Seven interior page types — table of contents, introduction, section, data table, quarterly forecast, monthly grid, colophon — designed in both the light (engraved print) and dark (observatory logbook) themes. Same content, two papers, one type system.
Roman numerals, italic subtitles, dotted leaders, gold folios. Centred ornament at the head.
Astrology, taken seriously, is less a forecast than a portrait. It asks where the planets stood at the exact minute you arrived.
This reading begins where every chart begins: with the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant — the three points astrologers call your Big Three. From there it widens outward, planet by planet, until every body in your chart has been heard from.
Read in order, if you can. The synthesis at the end will mean more.
Astrology, taken seriously, is less a forecast than a portrait. It asks where the planets stood at the exact minute you arrived.
This reading begins where every chart begins: with the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant — the three points astrologers call your Big Three. From there it widens outward, planet by planet, until every body in your chart has been heard from.
Read in order, if you can. The synthesis at the end will mean more.
Centred title block, italic lead, drop cap, birth callouts. The reader's first paragraph of prose.
The Sun in Pisces sets a particular tone for identity — quiet, permeable, attentive to what others do not say. You absorb atmospheres before you read words.
Where the Sun lives in the chart is where it does its shining, and yours lives in the twelfth house — the house astrologers most often hesitate over.
A twelfth-house Sun is lit from behind. Its identity is built in private.
Among aspects, the most consequential here is your Sun's trine to Saturn in Capricorn.
The Sun in Pisces sets a particular tone for identity — quiet, permeable, attentive to what others do not say. You absorb atmospheres before you read words.
Where the Sun lives in the chart is where it does its shining, and yours lives in the twelfth house — the house astrologers most often hesitate over.
A twelfth-house Sun is lit from behind. Its identity is built in private.
Among aspects, the most consequential here is your Sun's trine to Saturn in Capricorn.
The workhorse. Roman number, italic title, sign/house/degree callout, justified body, a pull quote.
| Body | Sign | Deg | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | ♓ Pisces | 23°41′ | 12 |
| ☽ Moon | ♋ Cancer | 08°12′ | 4 |
| ☿ Merc. | ♓ Pisces | 14°55′ | 11 |
| ♀ Venus | ♈ Aries | 02°07′ | 12 |
| ♂ Mars | ♑ Capricorn | 18°33′ | 9 |
| ♃ Jup. | ♍ Virgo | 10°49′ | 6 |
| ♄ Sat. | ♒ Aquarius | 14°02′ | 10 |
| ♅ Uran. | ♑ Capricorn | 16°28′ | 9 |
| ♆ Nep. | ♑ Capricorn | 18°11′ | 9 |
| ♇ Pluto | ♏ Scorpio | 22°06′ | 7 |
| Body | Sign | Deg | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | ♓ Pisces | 23°41′ | 12 |
| ☽ Moon | ♋ Cancer | 08°12′ | 4 |
| ☿ Merc. | ♓ Pisces | 14°55′ | 11 |
| ♀ Venus | ♈ Aries | 02°07′ | 12 |
| ♂ Mars | ♑ Capricorn | 18°33′ | 9 |
| ♃ Jup. | ♍ Virgo | 10°49′ | 6 |
| ♄ Sat. | ♒ Aquarius | 14°02′ | 10 |
| ♅ Uran. | ♑ Capricorn | 16°28′ | 9 |
| ♆ Nep. | ♑ Capricorn | 18°11′ | 9 |
| ♇ Pluto | ♏ Scorpio | 22°06′ | 7 |
Planet positions appendix. Alt-row tints, gold glyphs in circles, Inter tabular figures for degrees.
Solar Return's four-quarter grid. Roman quarter marks, italic theme line, ~110-word body, key dates as Cormorant days.
Year Ahead's twelve-month grid. Italic month names, Inter key word, gold side-rule on best months.
Light: framed engraved plate. Dark: stardust + halo. Both close the book with credits and the URL.
Running header carries the report title left and STARBIND right, separated by a hairline rule. Footer centres an italic gold folio between two rules, with subject left and series right. 8.5pt Inter, 0.24em tracked. Quiet enough to disappear.
Display: Cormorant Garamond (titles + italic accents). Body: EB Garamond at 12.5pt, 1.62 leading, justified. Labels & numerals: Inter at 7.5–9pt with 0.24–0.4em tracking. Three voices, one library.
Cream paper #faf6ed, ink #2a2418, warm gold #a37c2e. Hairlines at 18–32 % gold-alpha. Engraved print: think Penguin Classics, letterpress.
Midnight #1a1820, parchment #f3eee4, bright gold #d4af5f. A subtle radial halo, stardust on closing pages only. Observatory logbook: think star atlas.
The six A-variant ornaments (chart wheel, solar disc, compass rosette, vesica, obelisk, nodal axis) appear at section openers, the TOC head, and the colophon — never as page borders. 20–40pt tall, centred, gold-stroked.
Backgrounds collapse to white on both themes; text, gold accents, ornaments, diagrams, alt-row tints (which are gold-alpha) all remain. The page still reads as designed — just without ink-heavy fills, ready for the laser printer.