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Minor Progressions

astroway_prognostics_minor_progressions
Read-onlyIdempotent

Calculate lunar month-for-a-year minor progressions from natal birth data to a target date, including converse direction, for astrological forecasting.

Instructions

Calculate minor progressions (lunar month-for-a-year) to a target date. Supports converse direction.

[Group: Prognostics] [Endpoint: POST /v1/minor-progressions] [Cost: 50 credits (Tier 3)]

Tool call template

Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "arguments": {
      "body": "<body>"
    },
    "name": "astroway_prognostics_minor_progressions"
  }
}

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
bodyYesNatal chart plus a target date for time-based calculations: progressions, directions, profections, returns.

Output Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
inputNo
housesNo
aspectsNo
planetsNo
antisciaNo
julianDayNo
siderealTimeNo
antisciaAspectsNo
parallelAspectsNo

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changedv1.6.1
    • changedInput schema / properties / body / allOf
      Previous value: -[
      -  {
      -    "additionalProperties": {
      -      "anyOf": [
      -        {},
      -        {
      -          "type": "null"
      -        }
      -      ]
      -    },
      -    "description": "Birth data for a single natal chart. Required: date (YYYY-MM-DD), time (HH:mm:ss), latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. The short forms lat, lon, lng and tz are rejected with 400 INVALID_FIELD; pass the full names. timezoneOffset is hours from UTC and defaults to 0, meaning UTC; send timezone instead (an IANA name such as Europe/Kyiv, or auto) and the offset for that date is worked out, summer time included. city is a display label only: nothing here geocodes it, so it never stands in for coordinates. houseSystem is a single Swiss Ephemeris letter, P by default; a name such as \"Placidus\" is refused, and the case matters because I and i are two different Sunshine systems.",
      -    "properties": {
      -      "ayanamsa": {
      -        "description": "Sidereal school by name. Lahiri when omitted. Equivalent to ayanamsaId; send either.",
      -        "enum": [
      -          "fagan-bradley",
      -          "lahiri",
      -          "de-luce",
      -          "raman",
      -          "krishnamurti",
      -          "kp",
      -          "yukteshwar",
      -          "jn-bhasin",
      -          "true-citra",
      -          "djwhal-khul"
      -        ],
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "ayanamsaId": {
      -        "type": [
      -          "number",
      -          "null"
      -        ]
      -      },
      -      "city": {
      -        "default": "",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "cosmogram": {
      -        "type": "boolean"
      -      },
      -      "date": {
      -        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "houseSystem": {
      -        "default": "P",
      -        "enum": [
      -          "P",
      -          "K",
      -          "R",
      -          "C",
      -          "E",
      -          "W",
      -          "B",
      -          "M",
      -          "O",
      -          "A",
      -          "T",
      -          "V",
      -          "D",
      -          "F",
      -          "G",
      -          "H",
      -          "I",
      -          "i",
      -          "L",
      -          "N",
      -          "Q",
      -          "S",
      -          "U",
      -          "X",
      -          "Y"
      -        ],
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "latitude": {
      -        "maximum": 90,
      -        "minimum": -90,
      -        "type": "number"
      -      },
      -      "longitude": {
      -        "maximum": 180,
      -        "minimum": -180,
      -        "type": "number"
      -      },
      -      "name": {
      -        "default": "",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "time": {
      -        "pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}(:\\d{2})?$",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "timezone": {
      -        "description": "IANA zone name such as Europe/Kyiv, or auto to look the zone up from latitude and longitude. The server takes the offset that zone kept at this local date and time, summer time included, and uses it in place of timezoneOffset. A clock time that happened twice takes the first occurrence; one skipped when clocks went forward takes the offset from before the change. Abbreviations such as EST are refused. Before 1970 the tz database is not reliable for every place, so send timezoneOffset when the local clock is known.",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "timezoneOffset": {
      -        "anyOf": [
      -          {
      -            "maximum": 14,
      -            "minimum": -14,
      -            "type": "number"
      -          },
      -          {
      -            "type": "null"
      -          }
      -        ],
      -        "default": 0,
      -        "description": "Hours from UTC at the given moment, not minutes. Fractional zones are hours too: 5.5 for India, 5.75 for Nepal, -3.5 for Newfoundland. Defaults to 0, meaning UTC. Ignored when timezone is sent."
      -      },
      -      "zodiacType": {
      -        "enum": [
      -          "tropical",
      -          "sidereal"
      -        ],
      -        "type": "string"
      -      }
      -    },
      -    "required": [
      -      "date",
      -      "time",
      -      "latitude",
      -      "longitude"
      -    ],
      -    "type": "object"
      -  },
      -  {
      -    "additionalProperties": {
      -      "anyOf": [
      -        {},
      -        {
      -          "type": "null"
      -        }
      -      ]
      -    },
      -    "properties": {
      -      "converse": {
      -        "type": "boolean"
      -      },
      -      "targetDate": {
      -        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "targetTime": {
      -        "pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}(:\\d{2})?$",
      -        "type": "string"
      -      },
      -      "targetTzOffset": {
      -        "type": [
      -          "number",
      -          "null"
      -        ]
      -      }
      -    },
      -    "required": [
      -      "targetDate"
      -    ],
      -    "type": "object"
      -  }
      -]New value: +[
      +  {
      +    "additionalProperties": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {},
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    "description": "Birth data for a single natal chart. Required: date (YYYY-MM-DD), time (HH:mm:ss), latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. The short forms lat, lon, lng and tz are rejected with 400 INVALID_FIELD; pass the full names. timezoneOffset is hours from UTC and defaults to 0, meaning UTC; send timezone instead (an IANA name such as Europe/Kyiv, or auto) and the offset for that date is worked out, summer time included. city is a display label only: nothing here geocodes it, so it never stands in for coordinates. houseSystem is a single house-system letter, P by default; a name such as \"Placidus\" is refused, and the case matters because I and i are two different Sunshine systems.",
      +    "properties": {
      +      "ayanamsa": {
      +        "description": "Sidereal school by name. Lahiri when omitted. Equivalent to ayanamsaId; send either.",
      +        "enum": [
      +          "fagan-bradley",
      +          "lahiri",
      +          "de-luce",
      +          "raman",
      +          "krishnamurti",
      +          "kp",
      +          "yukteshwar",
      +          "jn-bhasin",
      +          "true-citra",
      +          "djwhal-khul"
      +        ],
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "ayanamsaId": {
      +        "type": [
      +          "number",
      +          "null"
      +        ]
      +      },
      +      "city": {
      +        "default": "",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "cosmogram": {
      +        "type": "boolean"
      +      },
      +      "date": {
      +        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "houseSystem": {
      +        "default": "P",
      +        "enum": [
      +          "P",
      +          "K",
      +          "R",
      +          "C",
      +          "E",
      +          "W",
      +          "B",
      +          "M",
      +          "O",
      +          "A",
      +          "T",
      +          "V",
      +          "D",
      +          "F",
      +          "G",
      +          "H",
      +          "I",
      +          "i",
      +          "L",
      +          "N",
      +          "Q",
      +          "S",
      +          "U",
      +          "X",
      +          "Y"
      +        ],
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "latitude": {
      +        "maximum": 90,
      +        "minimum": -90,
      +        "type": "number"
      +      },
      +      "longitude": {
      +        "maximum": 180,
      +        "minimum": -180,
      +        "type": "number"
      +      },
      +      "name": {
      +        "default": "",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "time": {
      +        "pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}(:\\d{2})?$",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "timezone": {
      +        "description": "IANA zone name such as Europe/Kyiv, or auto to look the zone up from latitude and longitude. The server takes the offset that zone kept at this local date and time, summer time included, and uses it in place of timezoneOffset. A clock time that happened twice takes the first occurrence; one skipped when clocks went forward takes the offset from before the change. Abbreviations such as EST are refused. Before 1970 the tz database is not reliable for every place, so send timezoneOffset when the local clock is known.",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "timezoneOffset": {
      +        "anyOf": [
      +          {
      +            "maximum": 14,
      +            "minimum": -14,
      +            "type": "number"
      +          },
      +          {
      +            "type": "null"
      +          }
      +        ],
      +        "default": 0,
      +        "description": "Hours from UTC at the given moment, not minutes. Fractional zones are hours too: 5.5 for India, 5.75 for Nepal, -3.5 for Newfoundland. Defaults to 0, meaning UTC. Ignored when timezone is sent."
      +      },
      +      "zodiacType": {
      +        "enum": [
      +          "tropical",
      +          "sidereal"
      +        ],
      +        "type": "string"
      +      }
      +    },
      +    "required": [
      +      "date",
      +      "time",
      +      "latitude",
      +      "longitude"
      +    ],
      +    "type": "object"
      +  },
      +  {
      +    "additionalProperties": {
      +      "anyOf": [
      +        {},
      +        {
      +          "type": "null"
      +        }
      +      ]
      +    },
      +    "properties": {
      +      "converse": {
      +        "type": "boolean"
      +      },
      +      "targetDate": {
      +        "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "targetTime": {
      +        "pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}(:\\d{2})?$",
      +        "type": "string"
      +      },
      +      "targetTzOffset": {
      +        "type": [
      +          "number",
      +          "null"
      +        ]
      +      }
      +    },
      +    "required": [
      +      "targetDate"
      +    ],
      +    "type": "object"
      +  }
      +]
  2. Addedv1.6.0

TDQS

B3.3/5.0
Behavior3/5

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

Annotations already declare readOnly, idempotent, non-destructive and closed-world, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds genuinely new behavioral facts: the call is a paid POST costing 50 credits (Tier 3) and accepts a converse direction. It does not mention any limits, error conditions, or how the converse computation differs in output.

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?

Two front-loaded sentences plus a short bracketed metadata block; nothing is redundant and the technique definition comes immediately after the verb. It is tight, though the extreme brevity leaves the routing and prerequisite gaps above unaddressed.

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

Completeness3/5

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

With an output schema present the description need not explain return values, and the input schema is very rich, so the core mechanics are covered. What is missing is the discriminative layer this tool family needs: how minor progressions differ from the several sibling progression techniques and any constraint on the target date or converse mode.

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

Parameters4/5

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

Schema coverage is 100% and the nested birth-data schema is extensively self-documenting, so the baseline would be 3. The description earns a point because 'Supports converse direction' gives meaning to the otherwise undocumented 'converse' flag in the target-date branch, and '(lunar month-for-a-year)' explains what the target date is measured against.

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

Purpose4/5

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

States a specific verb and resource ('Calculate minor progressions') and disambiguates the technique with the parenthetical 'lunar month-for-a-year', which is not obvious from the name alone. It does not, however, contrast itself with the sibling techniques (secondary progressions, tertiary progressions), so an agent must already know the difference.

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?

There is no when-to-use guidance at all: nothing states when minor progressions are preferred over astroway_prognostics_progressions or astroway_prognostics_tertiary_progressions, nor any precondition such as the target date needing to fall after the birth date. The only extra context is operational (group, endpoint, cost), not selection guidance.

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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