Ancient Arabian Astrology
Read the sky the way Baghdad read it.
For over a millennium, astrologers from Baghdad to Andalusia read the sky with a precision most modern apps never attempt. Canopy brings that tradition to your pocket as a calm daily practice.
An iOS app by Stellar Apps LLC.
What Canopy does
Your day, read by the sky
The core instruments of a tradition codified by al-Bīrūnī in the eleventh century — rendered legibly, every reading drawn from classical sources and cited.
Planetary Hours
saʿāt al-kawākib — the hours of the planetsEach hour of day and night is ruled by a planet in the ancient order — Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars. Canopy tells you which rules the moment, and its counsel.
The 28 Lunar Mansions
manāzil al-qamar — stations of the MoonThe oldest continuous sky-watching system in the Arabian world. Canopy carries the full catalog with daily guidance, noting which mansions are Ṣaʿd (fortunate) and which call for caution.
Your Natal Chart
al-mawlid — the nativityCalculated from the exact sky at your first breath using essential dignities, whole-sign houses, the Arabic lots, and the Thema Mundi. Every placement carries a reading; every source is cited.
Electional Timing
ikhtiyārāt — the choicesThe question the court astrologers were asked above all others: when is the right moment to act? Canopy scans the sky for windows favorable to your intention — a contract, a journey, a beginning.
Talismanic Timing
ʿamal al-ṭilasm — the work of the talismanCanopy identifies windows when a fixed star of significance rises or culminates, following the methods of the Picatrix and al-Ṣūfī, so your timing aligns with the sky's deepest architecture.
Fixed Stars
al-kawākib al-thābita — the fixed starsSeventeen stars of the classical tradition — Regulus (Qalb al-Asad), Spica, Algol, Antares, Fomalhaut and more — placed against your natal chart and the current sky.
Transits & Timing
al-taḥwīl — the turningWatch the planets move through your natal houses in real time — not just what is happening in the sky, but what it means for your specific chart, in the language of the tradition.
The rigor is the point
Every reading, drawn from the source
Canopy is the only consumer app built on the Arabian astrological corpus. Its readings come from the classical texts themselves.
Coming soon to iPhone.
Canopy is being prepared for the App Store. Have a question before launch? Reach us any time at canopyappsupport@stellarappsllc.com.
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