Arrival Sky

See the real sky above you, then meet the sky you were born under. Free to use, with one optional purchase: no subscription, no account, no ads. Arrival Sky draws the sky as it is right now: stars, constellations, the Moon and the planets, computed on your iPhone by a validated astronomy engine. Hold your phone up and the sky turns with you, or drag to look around without any permissions at all. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • A daily brief: one headline, something small to try and a question to sit with, from the day's real positions against your chart • Tonight's brightest planet to look for, and the next sky event worth knowing • An optional morning brief: the day's headline, or the day's sky event, composed on your iPhone • Readings are astrology, offered for reflection, not predictions or advice RETROGRADES, MOONS AND ECLIPSES • A card for every sky event: Mercury, Venus and Mars retrogrades from start to finish, new and full Moons, sign changes and eclipses • See how far through a retrograde you are, and when it ends • Eclipses show local times and whether they're visible from your place FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT • Search the planets, 30 named stars and all 88 constellations • See which way to face and how high to look, from where you stand or a place you choose • Tonight lists what's up, when it rises and sets, and how bright it is • Save an observing plan with an optional reminder. The app never tells you it's safe to look at the Sun YOUR BIRTH CHART, COMPUTED CAREFULLY • Planets, angles and houses, checked against reference charts to within an arcminute • Tap any planet for what it means in its sign and house, in plain words • Historical time zones applied automatically, with an override • Unknown birth time? The app says what it can't know instead of guessing • Sky Rewind turns today's sky back to the moment you were born YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE • Add a friend and see their day and their chart • Compatibility in words, as friends, partners or family, without a score or a forecast: what comes easily between you and what takes work • Your chart together: one composite chart for you and a friend, drawn from the halfway points • The group: with two or more friends, see where you all meet • Your day together: a daily brief for you and a partner or close friend • The night you met: replay the real sky on a day that matters to you both LOOK AHEAD • Your year: the next twelve months of slow transits, retrogrades, Moons and eclipses on one screen • Your birthday chart: the sky when the Sun comes back to where it was when you were born, and when the Moon is next back each month • Readings for any day a month either side, a week or a month at a time • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: the Moon's phase, and your day's headline MAKE IT YOURS • A print-quality poster of any chart, A3 or US Tabloid • Alternate app icons and chart wheel styles PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics. Your birth details, friends, journal and plans stay on your iPhone, and you can delete everything in one step. FREE, OR PAY ONCE Free: the full sky, search, Tonight, eclipses, observing plans and reminders; today's brief and reading, with a glimpse of the headline a day either side; the morning brief; this month of Your year; your chart, and the dates of your next birthday chart and Moon return; the journal and saved readings; the Moon widget; one friend, with a comparison's headline, summaries and what comes easily. Arrival Sky Pro is one purchase, not a subscription, shared with your family. It adds readings for other days with week and month views, the whole of Your year, your birthday chart and the Moon's return, the Your day widget, more friends, compatibility in full (including with someone you don't save), your chart together, the group, your day together, keeping the days that matter to you both, chart posters, and more app icons and wheel styles.