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Divination systems disagree with each other, and that is the interesting part: a Western sun sign, a Chinese animal and a Human Design type are three different questions about the same person. These pages explain what each system is actually claiming, so a reading tells you something instead of just sounding nice.

The systems

Chinese Zodiac

The Chinese zodiac assigns each year one of twelve animals on a repeating cycle, set by your birth year rather than your birth date. The animal describes temperament and the company you keep easily — it is a separate system from Western star signs, and the two rarely say the same thing.

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Celtic Tree Astrology

Celtic tree astrology divides the year into thirteen lunar months, each ruled by a tree drawn from the Ogham alphabet. Your tree is set by your birth date, and it reads character through the tree's own qualities — what it endures, where it grows, and what it gives.

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Mayan Day Signs

The Tzolk'in is the 260-day sacred calendar of the Maya, built from twenty day signs turning against thirteen numbers. Your day sign is the one ruling the day you were born, and it describes the character of that day's energy rather than a season or a year.

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Human Design Types

Human Design sorts everyone into one of five energy types, each with its own strategy for making decisions. The type is calculated from your birth date, time and place, and it describes how your energy is meant to work rather than what your personality is like.

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Astrology and tarot

Zodiac Signs

The twelve Western sun signs — traits, element, ruling planet and compatibility.

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Moon Signs

The emotional interior: how you feel, what you need, and what happens under stress.

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Rising Signs

The ascendant — first impressions, and how they differ from your sun sign.

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Tarot Cards

All 78 cards, upright and reversed, with what each one means in a reading.

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Compatibility

How each pair of sun signs gets on — all 78 combinations.

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The Axis Mundi

The world-tree idea across six traditions that never met.

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