Privacy Policy

Astera is built on the principle that your personal data — especially something as intimate as your birth chart and your inner thread — belongs to you. We collect only what is necessary to give you an accurate and personal experience. We do not sell, share, or use your data in ways you have not consented to.

Your email address (for sign-in). Your name and pronouns. Your birth date, time, and location. Your current device location (for live sky calculations only — never stored). What you share in your conversations with Astera. Your journal entries. The people you add to Bonds and the birth details you enter for them. Your card draws and collection. Your subscription status, plan, platform, and an anonymized transaction identifier from the app stores or our payment processor.

When crash reporting is enabled, we collect diagnostic crash data (error type, stack trace, device and app version) through our diagnostics provider to find and fix bugs. Crash reports are not used to identify or track you.

Your birth date, birth time, and birth location are treated as sensitive personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140(ae)). We use this data only to compute your natal chart. We never sell or share it, and we never use it for advertising or to infer characteristics about you beyond the astrological calculations you ask for. You can delete it at any time from the Settings screen.

We never sell your data to third parties. We never share your personal information with advertisers. We never use your conversations to train AI models. We never store your current location beyond the current session.

Your data is retained as long as your account is active. You may request full deletion at any time through the Settings screen. Deletion is permanent and takes effect within 24 hours.

Astera relies on a small number of trusted service providers. Each receives only the data it needs to do its job:

• Application hosting and delivery.
• Encrypted database storage for your account and content.
• Transactional email for sign-in links.
• Payment processing for web subscriptions.
• Subscription management for mobile.
• An AI language model provider (Anthropic’s Claude) that generates your readings.
• Crash and error diagnostics (only when enabled).

The Apple App Store and Google Play handle billing for native mobile subscriptions; we receive only your renewal status and an anonymized transaction identifier, never your full payment details. Your questions and reading context are sent to Anthropic to generate personalized responses, but are not used to train their models. None of these providers have access to your conversations or birth data for their own purposes.

Astera uses session cookies for authentication and local storage for app preferences (notification time, usage tracking). We do not use third-party tracking cookies or advertising pixels.

Astera is not intended for users under 13 years of age (16 in the European Union). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data at any time. You can delete your account and all associated data from the Settings screen. For any data requests, contact us at the address below.