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My Return · Professional mode

Your whole year, on one desk.

Progressions, solar arc, primary directions, transits and eclipses in one dated chronology. You choose the points you follow and the method you calculate with; Efémeris shows you where they converge, without inventing a score.

New · Professional modeAI copilot for your consultationsIt reads the desk with your method, prepares the consultation and cites every fact. Tap a citation and the desk goes there.See how →
Sample chart · Aug 12, 2026 → Aug 12, 2027
what matures
☉p ☌ ♃
☉p □ ♀
♀ □ ASC
what triggers
♃ ☌ ☉
♃ ⚹ ♃
● ☍ ☉
♄ △ ☉

The violet band is the year's only convergence: an eclipse and a transit over the Sun, which is also the lord of the year.

~3convergence windows a year, not hundreds
8method settings, in view and saved per chart
4rings for the wheel, on any date
1.2″the Sun, against NASA's ephemeris (JPL DE440)
01 · The idea behind it all

A transit alone is weather. Over something ripening, it's a date.

The year's techniques don't speak in the same tempo. Some ripen slowly and stay in orb for months: they are the promise. Others set the day: they are the trigger. The desk puts them on the same line so you can see when a trigger lands on a promise that is still open.

In the sample chart
☉p ☌ ♃ promise
♃ ⚹ ♃with progression
♄ ☍ ♃with progression
♃ □ ♂weather
♃ ☌ ♅weather
Promise · what matures

Secondary progressions, solar arc and primary directions. They perfect slowly and mark a stretch.

Trigger · when it fires

Transits of the slow planets, eclipses and transits to the return. They set the date.

The mark

When a trigger lands on something that is ripening, it carries a mark saying on what: «with progression», «with primary», «with solar arc», «lord of the year». Without a mark it's weather, and the desk says so.

One in four triggers lands on a promise in orb. The rest stays as weather.Measured with the default method

02 · How the year is read

The year, in the order an astrologer reads it.

Your birthday opens the year. The cover of My Return isn't a list of loose techniques: it groups them by the question they answer.

My year, readStudy deskThe professional desk · the view that joins all four
I · Who rules

The lord of the year

Which planet runs the year, and which house lights up?

  • Annual profection
  • Firdaria
II · What matures

The promise

What perfects slowly and promises?

  • Primary directions
  • Solar arc directions
  • Secondary progressions
  • Progressed Moon
  • Progressed angles

Solar arc and primaries go here, not with transits: they are promise, not trigger.

III · The stage

How it dresses

How does the year dress, and when does it change chapter?

  • Ascendant of the year
IV · When it fires

The trigger

What sets the date?

  • Planetary transits
  • Eclipses and lunations
  • Lunar return
03 · The professional desk

The desk, piece by piece.

A sample chart, birthday to birthday. Tap a number to see what each part does.

My Return · the deskThe year's chronology
✦ AI copilot
⇩ CSV⇩ .ics⇩ dossier
SignificatorsASC16°25′ ♐︎MC14°27′ ♎︎☉19°30′ ♌︎almuten · lord of the year☽18°02′ ♋︎♃25°52′ ♎︎ASC ruler+ add
Calculated with · Naibod · Placidus · progressions Moon 1° / others 2° · MC in longitude · arc ☌ □ ☍ only · true arc · eclipses up to 3° · profected lord
profection
☉9☿10♀11♂12♃1♄2♄3♃4♂5♀6☿7☽8
firdaria
♂ major · ♄ sub-period · all year
lunar · 13
what matures
☉p ☌ ♃
☉p □ ♀
☽p □ ♆
☿ ☌ C11
♀ □ ASC
♇ □ C3
what triggers
♄ ☍ MC
♃ △ ASC
♃ ☌ ☉
♃ ⚹ ♃
♄ △ ☉
♄ ☍ ♃
♄ □ ♀
● ☌ ☉
● ☍ ☉
exactfamilyeventmarkwindow
Sep 25, 2026matures☉p □ ♀ Progression · ≡ Sun's arc——
Sep 28, 2026triggers♃ △ ♄ Transit——
Sep 30, 2026triggers♃ ☌ ☉ Transitlord of the year—
Oct 14, 2026matures☽p → ♒︎ Progressed Moon · enters Aquarius——
Nov 15, 2026triggers♃ ⚹ ♃ Transitwith progression♃ · reinforced
Dec 17, 2026matures☽p □ ♆ Progressed Moon——
Feb 6, 2027triggers● ☍ ☉ Eclipse · solarlord of the year☉ · convergence
Mar 3, 2027triggers♃ ☌ ☉ Transitlord of the year☉ · convergence
Apr 22, 2027triggers♄ △ ☉ Transitlord of the year—
Apr 27, 2027matures☿ ☌ C11 Primary · converse——
May 21, 2027matures♀ □ ASC Primary · converse——
The chart on Mar 3 · transits
♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎ACMC♂☽♀♅☉♇☿♃♆♄♆♄♅♃♂☽♀♇☿☉
  • ♃ ☌ ☉0°03′
  • ♃ △ ♄0°16′
  • ☽ ☍ ☽0°19′
  • ♅ □ ♇0°19′
✦ AI copilot for your consultations · Professional mode

A copilot that reads the desk you're looking at, and cites every row.

It calculates nothing on its own. It reads the chronology on your screen, with your significators and your method, and gives you the year in order: the thesis, who rules, what matures, what triggers, the windows by grade and the questions for the consultation. Every statement carries its citation. Tap it and the desk opens that row; the wheel jumps to its date.

Significators
Who rules
Windows
what matures
what triggers
Desk copilotsample chart · 2026-27
Reads: the whole desk · 29 events · 5 windows · 5 significators
Method · Naibod · Placidus · Moon 1°/others 2° · arc ☌ □ ☍ only · eclipses 3° · profected lord
Format sample · with this chart's real citations
THESIS OF THE YEAR

Hypothesis: a year that turns around the Sun, which is both lord of the year and almuten . The only convergence falls on that same point between early February and early March 2027 , while the slow layer works on Jupiter and Venus .

WHO RULES

The Sun profected to the 9th house ; firdaria major of Mars with a Saturn sub-period all year .

WHAT MATURES
  • The progressed Sun over natal Jupiter, which is the same fact as the solar arc: it counts once .
  • The progressed Sun square Venus .
  • Venus directed by primary to the square of the ASC, converse .
WINDOWS BY GRADE
  • Convergence: the Sun, with eclipse and transit .
  • Reinforced: Jupiter from November and in June , the ASC in April , Venus in June .
WEATHER WITHOUT PROMISE

Saturn opposite the MC is the year's longest transit and carries no mark : it's weather, not a timer.

WHAT THE DESK DOESN'T SAY

The solar eclipse on Uranus carries the lord's mark because what arrives is the Sun, not because of a promise .

Tap a citation to see where it leads.
⌗ save to notebook⧉ copy↻ again
doesn't calculateIt reads what's already on the desk

It serializes the chronology on your screen; it doesn't recalculate or add techniques. If something isn't on the desk, it can't cite it.

citations you can tapEvery fact, with its citation

One citation per event, window, significator or clock. Tapping it moves the desk: it opens the row, the window or the point, and the wheel goes to the date.

the made-up, in coralWhat isn't there gets flagged

If the answer cites something that doesn't exist in the evidence, the citation shows struck through in coral. It isn't hidden: you see it.

your method, your consultationIt reads with your method

The same method and significators you have chosen. The person's consultation sheet travels as data; your copilot notes, never.

no events · no scoreIt speaks like the desk

It doesn't announce events or speak in the assertive future, gives no scores and says «convergence» only where the desk marks one.

the year's notebookWhat you save stays anchored

Each finding is saved with its year and its method. If you change the method later, it says so; and when you come back it tells you how many windows passed since the last one.

The AI receives no identity: no name, no birth date, time or place. It receives the chronology, not the person. On your phone the copilot is a full screen, and tapping a citation takes you back to the desk in «Follow a point».

05 · Where it converges

It doesn't flag everything as important.

Counting any coincidence at all, a typical chart's year has hundreds, and every chart «converges». The desk asks for more: the same point, different techniques, the same window of dates.

Counting any coincidence
hundreds a year · 100% of charts
With the desk's rule
~3 a year · only 3.5% of charts have none
Convergence

Two or more different techniques, on the same point, in the same window.

Reinforced

A transit or an eclipse that lands while the promise on that point is still in orb.

The sample chart's windows for the year · default method
Feb 6, 2027 → Mar 3, 2027
The Sun · lord of the year and almuten

A solar eclipse opposite your Sun (Feb 6) and Jupiter returning to its conjunction (Mar 3), on the planet that rules the year.

convergenceeclipsetransit
Nov 5, 2026 → Jul 10, 2027
Jupiter · ruler of your ascendant

Transiting Jupiter sextile your Jupiter in three passes (Nov 15, Jan 9, Jul 5), with your progressed Sun still on it.

reinforcedtransitprogression
Apr 14, 2027 → Apr 29, 2027
The ascendant

The Venus primary square your ascendant comes into orb while Jupiter is still trine it.

reinforcedtransitprimary
Jun 9, 2027 → Aug 12, 2027
Jupiter, again

Saturn arrives opposite your Jupiter (Jun 21), the point your progressed Sun is touching.

reinforcedtransitprogression
Jun 10, 2027 → Aug 12, 2027
Venus

Saturn square your Venus (Jun 22), with your progressed Sun square the same point.

reinforcedtransitprogression
score 87 / 100

No score, on purpose. Any «importance» number hides decisions of school. The weight shows in the family, the mark and the window's grade; the judgment is yours.

06 · The consultation's method

Your method, in view. Before you switch, you see what changes.

Eight settings that used to live loose in each door, together in one panel. Try it: each option tells you what would happen in the sample chart if you chose it. It isn't an estimate; it's the chronology recalculated.

The methodsample chart · saved per person
Primary directions keyalso in: Primary directions
Primary directions systemalso in: Primary directions
Progression orbsalso in: Progressions
Progressed MC keyalso in: Progressions
Solar arc aspectsalso in: Solar arc
Solar arc keyalso in: Solar arc
Eclipse orbalso in: Eclipses
Lord of the yearalso in: Profection
The sample chart's year, with this method
3primaries
0arcs
1convergences
4reinforced
☉lord of the year
Provenance · Naibod · Placidus · progressions Moon 1° / others 2° · MC in longitude · arc ☌ □ ☍ only · true arc · eclipses up to 3° · profected lord
  1. The default is the doors' default. The desk counts the same way as the techniques it joins; otherwise it would manufacture coincidences no door supports.
  2. One choice, everywhere. Change the key in the primaries door and the desk knows, and the other way round. It's saved per person, with their significators.
  3. Before you switch, you see what changes. Every option not chosen shows its effect on this chart.

And the provenance: above the chronology, a line says which method calculated what you're looking at, with what you changed in green. Your Day, AI and the annual clock keep their own doctrine, and the line says so.

07 · The wheel on a date

The chart, on any date.

Natal inside; outside, one of four rings. It moves by day, week or month, or by dragging the year strip. It draws only the contacts on the list —with each technique's orb—, not a generic aspect grid.

The chart onMar 3, 2027
♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎ACMC♂☽♀♅☉♇☿♃♆♄♆♄♅♃♂☽♀♇☿☉
AugNovFebMayAug

Transits → your chart, that day

What the chronology has in orb that day

  • ♃ ☌ ☉ Transitlordexact Mar 3
  • ♃ △ ♄ Transitexact Mar 5
  • ♄ △ ♅ Transitexact Feb 23
  • ♄ ☍ MC Transitexact Mar 12
  • ♃ ⚹ ♃ Transitwith progressionexact Jan 9
  • ☿ ☌ C11 Primaryexact Apr 27
  • ☉p □ ♀ Progressionexact Sep 25
  • ♃ △ ASC Transitwith primaryexact Sep 14

In this demo the progressed ring has no ASC or MC, and the return has no angles: the sample chart doesn't publish the birthday's time or place. In the app they come from the engine.

Transits without angles

Without a chosen time, a day's ascendant says nothing.

No primaries ring

A primary isn't a chart on a date: it's an arc on the sphere. It stays as a row in the chronology.

Any date

Outside the desk's year the wheel keeps going; the chronology tells you it doesn't reach.

08 · On your phone

Whole on your phone. It doesn't shrink: it switches.

On a small screen, a thirty-row table and a time map can't be read. So the desk changes shape: first the thesis of the year, then «Today in the year», and «Follow a point» —you pick a significator and see what matures on it and what triggers it—.

  • The thesis of the year. The most loaded point and how many windows it has, in one sentence.
  • Today in the year. What's in orb today and who rules the month.
  • Follow a point. One significator at a time, with its two lists and the wheel.
And in Standard mode
«What weighs most this year»

For those who aren't astrologers: the five most loaded windows, as cards. No tables or settings.

Feb 6 → Mar 3The Sunwhere most techniques meet
Nov 5 → Jul 10Jupitera promise, reinforced
Apr 14 → Apr 29The ascendanta promise, reinforced
Jun 9 → Aug 12Jupiter, againa promise, reinforced
Jun 10 → Aug 12Venusa promise, reinforced
09 · New technique

Your birthday chart gets traveled too.

The solar return isn't just a snapshot. Through the year, the slow planets —Jupiter to Pluto— pass over that chart's Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and angles. The return's Sun is your natal Sun and the return's slow planets are shared sky, so they're left out: they would repeat what transits to the natal already say.

♅ △ ♀rs · Uranus trine the return's Venusalready in orb at the birthday · read as an aspect of the year's chart
♄ △ ☽rs · Saturn trine the return's MoonSep 24, 2026 · Feb 19, 2027
♅ ⚹ ☿rs · Uranus sextile the return's MercuryNov 14, 2026 · Apr 28, 2027
♇ ☍ ☿rs · Pluto opposite the return's MercuryDec 24, 2026
♆ ☍ ♀rs · Neptune opposite the return's VenusApr 28, 2027

They live in their own space: the return's Moon isn't your Moon, so they don't converge with the natal points. The frame is always printed —it's a school's practice, not a consensus— and without a firm time it trims itself: with an approximate time the angles drop; with no time, the Moon too.

10 · How to use it

Three ways to sit at the desk.

  1. 1
    Open the client's chart

    My Return starts the year on their birthday, calculated to the minute and where they spend it. In Professional, the desk is the first door.

    My Return → the desk
  2. 2
    Set up the significators

    The consultation's question is «what happens to this point this year?». Remove the ones you don't need and add the ones you do —Venus, the Node, Fortune—. From the rulers in My Chart, «Follow in the year» brings them straight in.

    Saved per chart · «Only my significators» also filters transits, arc, primaries and progressions
  3. 3
    Set your method once

    Key and system of the primaries, progression orbs, soft arc aspects, eclipses, lord of the year. See what changes before choosing.

    «The method» panel · kept for that person
  4. 4
    Read the windows first

    The window tells you where to look; the chronology row tells you which technique holds it and on which exact dates.

    Convergence · reinforced · marks
  5. 5
    Ask the copilot to read or prepare

    «Read the year» gives you the thesis and the order; «Prepare the consultation», the route, the questions for the person and the cautions. All cited: whatever doesn't sit right, you tap and see on the desk.

    ✦ Copilot · «Save to notebook» anchors it to the year
  6. 6
    Go down to the date

    Tap a row and the wheel jumps to its exact day, with the chord drawn and the list of what's in orb.

    The wheel on a date
  7. 7
    Take it with you

    The whole year to your calendar or spreadsheet, and the year's dossier ready to print.

    .ics · CSV · PDF
11 · What it doesn't do

And what it doesn't do, on purpose.

It doesn't predict events

It says which techniques meet, when and on which point. What that means in a life is read by the astrologer, or the person.

It doesn't invent a score

No traffic light, no «index of the year». The desk orders; it doesn't grade.

It doesn't mix schools without saying so

Transits to the return carry their frame; topocentric is an option, not the doctrine.

The copilot doesn't decide for you

It orders and cites what the desk already calculated. The hypothesis is its own; the judgment, the astrologer's.

It doesn't send your notes to the AI

What you write in the copilot's notebook stays yours. The AI gets the consultation sheet, which you write for that.

It doesn't fake a time that isn't there

Without a firm time it trims itself: no angles or cusps, and primaries —the technique most sensitive to time— are limited or switched off.

12 · What backs it

Every number, with its backing.

Its own engine, measured against NASA
The Sun at 1.2″ from JPL DE440; the instant of the solar return within 26 seconds.
It reproduces published primary directions
With the topocentric system, 11 of the 20 directions published for a classic case in the technical literature, within 4′. With Placidus, 3: that's why both systems are there, with the validation in view.
It doesn't flag everything as important
Measured on 400 charts: about three convergences a year, and only 3.5% of charts with none.
Most transits stay as weather
With the default method, one in four triggers lands on a promise in orb.
Every number says which method calculated it
The provenance line, on the desk and in My Chart.
The copilot receives no identity
No name, no birth date, time or place: it receives the chronology with its citations. Whatever it cites that isn't on the desk gets flagged.
In Spanish and in English
Both versions, with the same desk.
13 · Frequently asked questions

What people usually ask.

What's the difference between «convergence» and «reinforced»?

Convergence: two or more different techniques, on the same point, in the same window of dates. Reinforced: a transit or an eclipse that lands while the promise on that point is still in orb.

Why is there no score?

Because any score hides decisions of school behind a number. The desk shows the family, the mark and the window; the judgment is the astrologer's.

Why is the default Placidus and not topocentric?

Because the primaries door's doctrine is Placidus, with its corpus of combinations. Topocentric is an option for whoever works in that school, with the validation in view.

Does changing the method change my Your Day or the AI readings?

No. The method applies to the desk, its copilot and the five technique doors. Your Day, the AI readings and the annual clock keep their doctrine, and the provenance says so.

Can the copilot make things up?

It can be wrong, like any AI, and that's why every statement carries its citation. If it cites something that isn't on the desk, the citation shows in coral; if the citation exists, you tap it and see the row. The copilot doesn't calculate: it reads what the desk already has.

What does the AI receive?

The year's chronology with the method you chose, the significators and, if you wrote it, the consultation sheet. It doesn't receive your name, birth date, time or place, or your notebook's notes.

What if I don't know my birth time?

The desk trims itself: without a firm time there are no angles or cusps and primaries are limited or switched off. What doesn't depend on the time stays the same.

Can I look at a date outside this year?

Yes, on the wheel. The return becomes the one in force on that date; the chronology tells you it doesn't reach.

Significator

The chart point followed in the consultation: ASC, Sun, the ruler…

Promise

What ripens slowly —progression, arc, primary— and stays in orb for months or years.

Trigger

What sets a date: a transit, an eclipse.

Lord of the year

The planet that rules the twelve months according to the profection.

Window

The stretch of dates where techniques meet on the same point.

Provenance

The line that says which method calculated what you see.

Professional mode

The consultation, set up: your points, your method, your year.

And an AI copilot that reads the desk with you and cites every fact.

Efémeris opens by invitation · the desk and the copilot are part of Professional mode