Frequently asked questions

What the instrument is, how a reading works, what it costs, and — most important to us — exactly where the mathematics ends and the contemplation begins.

What Scalar Flower is

What is Scalar Flower Astrology, in one paragraph?

It is a way of seeing a birth chart as a field rather than a list of predictions. We lay the Flower of Life — the ancient lattice of overlapping circles — over the wheel of the heavens, compute the exact geometry of your chart from real astronomy, and read the shape it makes: its hub, its aim, its winding, its chorus. You can turn that shape in your hands as a living 3D form, and receive a written reading that teaches you to read your own field.

The vision came first, received whole through a seer named Vedha; the four who gathered around it then made it measurable. See it in plain language →

Is this like the horoscope in a magazine?

No. A horoscope predicts events. Scalar Flower does not predict — it describes the shape of the field you were born into and hands the pen back to you.

The geometry is computed exactly. The interpretation is a correspondence, not a mechanism — a slope, not a track. Free will always overrides the shape.
Do I have to "believe in astrology" for this to be worth it?

No — and that is the part we are proudest of. The white paper proves the piece that does not depend on belief: the hub, aim, winding, and chorus of a chart are mathematically identical under any zodiac, ayanamsa, or house system. Only the names of the places change. That is frame-invariant geometry, true whether or not you hold any astrological conviction.

On top of that geometry sits the interpretive layer, which we always label honestly as contemplative correspondence. You are free to take the structure and leave the meaning, or to sit with both.

What can I try for free?

You can explore quite a lot before paying anything:

The free chart gives you the geometry — the telescope view. The paid reading is the written interpretation — the star map read aloud.

Getting a reading

What do I actually receive in a reading?

A complete written interpretation of your chart as a field, delivered as a PDF and viewable in your account. It teaches every term from zero, builds meaning up from the geometry, and includes your field figure, the golden layer, mandorla depth, and your power places (an astrocartography world map). Every full reading is rendered as the same living 3D form you can turn in your hands.

How long does a reading take to generate?

Usually 3–5 minutes. The full interpretation is written fresh for your exact chart, then rendered to a PDF — it is not a template with your name dropped in, which is why it takes a few minutes rather than seconds.

You do not have to wait on the page. We email you the moment it is ready, and it is always waiting for you in My Readings. You can close the tab and come back.

What is the difference between a Field reading, a Sacred Bond, and an Alliance?
What are Power Places and the progressed field?

Power Places is astrocartography — a world map drawn from your birth moment, showing where each planet stood on an angle, weighted by its role in your field. It answers where rather than what. Explore Power Places →

The progressed field is one of the oldest timing methods: it lets your birth sky keep moving, one day of motion for each year you have lived, showing where your field is now. How the progressed field works →

Both are exact spherical astronomy for the geometry; the line and timing meanings are the traditional layer, held as correspondence. A map of place and season, never a forecast.

Pricing & membership

What does it cost?
  • Single Field reading — $19 (one-time)
  • Sacred Bond — $29 (one-time, two-person)
  • Reading credits — $39 for a 3-pack ($13 each, redeemable against any reading type, never expire)
  • The Constellation — $39/month — the whole instrument

Begin a reading

What comes with the Constellation membership?

Everything, renewing on the 1st of each month:

  • 6 Field readings per month
  • 3 Sacred Bond readings per month
  • Unlimited astrocartography maps
  • Unlimited Field Listener
  • The progressed field, the Daily Flower, and the Circle

At single-purchase prices that is over $200 of readings each month, included for $39. Field readings and Sacred Bonds are tracked separately, and allowances renew on the 1st.

Do reading credits expire? Can I use them on anything?

Credits never expire, and each one is universal — redeemable against any single reading type (Field, Sacred Bond, or toward an Alliance). A 3-pack is $39, which works out to $13 per reading.

How do I cancel my membership?

Cancel at any time from your Shopify customer account. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you keep access through the month you have already paid for. We do not pro-rate partial months. Full details on the refunds page.

Birth data & accuracy

What birth details do I need?

Your birth date, time, and place. When you start typing your city, we look it up and set your coordinates automatically, then resolve the exact historical time-zone offset for your birth date (so a summer-vs-winter offset decades ago is handled correctly). You do not need to know your latitude, longitude, or UTC offset yourself.

What if I don't know my exact birth time?

Much of the field geometry — the hub, the winding, the chorus, the nodal axis — is stable across a day. The parts most sensitive to birth time are the rising sign and the house placements. If your time is uncertain, the reading is still meaningful; if it is completely unknown, we suggest noting that so you read the time-sensitive layers as approximate rather than exact. When in doubt, write to us before purchasing and we will help you decide.

Which zodiac or house system do you use?

The core Scalar Flower geometry is frame-invariant — it is the same under tropical or sidereal zodiacs and under any house system; only the names of the places change. The reading surfaces the sidereal (Vedic) naming and the Mula layer alongside the invariant structure, so you see both the grammar and its expression in a tradition.

Our honesty about what this is

Where exactly does the math end and the interpretation begin?

We keep this seam visible everywhere on the site, because it is the whole point. Two different things are always kept apart:

  • Computed, and provable — the chart geometry, the field metrics, the astrocartography lines, the progressed positions. Exact spherical astronomy on the Swiss Ephemeris.
  • Contemplative, and offered as correspondence — what a hub, a mandorla, a power line, or a nakshatra means for a life. This is a reflective lens, not a claim about mechanism.
The geometry is computed exactly; the interpretation is a correspondence, not a mechanism. The reading describes a shape — it does not predict your life, diagnose you, or replace medical, legal, or financial advice.

Read more about the method →

Does the reading predict my future or tell me what to do?

No. It is null for prediction, null for diagnosis, null for medical use, and null for outcomes. It shows the shape of your field and invites your own discernment. Each placement is an invitation, not a fate — a slope, not a track. What you do with it is yours.

What is that "root" claim about the Galactic Center and Mula?

Two of the most fundamental directions in the whole sky — the Galactic Center (the gravitational heart of the Milky Way we orbit) and the solar apex (the direction our Sun is actually travelling) — both fall inside the nakshatra Mula, which is ruled by Ketu, the south lunar node. That is fixed astronomy, true for every chart ever cast, and the instrument anchors every chart on the nodal axis.

The structure is documented fact. What remains genuinely open is the origin — whether the tradition preserved real knowledge of where the galaxy's heart lies, or whether we are reading a resonance into an inherited structure. We do not claim to know which. We refuse only to pretend the question is settled.

Account, sign-in & delivery

How do I sign in and find my readings?

Sign in with any Google account, using the same email you purchased with. Your readings live in My Readings, and every completed reading is also emailed to you with a link to view it and download the PDF.

I bought a reading but the site is asking me to pay again. Why?

Almost always this is because you are signed in with a different email than the one you purchased with — entitlements are tied to your email. Be sure to sign in with the exact address used at checkout. If it still does not recognise your reading or credit, write to [email protected] and we will sort it out.

I didn't get my reading email.

First check your spam or promotions folder for a message from [email protected]. Your reading is always in My Readings regardless of email. If it is not there after about ten minutes, contact [email protected] with the email you used and we will resend it.

Refunds & support

What is your refund policy?

A single reading is a digital item generated on demand. We refund when:

  • The reading did not generate at all (a system error) and you did not receive a result, or
  • You were charged in error (a duplicate charge or wrong product) within 24 hours, and had not yet submitted the birth form.

We do not refund a reading simply because you disagreed with the meaning — the interpretation is contemplative by design. Unused reading credits are refundable within 30 days. Full details on the refunds page.

Something went wrong, or I have a question that isn't here.

Please write to us before requesting a refund or a chargeback — often it is a quick fix or a missing piece we can supply. We would much rather resolve it with you.

Can I share Scalar Flower, or read charts professionally?

Yes to both. If you would like to give readings as a gift and earn on what you share, see the Ambassador program. If you are an astrologer who wants the invariant geometry and the white paper, start with For Astrologers.

Still have a question? Write to [email protected].  ·  New terms are taught from zero inside every reading and in the glossary.