Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1

What is Zodiacs?

Accepted Answer

It reads every day of your year and tells you which days suit a decision and which argue with it — in plain English, with the reasoning shown. One date is all it needs.

Question 2

What do the three marks mean?

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Every date gets one of three: a good day, mixed when the readings disagree, or not your day. That is the whole vocabulary. There is no score out of a hundred, because nothing honestly computes one.

Question 3

Do I need my exact birth time?

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No. Your birth date alone gives a complete reading. A birth time and place add detail if you know them, and plenty of people do not — that is why they are optional rather than required.

Question 4

Do I need an account?

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Not to read. Everything on this site, and the app's next two weeks, work with no account at all — you enter a date and read what comes back. Some features in the app, like Ask, will prompt you to create a free account so your questions are saved. Zodiacs Plus is a separate subscription that opens the whole year.

Question 5

Which traditions does it read?

Accepted Answer

Western astrology, Eastern chart traditions and numerology, read together rather than one at a time. Where they disagree, the day is marked mixed and we say so instead of picking a winner.

Question 6

Is my birth data private?

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Your date is used to calculate your reading and is not sold. See the privacy page for how data is handled, including data from earlier versions of the product.

Question 7

How accurate is it?

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The arithmetic is exact and shown to you, so you can check it yourself: moon phases and eclipses are computed rather than copied from a table. Whether a day then goes well is not something anyone can promise. This is for fun and for thinking things over, not advice about health, money, or the law.

Question 8

Can I read someone else alongside me?

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Yes. Their birth date is all it takes, and nothing about them is stored. You get how the two of you read together, and the days that are clear for both.

Question 9

What does it cost?

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Reading your days is free — this whole site, and today plus the next two weeks in the app, always will be. Zodiacs Plus ($9.99 a month or $59 a year) opens every month and the whole year in the app; nothing on this site itself is paid.

Question 10

How is this different from asking a chatbot?

Accepted Answer

A chatbot generates plausible text. This computes a chart and a set of dates from real ephemeris data, then explains what it found in plain words — and shows the working, so a wrong answer is something you can catch.

Question 11

What happens when I cancel?

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When you cancel Zodiacs Plus, your subscription stays active through the end of the billing period you already paid for. You will not be charged again after that date. Everything you had access to — full calendar readings for the year ahead, month by month — remains available until the period ends. After that, the free tier resumes automatically: today and the next two weeks remain fully explained with no subscription required. Your birth data and account are not deleted when you cancel; they stay in place if you decide to resubscribe later. You can resubscribe at any time, and your reading history will be waiting. There are no cancellation fees and no minimum commitment period. To cancel, open the app and go to your account or subscription settings. If you run into trouble, write to support@zodiacs.ai and the support team will sort it out.

Question 12

Does Zodiacs work with Google Calendar?

Accepted Answer

Zodiacs does not currently offer a direct Google Calendar integration. You can bridge the gap manually: at the start of each month, open your calendar in the app, note the days marked as good for you, and add them to Google Calendar by hand. The process takes a few minutes and stays current as long as you update it when your month turns over. A native calendar export — or a direct sync link — is on the product roadmap. The app already surfaces your best upcoming dates in a monthly view, so there is no need to leave Zodiacs to plan ahead. If Google Calendar integration is something you need, use the feedback button inside the app to let us know. User requests shape what gets built next. Until a sync option ships, the manual method is reliable and takes only a few minutes per month.

Question 13

What is BaZi?

Accepted Answer

BaZi — written 八字 and read as 'Eight Characters' — is a classical Chinese system of astrology that maps a person's birth moment into four pillars: Year, Month, Day, and Hour. Each pillar is made up of two characters: a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch. The Heavenly Stems cycle through ten possibilities, each aligned to one of the Five Elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water — in a Yin or Yang form. The Earthly Branches cycle through twelve, corresponding to the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. Together, the four pillars produce eight characters, which is where the name comes from. BaZi practitioners read how those eight characters interact to describe personality, timing, and the quality of particular periods or days. Zodiacs uses BaZi as one of four traditions in its composite reading. You do not need to know the system in advance — the app explains each signal in plain English.

Question 14

How accurate are the readings?

Accepted Answer

The arithmetic behind every reading is exact: moon phases, eclipse windows, and planetary positions are computed from real ephemeris data, not copied from a printed table. The BaZi and Ziwei Doushu calculations follow established formulae. On that technical level, the readings are as accurate as the data you provide — particularly your birth date, and your birth time if you enter one. A fifteen-minute error in birth time can shift your BaZi hour pillar or your Western rising sign, which changes the output. Where accuracy becomes harder to measure is in the interpretive step: what a good day or a not-your-day means for a specific decision in your life. Astrological traditions describe tendencies and patterns; they do not issue certainties. The readings are a reflective tool and a structured way to think about timing — not guarantees about outcomes. For health, legal, or financial decisions, follow qualified professional guidance.

Question 15

What is BaZi and how does Zodiacs use it?

Accepted Answer

BaZi — written 八字 and translated as "Eight Characters" — is a Chinese astrological system that maps your birth moment into four pillars: Year, Month, Day, and Hour. Each pillar carries a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch; the interaction between these eight characters is read through the Five Phase cycle of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. Zodiacs computes your BaZi chart from your birth date, identifies your Day Master (the Heavenly Stem of your Day Pillar), and checks each calendar day's own Stem–Branch pair against your chart to see whether that day's elemental pattern supports or strains your Day Master. BaZi is one of four traditions Zodiacs reads together alongside Western astrology, Ziwei Doushu, and numerology.

Question 16

What is the Day Master in BaZi, and why does it matter for my reading?

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The Day Master is the Heavenly Stem of your Day Pillar — one of ten possible stems, each representing a specific element (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water) in a Yang or Yin form. It is the single most personal character in your BaZi chart: it represents your constitutional temperament and the reference point against which every other element is measured. When Zodiacs marks your calendar days using BaZi, the Day Master is the pivot: if a calendar day's Stem and Branch strengthen or harmonise with your Day Master, BaZi contributes a favourable signal. If the day's characters clash with or exhaust your Day Master, BaZi contributes an unfavourable signal. The Day Master is derived entirely from your birth date — no birth time or place is required.

Question 17

How do Western astrology and BaZi work together in a Zodiacs reading?

Accepted Answer

Zodiacs runs Western astrology, BaZi Four Pillars, Ziwei Doushu, and numerology over the same calendar and compares their signals for each day. Western astrology reads the positions of the Moon, Sun, and planets against your natal chart — watching transits, lunar phases, and eclipse windows. BaZi reads the same calendar day through its Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch and checks how those interact with your natal Day Master. When both traditions indicate the same direction for a day, that day is marked clearly. When they point in opposite directions — for example, a favourable Moon transit in Western astrology alongside a Day Master clash in BaZi — the day is marked mixed and both signals are shown, so you can see exactly where the disagreement sits rather than receiving a single verdict that discards one tradition.

Question 18

How do I use Zodiacs to choose a good day for a major decision?

Accepted Answer

Open the calendar for the period around your decision and look at the day marks. A good day means all four traditions — Western astrology, BaZi, Ziwei Doushu, and numerology — agree that your chart is well-positioned on that date. Those are the days to prefer for starting something new, signing an agreement, or having a conversation where the outcome matters. A not-your-day mark means at least one tradition has a concrete reason the day works against you — a Moon phase, a Stem–Branch clash, an eclipse window. Days marked mixed sit in between. Zodiacs shows the reasoning for every mark, so you can decide whether the specific tension on a mixed day is relevant to your decision or outweighed by the traditions pointing in your favour.

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