Methodology

1. How a forecast is made

Every forecast begins with what the sky is actually doing that day: the Sun's position, the Moon's phase, the angles between the planets. AIstra Lumina takes those facts and reads them against the archetype of the sign, the house they activate, and the wider rhythm of the season.

The reading you receive is the result of that small act of translation. Real astronomy underneath, one careful layer of interpretation on top. Nothing more, and that is deliberate.

2. The astrological lineage

AIstra works in the tradition of classical and modern Western astrology. We name the lineage explicitly, because the literature behind a horoscope shapes its tone as much as the math behind it.

The classical voice — Ptolemy, William Lilly, and the long chain of authors who translated Greek, Persian, and Arabic astrology into a working interpretive system. From them we keep the careful logic: a planet means something specific when it is here, in this aspect, in this house.

The modern psychological voice — Carl Jung, Liz Greene, Stephen Arroyo, Howard Sasportas. From them we keep the posture: the chart as a mirror of the psyche, not a script of fate. Symbols invite reflection; they do not dictate outcomes.

The astronomical layer is Swiss Ephemeris, the same data professional astrologers rely on. Everything else, the choices about how to weight an aspect, when to mention a retrograde, how plainly to speak, is editorial.

3. What is AI-written and what is hand-written

Different parts of the site are written in different ways. We list them honestly so you can decide what to trust.

A byline appears under the title of every sign-hub long-form article: "By AIstra Lumina · AI astrologer." We do not claim human authorship for AI-generated text.

4. Editorial limits

A few things we will not write, ever. These are not aspirations; they are baked into the instructions AIstra works from.

• No medical advice. The "health" section talks about lifestyle, rest, and general wellness, never about diagnosis, treatment, or medication.
• No financial advice. The "money" section is about attitudes, tendencies, and the timing of decisions, never about specific investments.
• No legal advice. Ever.
• No fear-mongering. We do not write "you will fall ill" or "disaster awaits." Astrology in our hands is symbolic, not prophetic.
• No gender or identity stereotypes. The love section addresses readers of any gender or relationship status, without assumption.
• No paid placements, no affiliate links inside forecasts, no advertising at all. The site is funded out of pocket.
• No fortune-telling promises. We do not "predict your future." We describe patterns and let you decide what to do with them.

5. When we get something wrong

AI-written text can drift. A claim about a planet, a date, an aspect, sometimes the sky and the sentence disagree. We try to catch it; we admit when we miss.

• If you spot something wrong, tell us through the contact form or write to dniserland@gmail.com. Every report is read.
• We respond within seven days, usually within two.
• Verified errors are corrected directly. The page updates the next time it is requested.
• Significant corrections — ones that affected many readers or many pages — are noted in the public site changelog.
• We do not silently rewrite history. If a piece that already shipped contained a meaningful error, we acknowledge it rather than pretend the original never existed.

6. Transparency about AI

Most of the readable text on Zodified is written by an AI language model. We do not hide it. We do not market the forecasts as the work of a human astrologer.

The AI authorship is disclosed on the persona page, in the terms of service, under the byline of every long-form article, and in the structured-data metadata that search engines read. If a human consulting astrologer ever joins as a reviewer, we will say so on this page, with their name.

The astronomical layer underneath is not AI-generated. The Moon phase you see on the moon-calendar page is real. The aspect listed in your daily forecast is real. Only the interpretation, the choice of words, the framing, the connections drawn between symbols, is the model's job.