API Reference / Western Astrology / Western Astrology

/v1/western/narrative/decan

Authored decan (face) narrative for a zodiac degree.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/western/narrative/decan?sign=Aries&decan=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Query parameters

Checked against the API: a parameter is marked required when the request fails without it.

Response (200 OK)

The real response to the example request above, generated from the API itself. Long arrays are trimmed to their first two items. Field names are stable across versions.

{
  "narrative": {
    "headline": "Aries, first decan: Aries in its own voice",
    "body": "The first decan of Aries covers the first ten degrees of the sign and is coloured by your own sign ruler, Mars, so the sign's drive is at its most direct and quick to act. This decan colours any planet or angle between 0 and 10 degrees of Aries. In your work, you do well start…",
    "caveat": "Check where Mars sits in your chart to see how this decan of Aries shows itself.",
    "citations": [
      "Manilius Astronomica Book 4",
      "Coppock 36 Faces ch.1"
    ]
  }
}

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://lifeastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

Try it

Get a dv_live_* key from your dashboard and paste into the cURL snippet above. New accounts get 1,500 free credits. Sign up.