/v1/western/narrative/natal-summary

Composed natal chart narrative — ASC, Sun, Moon, top aspects.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/western/narrative/natal-summary?date=1990-01-15&tz=Asia%2FKolkata&lat=19.076&lon=72.8777&time=10%3A30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Query parameters

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

Name	Required	Example	Description
`date`	yes	`1990-01-15`	Birth date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Birth place timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`lat`	yes	`19.076`	Birth place latitude in decimal degrees.
`lon`	yes	`72.8777`	Birth place longitude in decimal degrees.
`time`	no	`10:30`	Birth time (HH:MM, 24-hour, local). Defaults to 12:00.
`house_system`	no	—	House system. Phase 2c supports placidus (default), whole_sign, koch, equal. Placidus and Koch reject \|lat\| > 66° (geometrically undefined inside polar circle); Whole Sign and Equal accept any latitude.
`verbosity`	no	—	Composition depth — caps the number of aspect-highlight sections in the summary. brief=3, medium=6, full=12.

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

{
  "birth": {
    "birth_date": "1990-01-15",
    "birth_time": "10:30",
    "location": {
      "lat": 19.076,
      "lon": 72.8777,
      "alt": 0
    },
    "tz": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "house_system": "placidus"
  },
  "summary": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Sun in Capricorn (11th house)",
        "body": "The Sun is your core identity, your confidence and your vitality. In Capricorn, a cardinal earth sign traditionally ruled by Saturn, it leads you to act through duty and patience. Capricorn colours how the Sun shows itself in you, rather than adding or removing strength.\n\nYour…"
      },
      {
        "heading": "Moon in Virgo (6th house)",
        "body": "The Moon is your emotional nature and what makes you feel safe. In Virgo, a mutable earth sign traditionally ruled by Mercury, it leads you to act through detail and correction. Virgo colours how the Moon shows itself in you, rather than adding or removing strength.\n\nYour need…"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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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