How the Sign Index Works

What the Sign Index is

The Sign Index gathers scattered almanac guidance into a single score you can read at a glance. A higher number means the signs and conditions are more favorable. A lower number means tradition leans toward waiting or choosing another day. It is calculated for your location, and it can be different for different activities.

What goes into the score

Every Sign Index starts from a neutral middle and then uses several inputs to move the reading up or down:

• Moon's current sign, the sign the Moon is passing through right now.
• Moon phase, whether the Moon is building, peaking, releasing, or settling.
• Body-map tradition, the Woman & Man of Signs area traditionally linked to the current sign.
• Activity type, what you are asking about, since the same day suits different activities differently.
• Sun and Moon timing, sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset for your location.
• Local sky data, your location, time zone, and season.
• Weather, current conditions that add practical context.

How the inputs are weighted

The Sign Index is weighted so the most relevant signals carry the most influence. The Moon's current sign, phase, and the activity you choose shape the heart of the score. Local sky and weather data add practical context.

• The Moon's current sign and phase are the core lunar signals.
• Activity type changes how the day is interpreted.
• Body-map tradition adds the traditional area of focus.
• Weather and local sky data add practical context, especially for outdoor activities, travel, planting, and timing the day around sunrise or moonrise.

Weather has the strongest effect on near-term readings, where local conditions are most reliable.

The result is a guide, not a guarantee. The Sign Index points you toward the better and the lighter days; it is meant to inform your own judgment, not replace it.

Why a day is favored, neutral, or best avoided

The final number falls into one of five bands, and that band is what colors your reading and the 7-day outlook:

Free daily read versus Premium guidance

The free daily read gives you the day's overall Sign Index, the Moon's current sign, phase, body area, and general favorability. Premium unlocks the deeper interpretation: best-for guidance, best-avoided activities, timing windows, longer-range forecasts, and activity-specific explanations.

Why different activities get different scores

This is the heart of it: one day is not simply good or bad. It is favored for some things and best saved for others, just as the old almanacs taught.

That is why the homepage separates favored activities from activities best saved for another day. We score each activity on its own terms, then surface what today actually supports. The overall Sign Index is the broad daily read, while activity scores show how the same day changes depending on what you want to do.