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Astrology, tarot, palm readings and portraits worked out from where the planets actually are and what you actually answer, not from a paragraph written last month for everybody who shares your star sign.

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Dream Reading

Tell it what you dreamt, then choose whose tradition reads it: Thai, Chinese, Islamic or Hindu. Four of the oldest systems for reading a dream, and four different answers to the same night.

How it works

A reading of your own in four steps, and most of them are one answer.

1. ChoosePick a reading. Ten of them run all the way through for nothing.
2. Add detailsA birth date, a question, or a photograph of your hand. Never an account.
3. Get your readingComputed in this page, in a few seconds, from the real sky.
4. Come backThe sky moves. Most of these say something different tomorrow.

Real insights, for a more meaningful you

Ancient wisdom for modern life.

HalfKnown works the old methods properly: the actual positions of the planets at the minute you were born, the cards you actually drew, the creases actually on your hand. Nothing is a prediction, and every page says so.

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Find out what today actually says.

Your horoscope for today, worked out from where the planets are this minute. Free, no account, about a minute.

Open beta. Every reading is free while the site is new, including the ones that will be paid later. Nothing here asks for a card.

The sign of the year you were actually born into, worked against the lunar new year rather than the calendar.

The twelve animals and the sixty year cycle

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Twelve animals, one per year, repeating.

What most Western summaries leave out is the second wheel. Each year also carries one of five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal and water, and the two wheels together take sixty years to return to the same combination. A Wood Dragon and a Metal Dragon are not read as the same thing, and the full description is the pair rather than the animal on its own.

Why the date matters more than you would expect

The year turns at the lunar new year, between late January and late February, not on the first of January. Anybody born in those weeks is given the wrong animal by most tables, because those tables are keyed to the calendar year for convenience.

This one checks the actual date for your birth year, which is the only reason it can be trusted for a January or February birthday.

What it is taken to mean

The animal is read as temperament: how you approach work, risk, other people and money. The element colours it, making the same animal cautious in one decade and reckless in another.

It is a different system from Western astrology with a different basis. The two are not translations of each other and there is no reason they should agree.

Questions

Is my animal the same as my star sign?
No. They are separate systems. Western signs divide the year by the Sun's position, the Chinese zodiac assigns one animal per lunar year. Having both is normal and they do not need to match.
What is my element?
It comes from the year, on a ten year alternation across the five elements. The calculation gives you the pair rather than the animal alone.
Can I be two animals?
No, but if you were born in January or February you may have been told two different ones by two different sites. The lunar new year date for your birth year settles it.
Which animals am I supposed to get on with?
The two that sit four years away in either direction, your trine. The animal directly opposite is the traditional clash.

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