About CuteHoroscopes

What is free and what costs money

The birth chart, the compatibility calculator, the daily horoscope and every sign, pairing, placement and celebrity page are free and need no account.

The Cosmic Portrait Report ($14.95), the Compatibility Report ($19.95) and the Compatibility 5-Pack ($59.95 for 5 Compatibility Reports) are one-time purchases in US dollars. There is no subscription, every report shows a free preview before you pay, and you can ask for a full refund within 14 days.

The Reports page shows everything on sale, and the Refunds page explains how to ask for a refund.

Sun sign, Moon sign and Rising sign

Your Sun sign is the zodiac sign the Sun was in when you were born. It is what most people mean by their star sign, and it usually needs only your birth date. If you were born on a day the Sun changed sign, your birth time and birthplace decide it.

Your Moon sign is the sign the Moon was in. The Moon changes sign a little over every two days, so a birth time makes it certain.

Your Rising sign, also called the Ascendant, is the sign that was rising on the eastern horizon at the moment and place you were born. It changes about every two hours, so it needs your birth time and birthplace.

Your free birth chart shows your Sun and Moon signs, and your Rising sign when you add a birth time.

How we calculate

Planet positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, through the open-source Kerykeion library. The zodiac is tropical.

The birth place gives the coordinates and the time zone (from the IANA time zone database). With a birth time the chart has an Ascendant and Placidus houses (Porphyry inside the polar circles, where Placidus is undefined).

Without a birth time there is no Rising sign and no houses. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, so a Moon contact that a birth time could change is marked as uncertain and never counted in a score.

How the compatibility scores work

The free calculator and the 78 pairing pages give a Sun sign score. It compares the two Sun signs only, by element (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) and modality (Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable). Scores run from 32 to 85 out of 100. 80 and up is a rare, radiant match, 63 to 79 is genuinely strong, 45 to 62 is a real connection with texture, and under 45 takes the most work. Two whole birth charts can read very differently.

The Compatibility Report compares two whole birth charts across seven dimensions. The Compatibility Report score weighs the contacts between two charts after the published method of Ciro Discepolo (Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars and Ascendant contacts first), in our own calibration. The free calculator uses the two Sun signs only.

How the readings are written

The daily horoscope reads each day's real sky. The reading texts are written in advance and chosen by the actual placements; nothing is generated by AI when a page or report is made.

Readings are for entertainment and reflection, not advice. Questions and corrections are welcome on the Contact page.