Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of astrology do you practice?

I use tropical astrology with whole sign houses, drawing from both traditional and modern astrological approaches.

For natal work, I’m interested in both the traditional structure of the chart and the psychological experience of actually living it. I don’t think those have to be competing schools of astrology.

When timing is part of the question, I may use techniques including annual profections, secondary progressions, transits, and zodiacal releasing, depending on what I’m trying to understand.

I choose the technique because it helps answer the question, not because I need to use every tool in every reading.

Do I need to know anything about astrology before booking?

Not at all.

You do not need to know your houses, aspects, chart ruler, or even your Big Three before working with me.

Bring me the part of your life you’re trying to understand. I’ll handle the astrology.

What do you need from me?

For most readings, I’ll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birthplace.

You’ll also complete a short intake so I understand what is happening in your life and what you most want clarity around.

The context is important. I’m not interpreting your chart in a vacuum.

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

We may still be able to work together.

Without an accurate birth time, I cannot reliably use time-sensitive parts of the chart such as the Rising sign, houses, or angles. Some readings can still be very useful using the planetary placements and aspects that remain reliable.

Email me at hello@michelleastrology.com before booking and I’ll tell you which option makes the most sense.

How long do written readings take?

Most personalized written readings are delivered within 5–7 business days after I receive your completed intake.

Every reading is personally analyzed and written by me, so I keep the turnaround intentionally reasonable rather than rushing through client charts.

Can I get my reading sooner?

Sometimes.

Rush delivery may be available for written readings depending on my current client schedule.

If you need a faster turnaround, please use the Rush Delivery Add-On available in the shop.

How far in advance do I have to book a live reading?

Live readings are scheduled at least 4 days in advance which gives me enough lead time to prepare your chart before we meet.

I don't open your chart for the first time while we are on the call. I review it extensively beforehand so our time together can be spent interpreting, connecting, and talking through what brought you to me.

Which reading should I choose?

Choose the Chart Deep Dive when you want a full birth-chart interpretation and have several questions or areas of your life you want to understand together.

Choose the Relationship Pattern Reading when one recurring relationship dynamic is the clear focus.

Choose Written Compatibility when you want me to analyze two charts and what the relationship creates between you.

Choose Three Questions Answered when you have three specific questions and do not need a full-chart interpretation.

Choose a Live Reading when you want to talk through the chart with me in real time.

Still unsure? Email me at hello@michelleastrology.com and tell me what you’re trying to understand. I’ll point you toward the best fit.

Are your written readings AI-generated?

No.

I personally analyze and write every client reading.

I may use software to calculate charts, just as professional astrologers traditionally use chart-calculation software, but the interpretation and written analysis you receive are mine.

Will you tell me what I should do?

I’ll tell you what I see.

That may include being direct about a pattern, tension, strength, or choice I think deserves your attention.

But I won’t tell you that astrology says you have to leave a relationship, take a job, move across the country, or make any other major life decision.

The chart gives us information and context. You still decide what you do with it.

Do you predict the future?

I work with timing and predictive techniques when they are relevant, but I don't use astrology to make frightening or absolute predictions.

I’m much more interested in understanding the periods when certain themes, opportunities, pressures, or choices become especially important.

I will not under any circumstances try to predict when someone will die so don't even ask.

Can you tell me if someone is my soulmate or whether a relationship will last?

No.

I can show you attraction, compatibility, tension, emotional needs, recurring relationship dynamics, and areas that may become more important as the relationship develops.

I can't responsibly use astrology to guarantee that a relationship will last or declare that someone is your destined soulmate.

Do you offer refunds?

For live readings, you may cancel or reschedule up to 24 hours before your appointment for a full refund.

Written readings are non-refundable once I have begun the chart analysis or writing process.

Do you use predictive astrology and timing techniques?

Yes, when they’re useful.

I work with transits as well as techniques such as annual profections, secondary progressions, and zodiacal releasingto look at periods when certain areas of life become more active or important.

I don’t use timing techniques to tell you that one specific event is guaranteed to happen on one specific date. I use them to understand what chapter you’re in, what themes are becoming louder, and when particular choices or developments may have more momentum behind them.

Can I ask about another person in my reading?

Yes, with some limits.

Relationships rarely happen in a vacuum, so another person may be relevant to your question. I can look at your chart and, when appropriate and when I have accurate birth information, the astrology between two people.

What I won’t do is use astrology to claim I know another person’s private thoughts, diagnose them, or promise what they will do next.

What can astrology actually tell me?

Astrology can be extraordinarily useful for understanding patterns, needs, tensions, timing, relationship dynamics, and the kinds of choices a particular period of life is asking you to make.

What it can't do is remove uncertainty altogether.

My job is not to make your decisions for you. It’s to give you better information about the terrain you’re making them in.