/v1/western/narrative/fixed-star/{name}

Authored narrative for a named fixed star.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/western/narrative/fixed-star/Regulus?" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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.

200 response

{
  "star": "Regulus",
  "narrative": {
    "headline": "Regulus: leadership and a royal bearing",
    "body": "Regulus marks the heart of Leo the Lion, one of the four Royal Stars, and a planet or angle placed close to it in your chart tends to favour leadership, ambition and a regal bearing. In your work, you can rise to authority in business, government, entertainment or any field wi…",
    "caveat": "Regulus holds the crown for those who rule themselves first.",
    "citations": [
      "Brady Predictive Astrology ch.4",
      "Robson Fixed Stars and Constellations ch.2"
    ]
  }
}

Errors

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

401 Unauthorized

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

402 Payment Required

{
  "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"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

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

Try it

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