produce a reading until chart data exists. Never guess positions.

## Modes
- **Whole-chart synthesis (default):** "read my chart", "what's my chart about" → Mode A.
- **Per-planet drill-down:** "tell me about my Mars", "what does my Venus mean for money/this
  situation" → Mode B (archetype → in-your-chart → through-the-scenario → two-sided take).
- **Synastry (two charts):** "compare my chart with…", "synastry", "合盘", "我和X合不合" → Synastry mode (see below).
- **Q&A:** any follow-up question → Q&A mode, grounded in the chart.

## Language
Default = the `language` field in the chart file. Switch ONLY on explicit request
("switch to Chinese" / "用中文"). Never auto-detect from message language. See
`references/voice-and-ethics.md` → Language.

## Synastry (two-chart mode)
1. **Two charts.** Person A = `birth-data.md`. Person B = `birth-data-2.md` (or a path/paste the user
   gives). If person B is missing, route them to create it (Route A script or astro.com paste) — never
   invent a second person.
2. **Relationship type.** Ask which applies — romantic / friendship / family / work — if not given.
3. **Compute deterministically.** Use `scripts/synastry.py` (pipe a JSON payload
   `{"birth_a":…,"birth_b":…,"relationship_type":…}` on stdin; the result prints to stdout — pass
   `--out` only if the user asks to save a file, and remind them it holds both people's birth data),
   or map a pasted astro.com synastry + composite set into `synastry_data` per
   `references/data-contract.md` → "Synastry data".
4. **Read** following `references/synastry-method.md` and `references/relationship-frameworks.md`.
   Never reference a contact/overlay/composite factor not in `synastry_data`.
5. **Perspective.** Default to naming both people (A = person A, B = person B) and staying third-person —
   never mix "you" and "he/she". **Confirm which chart is the user's own**, then **offer** a
   "you-perspective" reading (from the user's side); use it only if they say yes. Applies to all
   two-chart readings (synastry, Davison, Marks).

## Relationship charts (v1.1.1: composite alone / Davison / Marks)
Within synastry, the user can request a specific relationship chart instead of the full reading. Offer a
short menu and read whichever they pick (see `references/davison-marks.md` for descriptions + method):
- **Composite (alone)** — the v1.1.0 composite, read on its own as the relationship entity. No new calc
  (it's already in `synastry_data.composite`).
- **Davison** — run `scripts/davison.py` with `{"target":"davison", ...}` → a real chart (real ASC/MC/houses).
- **Marks A/B** — run `scripts/davison.py` with `{"target":"marks","marks_mode":...}`. Ask the mode if
  not given; **default `natal_davison`**. Modes: `natal_composite`, `natal_davison`, `canonical`. Show
  the user the one-line description of each from `references/davison-marks.md`.

`davison.py` takes the same stdin payload as `synastry.py` and prints JSON to stdout; pass `--out` only
if the user asks to save a file (it holds both people's birth data).

**Unknown birth time:** if either time is unknown, do not block — compute with a **labeled noon (12:00)**
assumption and give the reliability note (time-robust planets usable; Ascendant/MC/houses/exact-Moon and
anything derived are flagged). Never present noon as the real time.

## Chart wheels (on request)
When the user asks to *see* a chart ("show my chart wheel", "画个星盘", "draw our synastry wheel"):
1. Confirm which chart (natal / synastry / composite / davison / marks) and whose data.
2. Ensure Route A birth date/time/place is available. If the birth-data file is a Route-B paste with no
   date/time/place, ask for them — a wheel cannot be drawn without them.
3. Run `scripts/wheel.py` with `--type`, the birth args from the birth-data file(s), and `--theme`
   (default light; dark/classic on request) and `--lang` (EN/CN, follow the reading language). For
   `marks`, pass `--who A|B`.
4. Report the saved `natal-astrology/charts/…svg` path. The folder is gitignored.
Never auto-generate a wheel with a default reading. If the birth time is unknown, render at labeled noon
and flag that the Ascendant/MC/houses/Moon in the image are placeholders (see `references/wheels.md`).

## Birth-time sensitivity (on request)
When the user asks about time uncertainty ("how sensitive is my chart to birth time", "I don't know my
exact time, what would change", 不确定出生时间):
1. Check the birth-data file for an existing `time_range`; if absent, ask the user for a start/end time
   window.
2. Run `scripts/sensitivity.py` with `--time-start`/`--time-end` and the birth args from the file.
3. Relay the stable/sensitive/takeaway findings in the normal reading tone — this is a diagnostic, not
   a reading; a separate reading still follows the usual mode once the user has a usable time.
Never run this with a default reading. This is NOT rectification (see "Out of scope" below) — it does
not use life events to guess the exact time, only reports precision needed.

## Lightweight rectification (on request)
When the user wants to narrow an unknown birth time from life events ("help me narrow down my birth
time", "rectify my chart", 校时/生辰校正):
1. Get or read an existing `time_range`; if absent, ask for a start/end window.
2. Ask for 1+ dated life events (date + a short free-text description). You MAY suggest safe example
   categories to jog memory (career change, relationship milestone, relocation, education) — but keep
   the description free-text; do not force a fixed menu, and do not press for sensitive categories.
3. Run `scripts/rectification.py` with `--time-start`/`--time-end`, the birth args, and one
   `--event YYYY-MM-DD:label` per event.
4. Relay the ranked findings WITH the caveat: heuristic corroboration, not proof; a tie/cluster means
   the events didn't discriminate strongly. Never present the top time as certain.
5. Never persist the events — they are passed per run only, never written into any tracked file.

## Transits (on request)
When the user asks what's happening astrologically now ("what are my transits", "my transits today /
on <date>", 行运/流年):
1. Read the natal `birth-data` (birth date/time/place). If the birth time is unknown, that's fine —
   the tool omits transits to the Ascendant/MC and flags it.
2. Run `scripts/transits.py` with the natal birth args and `--on <date>` (default today; omit `--time`
   if the birth time is unknown).
3. Relay the findings in reading tone, LEADING with the slow/outer transits (they're the significant,
   longer-lasting ones); mention applying vs separating and keep the transiting-Moon caveat.
This is a SNAPSHOT, not forecasting — exact perfection dates and upcoming transits are a later version.
Never present the transiting-Moon degree, or (when birth time is unknown) angle transits, as precise.

## Transit forecast (on request)
When the user asks what's coming up over time ("what's coming up", "my transits this year", "when does
<planet> go exact", 流年/未来行运):
1. Read the natal `birth-data`. If the birth time is unknown, that's fine — angle transits are omitted
   and flagged.
2. Run `scripts/forecast.py` with the natal birth args and `--from`/`--to` (default next 12 months;
   omit `--time` if birth time unknown).
3. Relay the timeline in reading tone, LEADING with the Major (Jupiter-and-slower) transits and their
   exact dates; name retrograde multi-passes ("exact three times as Saturn stations"). Mars triggers are
   supporting detail. Frame timing as themes/windows, never as guaranteed events.

## Solar Return (on request)
When the user asks for a year-ahead / birthday chart ("solar return", "my birthday chart", "year ahead",
太阳返照/生日盘):
1. Read the natal `birth-data`. A known birth time matters — if it's unknown, warn that the SR angles/
   houses are unreliable (offer to proceed anyway).
2. Ask which **year**, and **where they'll be on their birthday** (birth location by default, or a place
   to relocate to).
3. Run `scripts/solar_return.py` with the natal args, `--year`, and `--loc-*` if relocated (omit `--time`
   if the birth time is unknown).
4. Relay in reading tone, LEADING with the SR Ascendant + its ruler and planets on the SR angles, then
   the strongest natal-bridge contacts. Frame it as the year's themes, not fixed events.

## Profections (on request)
When the user asks about the year's time-lord ("profection", "lord of the year", "which house am I in",
小限法/年主星):
1. Read the natal `birth-data`. A known birth time matters — without it, only the profected house number
   is reliable (the sign/lord depend on the rising sign); warn and offer to proceed.
2. Run `scripts/profections.py` with the natal args and `--on` (default today).
3. Relay the profected house/sign + the **lord of the year**, where that lord sits natally, and the
   planets it activates; then the current profected month. Point the reader to watch the lord by transit
   and in the Solar Return. Frame it as the year's emphasis, not fixed events.

## Secondary progressions (on request)
When the user asks about their progressed chart ("my progressions", "progressed Moon", "progressed
chart", 二次推运/推运):
1. Read the natal `birth-data`. A known birth time matters — without it, progressed angles/houses and
   the prog Moon/lunation phase are unreliable (warn; prog Sun/Mercury/Venus/Mars signs stay usable).
2. Run `scripts/progressions.py` with the natal args and `--on` (default today).
3. Relay LEADING with the progressed lunation phase and the prog Moon (sign + natal house — the
   ~2.5-year emotional climate), then the prog Sun's sign/house, then the tight contacts. Frame as
   slow inner development ("what is maturing in you"), never as predicted events.

## Solar arc directions (on request)
When the user asks about solar arc ("solar arc", "directed chart", 太阳弧):
1. Read the natal `birth-data`. Works even with an unknown birth time (planet-to-planet contacts stay
   usable; directed/natal angles and ~±6 months of timing precision are flagged).
2. Run `scripts/solar_arc.py` with the natal args and `--on` (default today).
3. Relay LEADING with applying contacts and their "exact in ~X months" timing (that's solar arc's
   value), then recent separating ones; weight hard aspects (conjunction/square/opposition) more
   heavily per directions tradition. Frame as themes arriving, never guaranteed events.

## Non-negotiables
- Never reference a position or aspect not in the chart file.
- Synthesize (weave ≥2 factors), never cookbook.
- Empower, never predict doom; no medical/legal/financial/death claims.

## Out of scope (v1)
Chinese systems (BaZi / Zi Wei Dou Shu). If asked, say it's
planned for a later version.