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Secondary progressions calculator - progressed chart, progressed Sun and Moon

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Generate the secondary progressed chart for any date using the day-for-a-year key. Each day of ephemeris motion after birth stands in for one year of life. Returns every progressed body with its sign, degree, whole-sign house, motion, and retrograde state, plus the progressed Ascendant and Midheaven via the Naibod arc. The progressed Sun and progressed Moon are the headline timing markers for inner growth and emotional chapters. Secondary progressions API, progressed chart calculator, progressed Sun and Moon, progressed Ascendant and Midheaven.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
dateYesBirth date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Determines planetary positions for the specific calendar day.
langNoResponse language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English.en
timeYesBirth time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format. Determines the Ascendant (rising sign) and house cusps. Use 12:00:00 if unknown.
compactNoSet true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {"__cols":[names],"__rows":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens.
latitudeYesBirth location latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Positive = North, negative = South.
nodeTypeNoLunar node convention. "mean" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; "true" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the North and South Node. True is the osculating node and the default, because it is what most Western chart software reports; mean is the smoothed node preferred by several evolutionary schools, so pass "mean" to match one. Nothing else in the chart changes, and the two agree on the sign except when the node sits within about 1.8 degrees of a cusp. Defaults to "true".true
timezoneYesTimezone: an IANA name (e.g. "America/New_York", "Europe/London", or `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search) or decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 5.5 for IST). An IANA name is resolved to the offset in force at the given date and time.
longitudeYesBirth location longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). Positive = East, negative = West.
targetDateYesDate to progress the chart to, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Usually today or a forecast date. The day-for-a-year key turns the elapsed years since birth into the same number of ephemeris days after the birth moment.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
planetsYes
summaryYes
ascendantYes
midheavenYes
targetDateYes
birthDetailsYes
elapsedYearsYes
progressedDateYes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / timezone / description
      Previous value: -"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Europe/London\") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 1 for CET). IANA strings are resolved to the offset in force at the given date and time, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly."New value: +"Timezone: an IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Europe/London\", or `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search) or decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 5.5 for IST). An IANA name is resolved to the offset in force at the given date and time."
  2. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
      +  "properties": {
      +    "ascendant": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "degree": {
      +          "maximum": 30,
      +          "minimum": 0,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "longitude": {
      +          "maximum": 360,
      +          "minimum": 0,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "sign": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "signLocalized": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "longitude",
      +        "sign",
      +        "degree"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "birthDetails": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "date": {
      +          "format": "date",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "latitude": {
      +          "maximum": 90,
      +          "minimum": -90,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "longitude": {
      +          "maximum": 180,
      +          "minimum": -180,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "time": {
      +          "format": "time",
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "timezone": {
      +          "maximum": 14,
      +          "minimum": -12,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "date",
      +        "time",
      +        "latitude",
      +        "longitude",
      +        "timezone"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "elapsedYears": {
      +      "type": "number"
      +    },
      +    "midheaven": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "degree": {
      +          "maximum": 30,
      +          "minimum": 0,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "longitude": {
      +          "maximum": 360,
      +          "minimum": 0,
      +          "type": "number"
      +        },
      +        "sign": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "signLocalized": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "longitude",
      +        "sign",
      +        "degree"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "planets": {
      +      "items": {
      +        "properties": {
      +          "degree": {
      +            "maximum": 30,
      +            "minimum": 0,
      +            "type": "number"
      +          },
      +          "house": {
      +            "maximum": 12,
      +            "minimum": 1,
      +            "type": "integer"
      +          },
      +          "interpretation": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "isRetrograde": {
      +            "type": "boolean"
      +          },
      +          "longitude": {
      +            "maximum": 360,
      +            "minimum": 0,
      +            "type": "number"
      +          },
      +          "name": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "nameLocalized": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "sign": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "signLocalized": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "speed": {
      +            "type": "number"
      +          }
      +        },
      +        "required": [
      +          "name",
      +          "longitude",
      +          "sign",
      +          "degree",
      +          "house",
      +          "speed",
      +          "isRetrograde",
      +          "interpretation"
      +        ],
      +        "type": "object"
      +      },
      +      "type": "array"
      +    },
      +    "progressedDate": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "summary": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "targetDate": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "required": [
      +    "birthDetails",
      +    "targetDate",
      +    "progressedDate",
      +    "elapsedYears",
      +    "planets",
      +    "ascendant",
      +    "midheaven",
      +    "summary"
      +  ],
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  3. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / timezone / description
      Previous value: -"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Europe/London\") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 1 for CET). IANA strings are resolved to the DST-correct offset for the given date, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly."New value: +"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Europe/London\") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 1 for CET). IANA strings are resolved to the offset in force at the given date and time, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly."
  4. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / lang / description
      Previous value: -"Response language (ISO 639-1). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru. Defaults to en. Languages without translations yet return English."New value: +"Response language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English."
    • changedInput schema / properties / lang / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "en",
      -  "tr",
      -  "de",
      -  "es",
      -  "hi",
      -  "pt",
      -  "fr",
      -  "ru"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "en",
      +  "tr",
      +  "de",
      +  "es",
      +  "hi",
      +  "pt",
      +  "fr",
      +  "ru",
      +  "zh-Hans",
      +  "zh-Hant"
      +]
  5. Changed3 schema fields changed
    • addedInput schema / examples
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "date": "1990-07-15",
      +    "latitude": 40.7128,
      +    "longitude": -74.006,
      +    "targetDate": "2025-07-15",
      +    "time": "14:30:00",
      +    "timezone": -5
      +  }
      +]
    • changedInput schema / properties / compact / description
      Previous value: -"Set true to receive the exact same data in a token-optimized shape that is cheaper for you to read: whitespace is stripped and every array of same-shaped objects is encoded columnar as {\"__cols\":[field names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}, so each field name is sent once instead of once per row. Fully lossless (no field or value is dropped or changed) and typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens on large results. Prefer true whenever token or inference cost matters. Default false returns standard indented JSON."New value: +"Set true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {\"__cols\":[names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens."
    • changedInput schema / properties / nodeType / description
      Previous value: -"Lunar node convention. \"mean\" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; \"true\" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the North and South Node. True is what most Western software reports (Astrolabe, Cafe Astrology, TimePassages), which is why it is the default here; astro-seek and the Steven Forrest evolutionary school use mean, so pass \"mean\" to match those. Nothing else in the chart changes, and the two agree on the sign except when the node sits within about 1.8 degrees of a cusp. Defaults to \"true\"."New value: +"Lunar node convention. \"mean\" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; \"true\" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the North and South Node. True is the osculating node and the default, because it is what most Western chart software reports; mean is the smoothed node preferred by several evolutionary schools, so pass \"mean\" to match one. Nothing else in the chart changes, and the two agree on the sign except when the node sits within about 1.8 degrees of a cusp. Defaults to \"true\"."
  6. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / nodeType
      Added value: +{
      +  "default": "true",
      +  "description": "Lunar node convention. \"mean\" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; \"true\" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the North and South Node. True is what most Western software reports (Astrolabe, Cafe Astrology, TimePassages), which is why it is the default here; astro-seek and the Steven Forrest evolutionary school use mean, so pass \"mean\" to match those. Nothing else in the chart changes, and the two agree on the sign except when the node sits within about 1.8 degrees of a cusp. Defaults to \"true\".",
      +  "enum": [
      +    "mean",
      +    "true"
      +  ],
      +  "example": "true",
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
  7. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / compact / description
      Previous value: -"Return the same data in a token-optimized compact shape (minified, with same-shaped arrays encoded columnar) to reduce LLM token cost. Lossless: no fields are dropped. Default false."New value: +"Set true to receive the exact same data in a token-optimized shape that is cheaper for you to read: whitespace is stripped and every array of same-shaped objects is encoded columnar as {\"__cols\":[field names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}, so each field name is sent once instead of once per row. Fully lossless (no field or value is dropped or changed) and typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens on large results. Prefer true whenever token or inference cost matters. Default false returns standard indented JSON."
  8. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / compact
      Added value: +{
      +  "default": false,
      +  "description": "Return the same data in a token-optimized compact shape (minified, with same-shaped arrays encoded columnar) to reduce LLM token cost. Lossless: no fields are dropped. Default false.",
      +  "type": "boolean"
      +}
  9. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / timezone / anyOf
      Previous value: -[
      -  {
      -    "maximum": 14,
      -    "minimum": -14,
      -    "type": "number"
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "pattern": "^[A-Za-z_]+(?:\\/[A-Za-z0-9_+-]+){0,2}$",
      -    "type": "string"
      -  }
      -]New value: +[
      +  {
      +    "maximum": 14,
      +    "minimum": -14,
      +    "type": "number"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "type": "string"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedInput schema / properties / timezone / description
      Previous value: -"Timezone: decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 5.5 for IST) OR IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Asia/Kolkata\"). IANA strings are resolved to the DST-correct offset for the given date, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly."New value: +"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"America/New_York\", \"Europe/London\") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 1 for CET). IANA strings are resolved to the DST-correct offset for the given date, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly."
  10. First observed

TDQS

A3.7/5.0
Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already mark the operation as read-only and non-destructive. The description adds useful behavioral context: it explains the day-for-a-year calculation, the returned fields (sign, degree, whole-sign house, motion, retrograde state), and the Naibod arc for progressed angles. No contradiction with annotations.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four substantive sentences plus a trailing keyword list. The body is front-loaded and clear, but the final comma-separated keywords ('Secondary progressions API, progressed chart calculator...') are redundant with the title and add noise.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

Given the rich input schema (all 9 params documented), output schema, and safety annotations, the description is largely complete for invocation. It explains the calculation method and return contents, though it could be stronger on when to select this tool among siblings.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline applies. The description does not add new parameter-level meaning; it restates the day-for-a-year concept already present in the targetDate schema. No parameter is left undocumented, but the description contributes little beyond the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description opens with a specific verb ('Generate'), names the exact resource ('secondary progressed chart'), and explains the calculation key ('day-for-a-year'). It distinguishes itself from sibling astrology chart tools by focusing on secondary progressions and listing distinctive outputs such as progressed Ascendant/Midheaven via the Naibod arc.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines2/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

No explicit guidance is given about when to choose secondary progressions over sibling tools such as transits, solar arc, or returns. The intended use is only implied by the tool name and first sentence; no exclusions or alternative conditions are stated.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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