# Astrologer API

> Build astrology features using the Astrologer API — natal charts, synastry, transits, composite charts, solar/lunar returns, moon phases, compatibility scores, and AI-optimized context. Use when the user asks to add astrology to an app, generate birth charts, calculate compatibility, render SVG charts, get planetary positions, or integrate astrological data into an LLM pipeline.

- Skill: `g-battaglia/astrologer-api` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add g-battaglia/astrologer-api`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/g-battaglia/astrologer-api/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: g-battaglia (https://skillmd.com/u/g-battaglia)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/g-battaglia/astrologer-api

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# Astrologer API Skill

Production-ready REST API for astrological calculations. Returns JSON data, SVG charts, and AI-optimized XML context.

## Authentication

**Base URL:** `https://astrologer.p.rapidapi.com/api/v5`

**Required headers:**
```
X-RapidAPI-Key: <user_key>
X-RapidAPI-Host: astrologer.p.rapidapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
```

Key obtained at: https://www.kerykeion.net/astrologer-api/subscribe

Do NOT instruct user to self-host. API is a managed service — they call it, that's it.

## When to use which endpoint

| User wants | Endpoint | Method | Output |
|-----------|----------|--------|--------|
| SVG birth chart | `/chart/birth-chart` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Birth chart data only | `/chart-data/birth-chart` | POST | JSON (no SVG) |
| Synastry chart (SVG) | `/chart/synastry` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Synastry data only | `/chart-data/synastry` | POST | JSON |
| Composite chart (SVG) | `/chart/composite` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Composite data only | `/chart-data/composite` | POST | JSON |
| Transit chart (SVG) | `/chart/transit` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Transit data only | `/chart-data/transit` | POST | JSON |
| Solar return chart (SVG) | `/chart/solar-return` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Solar return data only | `/chart-data/solar-return` | POST | JSON |
| Lunar return chart (SVG) | `/chart/lunar-return` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Lunar return data only | `/chart-data/lunar-return` | POST | JSON |
| Subject data (positions) | `/subject` | POST | JSON |
| Current sky chart (SVG) | `/now/chart` | POST | SVG + chart data |
| Current sky data | `/now/subject` | POST | JSON |
| Compatibility score | `/compatibility-score` | POST | JSON (score + breakdown) |
| Moon phase | `/moon-phase` | POST | JSON |
| Moon phase (current UTC) | `/moon-phase/now-utc` | POST | JSON |
| AI context for natal | `/context/birth-chart` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for subject | `/context/subject` | POST | XML context |
| AI context for synastry | `/context/synastry` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for composite | `/context/composite` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for transit | `/context/transit` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for solar return | `/context/solar-return` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for lunar return | `/context/lunar-return` | POST | XML context + chart data |
| AI context for current sky | `/now/context` | POST | XML context |
| AI context for moon phase | `/moon-phase/context` | POST | XML context |
| AI context for current moon | `/moon-phase/now-utc/context` | POST | XML context |
| Health check | `/health` (GET, no auth) | GET | status |

## Subject object

The `subject` object is the core input for most endpoints. Extra fields are rejected (422).

### Required fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `name` | string | Display name |
| `year` | int (1-3000) | Birth year |
| `month` | int (1-12) | Birth month |
| `day` | int (1-31) | Birth day |
| `hour` | int (0-23) | Birth hour |
| `minute` | int (0-59) | Birth minute |
| `city` | string | City name |

### Location (choose ONE path)

**Path A — Coordinates (recommended for precision):**

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `latitude` | float (-90 to 90) | Geographic latitude |
| `longitude` | float (-180 to 180) | Geographic longitude |
| `timezone` | string | IANA timezone (e.g. `"Europe/London"`) |

All three must be provided together. Partial coordinates are rejected.

**Path B — GeoNames auto-resolve:**

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `geonames_username` | string | GeoNames account username |

Cannot be combined with coordinates. If both are provided, coordinates are cleared and GeoNames is used.

### Optional fields

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `nation` | string | — | 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (auto-uppercased) |
| `second` | int (0-59) | `0` | Birth second |
| `altitude` | float | — | Altitude in meters |
| `is_dst` | bool | — | Override automatic DST detection |
| `zodiac_type` | string | `"Tropical"` | `"Tropical"` or `"Sidereal"` |
| `sidereal_mode` | string | — | Required when `zodiac_type="Sidereal"` |
| `perspective_type` | string | `"Apparent Geocentric"` | Astronomical perspective |
| `houses_system_identifier` | string | `"P"` | House system code |
| `custom_ayanamsa_t0` | float | — | Julian Day reference epoch (required when `sidereal_mode="USER"`) |
| `custom_ayanamsa_ayan_t0` | float | — | Ayanamsa offset in degrees (required when `sidereal_mode="USER"`) |

**Important:** `language` is NOT a subject field. It is a rendering option for `/chart/*` endpoints only.

### Minimal subject example

```json
{
  "subject": {
    "name": "John",
    "year": 1990,
    "month": 6,
    "day": 15,
    "hour": 14,
    "minute": 30,
    "city": "New York",
    "nation": "US",
    "latitude": 40.7128,
    "longitude": -74.006,
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  }
}
```

### Response field name mapping

Input fields are renamed in responses:
- `timezone` → `tz_str`
- `longitude` → `lng`
- `latitude` → `lat`

## Chart rendering options (`/chart/*` endpoints only)

These parameters go at the request root level, NOT inside `subject`. Providing them to `/chart-data/*` endpoints returns a 422 error.

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `theme` | string | `"classic"` | SVG visual theme |
| `language` | string | `"EN"` | Chart label language |
| `style` | string | `"classic"` | `"classic"` (wheel) or `"modern"` (concentric rings) |
| `split_chart` | bool | `false` | Return separate `chart_wheel` and `chart_grid` SVGs |
| `transparent_background` | bool | `false` | Transparent background instead of theme default |
| `custom_title` | string | — | Override chart title (max 40 chars) |
| `show_house_position_comparison` | bool | `true` | House comparison table |
| `show_cusp_position_comparison` | bool | `true` | Cusp comparison (dual charts) |
| `show_degree_indicators` | bool | `true` | Radial degree lines on wheel |
| `show_aspect_icons` | bool | `true` | Aspect icons on aspect lines |
| `show_zodiac_background_ring` | bool | `true` | Zodiac wedges (modern style only) |
| `double_chart_aspect_grid_type` | string | `"list"` | `"list"` (vertical) or `"table"` (grid matrix) |

### Themes

`"classic"`, `"light"`, `"dark"`, `"dark-high-contrast"`, `"strawberry"`, `"black-and-white"`

### Languages

`"EN"`, `"FR"`, `"PT"`, `"IT"`, `"CN"`, `"ES"`, `"RU"`, `"TR"`, `"DE"`, `"HI"`

## Computation options (all chart endpoints)

Accepted by both `/chart/*` and `/chart-data/*` endpoints. Go at root level.

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `active_points` | array[string] | Kerykeion defaults | Override which planets/points to include |
| `active_aspects` | array[ActiveAspect] | Kerykeion defaults | Override aspects and orbs |
| `distribution_method` | string | `"weighted"` | `"weighted"` or `"pure_count"` |
| `custom_distribution_weights` | object | — | Custom weights per point (e.g. `{"sun": 3.0, "__default__": 0.75}`) |

### Point name aliases (case-insensitive)

`mean_node` → `Mean_North_Lunar_Node`, `true_node` → `True_North_Lunar_Node`, `north_node` → `Mean_North_Lunar_Node`, `south_node` → `Mean_South_Lunar_Node`, `mc` → `Medium_Coeli`, `ic` → `Imum_Coeli`, `asc` → `Ascendant`, `desc` → `Descendant`, `lilith` → `Mean_Lilith`

## Dual-chart endpoints (synastry, transit)

### Synastry request body

```json
{
  "first_subject": { /* SubjectModel */ },
  "second_subject": { /* SubjectModel */ },
  "include_house_comparison": true,
  "include_relationship_score": true
}
```

### Transit request body

```json
{
  "first_subject": { /* SubjectModel — natal */ },
  "transit_subject": {
    "name": "Transit",
    "year": 2026, "month": 1, "day": 1,
    "hour": 12, "minute": 0,
    "city": "London",
    "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "timezone": "Europe/London"
  },
  "include_house_comparison": true
}
```

`transit_subject` uses the same fields as `subject` but `name` defaults to `"Transit"`.

## Planetary return endpoints (solar/lunar)

```json
{
  "subject": { /* SubjectModel — natal */ },
  "year": 2026,
  "month": 1,
  "day": 1,
  "wheel_type": "dual",
  "include_house_comparison": true,
  "return_location": {
    "city": "Rome",
    "nation": "IT",
    "latitude": 41.9028,
    "longitude": 12.4964,
    "timezone": "Europe/Rome"
  }
}
```

- Provide `year` (with optional `month`/`day`) OR `iso_datetime`, not both.
- `wheel_type`: `"dual"` (natal + return) or `"single"` (return only).
- `return_location`: optional, overrides natal location for the return chart.

## Moon phase endpoints

### `/moon-phase` request (no `subject` wrapper)

```json
{
  "year": 2026,
  "month": 4,
  "day": 21,
  "hour": 12,
  "minute": 0,
  "latitude": 41.9028,
  "longitude": 12.4964,
  "timezone": "Europe/Rome"
}
```

All fields required (except `second`, default 0). Optional: `using_default_location` (bool), `location_precision` (int 0-10).

### `/now/chart` and `/now/subject` request

```json
{
  "name": "Now",
  "zodiac_type": "Tropical",
  "houses_system_identifier": "P"
}
```

All fields optional. Uses current UTC time at Greenwich.

## Response formats

### Successful response

```json
{
  "status": "OK",
  "chart_data": { /* positions, aspects, elements, qualities */ },
  "chart": "<svg>...</svg>"
}
```

- `/chart/*` endpoints: `chart` (SVG string), or `chart_wheel` + `chart_grid` when `split_chart=true`
- `/chart-data/*` endpoints: `chart_data` only, no SVG
- `/context/*` endpoints: adds `context` field (XML string)
- `/compatibility-score`: adds `score`, `score_description`, `is_destiny_sign`, `score_breakdown`

### Compatibility score response

```json
{
  "status": "OK",
  "score": 18,
  "score_description": "Very Important",
  "is_destiny_sign": true,
  "score_breakdown": [
    {
      "rule": "sun_moon_conjunction",
      "description": "Sun-Moon conjunction (high precision)",
      "points": 11,
      "details": "Sun-Moon conjunction (orbit: 1.34°)"
    }
  ],
  "chart_data": { /* full synastry chart data */ }
}
```

Score descriptions: `"Minimal"`, `"Medium"`, `"Important"`, `"Very Important"`, `"Exceptional"`, `"Rare Exceptional"`

### AI context format (XML)

```xml
<chart_analysis type="Natal">
  <chart name="John">
    <planets>
      <planet name="Sun" sign="Gem" degree="24.12" house="10" />
    </planets>
    <houses>
      <house num="1" sign="Vir" degree="12.45" />
    </houses>
    <aspects>
      <aspect type="conjunction" p1="Sun" p2="Moon" orb="1.34" />
    </aspects>
  </chart>
</chart_analysis>
```

### Error responses

**Validation error (422):**
```json
{
  "status": "ERROR",
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "errors": [
    { "loc": ["body", "subject", "year"], "msg": "field required", "type": "value_error.missing" }
  ]
}
```

The API suggests corrections for common field name mistakes: `country` → `nation`, `lat`/`lng` → `latitude`/`longitude`, `tz` → `timezone`, `zodiac` → `zodiac_type`, `house_system` → `houses_system_identifier`.

**Authentication error (403):**
```json
{ "status": "KO", "message": "Forbidden: Invalid or missing secret key" }
```

## Configuration enums

### Zodiac types

`"Tropical"` (default), `"Sidereal"`

### House systems

| Code | System |
|------|--------|
| `P` | Placidus (default) |
| `W` | Whole Sign |
| `K` | Koch |
| `R` | Regiomontanus |
| `C` | Campanus |
| `O` | Porphyry |
| `A` | Equal |
| `B` | Alcabitius |
| `D` | Equal (MC) |
| `E` | Equal |
| `F` | Carter poli-equatorial |
| `H` | Horizon/Azimuth |
| `I` | Sunshine |
| `i` | Sunshine (alt.) |
| `L` | Pullen SD |
| `M` | Morinus |
| `N` | Equal (1=Aries) |
| `Q` | Pullen SR |
| `S` | Sripati |
| `T` | Polich/Page (Topocentric) |
| `U` | Krusinski-Pisa-Goelzer |
| `V` | Equal/Vehlow |
| `X` | Axial Rotation / Meridian |
| `Y` | APC Houses |

### Perspective types

`"Apparent Geocentric"` (default), `"Heliocentric"`, `"Topocentric"`, `"True Geocentric"`, `"Selenocentric"`, `"Mercurycentric"`, `"Venuscentric"`, `"Marscentric"`, `"Jupitercentric"`, `"Saturncentric"`, `"Barycentric"`

### Sidereal modes (48 total)

**Indian/Vedic:** `LAHIRI`, `LAHIRI_1940`, `LAHIRI_ICRC`, `LAHIRI_VP285`, `KRISHNAMURTI`, `KRISHNAMURTI_VP291`, `RAMAN`, `USHASHASHI`, `JN_BHASIN`, `YUKTESHWAR`, `ARYABHATA`, `ARYABHATA_522`, `ARYABHATA_MSUN`, `SURYASIDDHANTA`, `SURYASIDDHANTA_MSUN`, `SS_CITRA`, `SS_REVATI`, `TRUE_CITRA`, `TRUE_MULA`, `TRUE_PUSHYA`, `TRUE_REVATI`, `TRUE_SHEORAN`

**Western:** `FAGAN_BRADLEY`, `DELUCE`, `DJWHAL_KHUL`, `HIPPARCHOS`, `SASSANIAN`

**Babylonian:** `BABYL_KUGLER1`, `BABYL_KUGLER2`, `BABYL_KUGLER3`, `BABYL_HUBER`, `BABYL_ETPSC`, `BABYL_BRITTON`

**Galactic:** `GALCENT_0SAG`, `GALCENT_COCHRANE`, `GALCENT_MULA_WILHELM`, `GALCENT_RGILBRAND`, `GALEQU_FIORENZA`, `GALEQU_IAU1958`, `GALEQU_MULA`, `GALEQU_TRUE`, `GALALIGN_MARDYKS`

**Reference frames:** `J2000`, `J1900`, `B1950`

**Other:** `ALDEBARAN_15TAU`, `VALENS_MOON`

**User-defined:** `USER` (requires `custom_ayanamsa_t0` + `custom_ayanamsa_ayan_t0`)

### Aspect names

`"conjunction"`, `"semi-sextile"`, `"semi-square"`, `"sextile"`, `"quintile"`, `"square"`, `"trine"`, `"sesquiquadrate"`, `"biquintile"`, `"quincunx"`, `"opposition"`, `"parallel"`, `"contra_parallel"`

## Core integration patterns

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

BASE = "https://astrologer.p.rapidapi.com/api/v5"
HEADERS = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "astrologer.p.rapidapi.com",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}

subject = {
    "name": "John",
    "year": 1990, "month": 6, "day": 15,
    "hour": 14, "minute": 30,
    "city": "New York", "nation": "US",
    "latitude": 40.7128, "longitude": -74.006,
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
}

# Natal chart SVG
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/chart/birth-chart", json={"subject": subject}, headers=HEADERS)
r.raise_for_status()
svg = r.json()["chart"]  # SVG string

# Chart data only (no SVG)
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/chart-data/birth-chart", json={"subject": subject}, headers=HEADERS)
data = r.json()["chart_data"]

# Compatibility score
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/compatibility-score", json={
    "first_subject": subject,
    "second_subject": {**subject, "name": "Jane", "year": 1992, "month": 3, "day": 22},
}, headers=HEADERS)
score = r.json()  # {"score": 18, "score_description": "Very Important", ...}
```

### TypeScript

```typescript
const BASE = "https://astrologer.p.rapidapi.com/api/v5";

const headers = {
  "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY!,
  "X-RapidAPI-Host": "astrologer.p.rapidapi.com",
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};

interface Subject {
  name: string;
  year: number; month: number; day: number;
  hour: number; minute: number;
  city: string;
  nation?: string;
  latitude: number; longitude: number; timezone: string;
  zodiac_type?: "Tropical" | "Sidereal";
  houses_system_identifier?: string;
}

async function natalChart(subject: Subject): Promise<string> {
  const r = await fetch(`${BASE}/chart/birth-chart`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers,
    body: JSON.stringify({ subject }),
  });
  if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`API ${r.status}: ${await r.text()}`);
  const { chart } = await r.json();
  return chart; // SVG string
}

async function natalData(subject: Subject): Promise<any> {
  const r = await fetch(`${BASE}/chart-data/birth-chart`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers,
    body: JSON.stringify({ subject }),
  });
  if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`API ${r.status}: ${await r.text()}`);
  const { chart_data } = await r.json();
  return chart_data;
}
```

## LLM integration (AI apps)

Use `/context/*` endpoints for pre-formatted, hallucination-resistant XML context:

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/context/birth-chart", json={"subject": subject}, headers=HEADERS)
ctx = r.json()["context"]  # XML string ready for system prompt

messages = [
    {"role": "system", "content": f"You are an astrologer. Chart:\n{ctx}"},
    {"role": "user", "content": user_question},
]
```

## Common mistakes to avoid

1. **Don't build your own calculator.** Use the API.
2. **Don't parse SVG.** Use `/chart-data/*` endpoints for structured JSON.
3. **Don't feed raw JSON to LLM.** Use `/context/*` endpoints — they strip non-semantic noise.
4. **Always send `hour` and `minute`.** Without birth time, houses and rising sign are wrong.
5. **Always provide location.** Either `latitude` + `longitude` + `timezone` (all three), or `geonames_username`.
6. **Don't put `language` in `subject`.** It's a root-level rendering option for `/chart/*` endpoints only.
7. **Don't send rendering options to `/chart-data/*`.** They reject `theme`, `language`, `style`, etc. with 422.
8. **Use hyphens in endpoint paths.** It's `/chart/birth-chart`, `/chart/solar-return`, NOT underscores or plural `/charts/`.
9. **Cache deterministic results.** Charts are deterministic for the same input — cache by `(subject_hash, endpoint)`.

## Pricing tiers

- **Pro:** $9/mo — 5K requests
- **Ultra:** $18/mo — 50K requests (recommended)
- **Mega:** $40/mo — 1M requests

Subscribe: https://www.kerykeion.net/astrologer-api/subscribe

## Full endpoint schemas

Fetch: https://kerykeion.net/astrologer-api/llms-full.txt

## Source + support

- Source: https://github.com/g-battaglia/Astrologer-API
- Docs: https://kerykeion.net/astrologer-api/docs/v5
- Landing: https://kerykeion.net/astrologer-api