# Rise & Align — Planetary Timing & Rituals > Planetary Timing & Rituals (iPhone/iPad app by Clarisse Monahan.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rise-and-align/id6767660119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Clarisse Monahan](https://appshunter.io/developer/6773760303) - Category: Productivity, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 20 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-08 - Data updated: 2026-09-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rise-and-align/id6767660119/reviews.md ## What is Rise & Align? Rise & Align translates planetary positions into actionable timing guidance using the Swiss Ephemeris, the same high-precision astronomical library trusted by professionals worldwide. Designed as the official companion to the book "Rise & Align" (ISBN: 9780241816073) by Clarisse Monahan: astrocartographer, founder of Venus In Retrograde, and resident astrologer at Soho House worldwide. This app moves past generic horoscopes to provide precise astronomical calculations and practical day-to-day scheduling. HIGH-PRECISION TRACKING • Real-Time Transits: Monitor current planetary positions against your own birth chart (Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant, and IC). • Void of Course Moon: A 7-day forecast of the windows when the Moon makes its final major aspect before changing signs, the traditional windows used for reflection rather than initiation. • Retrograde Calendar: A 90-day view of active and upcoming retrograde cycles, with guidance for each phase. PRACTICAL DAY TIMING • Planetary Hours: An ancient timekeeping system dividing each day into 24 custom hours calibrated to your exact local sunrise and sunset. • Task Scheduling: Add your daily to-dos and receive recommendations tuned to the planetary energy of each hour. • Guided Rituals: Step-by-step practices grouped by classical planetary energy, complete with materials checklists, safety notes, and progress tracking. Each ritual surfaces its next ideal planetary-hour window. • Home-Screen Widgets: Keep your current Moon phase and planetary hour on your home screen, in the app's pixel-art style. PERSONALIZED TO YOUR CHART • Your Chart: See your sign for every planet plus your Rising sign, your elemental balance, and your chart ruler. • Your daily task and ritual recommendations are tuned to the planets ruling your Sun, Moon, and Rising sign. • Daily Cosmic Briefing: An optional morning notification summarizing the day's planetary focus, your task, and your best ritual window. PREMIUM DESIGN & PRIVACY • Dark Mode Only: Tailored for night sky observation to minimize eye strain. • Offline First: All Swiss Ephemeris calculations run completely on your device, with no network connection required. • Strict Privacy: Your location is used strictly on-device for local sunrise and sunset timing. Birth parameters are stored locally. -- Privacy Policy: https://maphrodite.com/rise-align.html -- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium Monthly | $8.99 | per month | | Premium Access to Rise & Align | $69.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Rise & Align Premium Lifetime | $169.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 0.4.3 — 2026-09-03 Live transit readings are now calculated directly from your own birth chart. Aspects to your Ascendant, Midheaven and the points opposite them are measured from the exact time and place you were born, so what the card reports is specific to you rather than to the sky in general. • Sharper accuracy in transits to your chart's angles • Each aspect is now reported once, under the angle it actually falls on • Angle transits ask for an exact birth time, which is what fixes them in place • Your birth city is kept when you edit your birth details ### 0.4.2 — 2026-08-30 Rituals have been redesigned. Each one now opens on its own planet, drawn large and in motion, with a single card for when to perform it, the shape of the practice at a glance, and everything you will need to hand. Every ritual's full written description and timing guidance now appear on the page for the first time. Your chart reads more clearly too, with a new balance showing how your placements fall across fire, earth, air and water. • Sharper timing around retrogrades • Tasks are cleaner and quicker to scan • The chart wheel now fits every screen size • Performance and stability improvements ### 0.4.1 — 2026-08-28 A new Timing screen, a briefing each morning, and alerts that take you straight to what they are about. Pick what you are about to do and the app tells you which hours suit it, what is working against them, and how the days ahead look. • Timing: choose a real situation, from signing something to ending something, and see the hours that suit it. Every hour is scored on the planetary hour, the day ruler, the Moon's phase, void periods, and any retrograde that touches it • The day drawn as one picture, a bar for every planetary hour, coloured by its ruler and sized by its score. Open any day on its own to read it hour by hour • Daily Briefing: one page each morning with the sky above you, what it touches in your chart, the best window, and today's task • Notifications open the screen they are about, and so do the widgets • Void of course periods now begin at the Moon's exact last aspect • New themes, Obsidian and Verdant, with a matching home screen icon for every theme • New widgets for the void Moon and today's task • Subscriptions are recognised reliably again, along with the premium alerts that depend on them ### 0.3.1 — 2026-07-23 Your natal chart has been rebuilt. It used to give every line the same weight, so nothing stood out. Now it opens with what is genuinely distinctive about your chart and gives that the room it needs. • The Sun, Moon and Rising each get a full reading • With an exact birth time, every placement shows its house • Your birthplace shows your city, not only the country • Retrogrades include shadow periods and the degree at which each planet turns • Guided rituals show your progress and the time remaining • A new cosmic task each day, and a record of the ones you finished ### 0.3.0 — 2026-07-14 Thanks for using Rise & Align. Our first big update since launch: • Retrograde alerts: a heads-up before each planet turns retrograde or direct • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets for the current planetary hour and moon phase • Ask Siri when the next void moon begins, or which planetary hour it is • Your natal chart is now one tap from the home screen • Seven new guided rituals, one more for every planet (49 in total) • No exact birth time? You can skip it and still build your chart • A heads-up before the Void of Course Moon begins • Reduce Motion support and more reliable notifications throughout ## Apps similar to Rise & Align | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ORIA Human Design](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oria-human-design/id6762350757) | 1.0 (1) | Free | Productivity | | [AI Tree - Access Top Models](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-tree-access-top-models/id6755420137) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Voicetree: Record & Transcribe](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voicetree-record-and-transcribe/id6747253996) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Productivity | | [Line Learner AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/line-learner-ai/id6738027914) | 3.9 (7) | Free | Productivity | | [IDIDIT: Quit Habit Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ididit-quit-habit-tracker/id6762184396) | 4.5 (16) | Free | Productivity | | [HabitBoard - Habit Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/habitboard-habit-tracker/id1636512377) | 4.6 (8) | Free | Productivity | ## More apps by Clarisse Monahan - [Maphrodite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maphrodite/id6744463310) All apps by Clarisse Monahan: https://appshunter.io/developer/6773760303 ## Related topics [rising zodiac](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/rising-zodiac) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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