/v1/western/narrative/transit-summary

Composed transit narrative — most exact active transits at a moment.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/western/narrative/transit-summary?birth.date=1990-01-15&birth.tz=Asia%2FKolkata&birth.lat=19.076&birth.lon=72.8777&date=2027-01-15&tz=Asia%2FKolkata&time=06%3A00&birth.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
`birth.date`	yes	`1990-01-15`	Birth date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`birth.tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Birth place timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`birth.lat`	yes	`19.076`	Birth place latitude in decimal degrees.
`birth.lon`	yes	`72.8777`	Birth place longitude in decimal degrees.
`date`	yes	`2027-01-15`	Date of the moment to check, e.g. the transit date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`time`	no	`06:00`	Local time of the moment to check (HH:MM, 24-hour). Defaults to 12:00.
`birth.time`	no	`10:30`	Birth time (HH:MM, 24-hour, local). Defaults to 12:00.
`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"
  },
  "transit_at_jd": 2461420.520833,
  "summary": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Transit Mars trine natal Mercury",
        "body": "Mars stands for drive, heat and urgency, and your natal Mercury stands for thinking, talking and learning. When Mars forms a trine with your natal Mercury, this transit flows easily, so your effort meets less resistance than usual.\n\nIn your work, this trine brings push, heat a…"
      },
      {
        "heading": "Transit Saturn square natal Mercury",
        "body": "Saturn stands for structure, limits and responsibility, and your natal Mercury stands for thinking, talking and learning. When Saturn squares your natal Mercury, this transit creates friction that pressures you and drives you to act.\n\nIn your work, this square brings pressure,…"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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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