DAILY PULSE
The Shape of the Day, Before the Day Begins
Your daily tarot draw, live moon phase, and magical timing, gathered in one screen.
I have opened the moon phase before making tea for longer than I can honestly remember. There is something in the act (brief, deliberate, returned to each morning) that sets the day differently. The Daily Pulse grew out of that habit.
It is a single screen. It opens with a one-word focus and a short reading, then layers down through the moon's current phase and sign with a combined phase-and-sign reading, the day's tarot draw, a sign-specific reading written against the live sky, your daily intention with its running streak, planetary hours in the Chaldean sequence, your local sunrise and sunset, the next sabbat on the wheel of the year, and the tidal cycle derived from the lunar calendar. Each layer stands alone. Together they give the practice its daily shape without demanding performance from it.
The daily tarot draw links directly to the Tarot Gallery. When a card needs deeper context, the full entry (upright and reversed meanings, elemental associations, astrological correspondences) is one tap away. If you are still building confidence with the cards, the Lessons section has a complete self-paced tarot course to work alongside each daily draw.
The lunar and planetary data connects to Discovery, where your natal chart, horoscope, and numerology give the celestial information a personal layer. Everything in the Pulse can be journalled in My Craft. Recording the daily card, the moon, and a brief observation builds a practice log that becomes genuinely useful over time: the kind you return to, rather than the kind you abandon.
What's Inside
Daily Focus
A single word for the day (Reflect, Begin, Tend) with a one-line reading underneath. The first thing you see when you open the Pulse, and the simplest possible orientation when you don't have time for the deeper layers.
Daily Tarot Draw
A single card drawn each morning using a date-seeded algorithm. Tap to reveal the card face, read the upright or reversed meaning, and carry its energy through your day.
Today's Reading
A sign-specific prose reading written against the live sky: what's pulling, what's asked of you, what to release. Sits under a coming-up sabbat panel that counts the days to the next festival, surfacing from the Sacred Calendar.
Daily Intent
Set a one-line intention for the day, tag it (love, protection, focus), and watch a counter tick on as the practice continues. The longer the streak, the more legible the spine of your practice becomes.
Moon Phase Tracker
Live moon phase, illumination percentage, current sign, and the sign's motto (e.g. Sagittarius: "I seek"), with a phase-and-sign reading written for the combination. Days to the next phase tick alongside.
Planetary Hours
The ancient Chaldean system of planetary hours, calculated for your local time. Know which planet governs the current hour and plan your workings accordingly.
Sunrise & Sunset
Accurate solar timing for your city. Set your location once and Grimoire calculates your local sunrise, sunset, and solar noon every day.
Tidal Energy
Spring and neap tide cycles derived from the lunar calendar, with descriptions of the energetic quality of each tidal phase for magical working.
Definition
What is the Daily Pulse?
A solitary practice has no external structure beyond what you give it. No coven gathering to mark the lunar calendar. No teacher checking whether you noticed the shift at the quarter moon. You build the rhythm yourself, which means the rhythm is only as reliable as your consistency.
The Daily Pulse is built to hold that consistency without requiring effort. The data is already gathered, already calculated for your location and time zone. The planetary hour is correct. The moon is in the right sign. The day's card is drawn. All you have to do is look, and then decide what to do with what you see.
It is also the connective layer across the rest of the app. The tarot card pulls from the full Tarot Gallery. The moon and planetary data feed from the Sacred Calendar. The sign reading connects to your Discovery profile when you have one. And the day's observations open directly into My Craft for recording. The Pulse is the daily face; the rest of Grimoire is the depth behind it.
The Five Layers
What does the Pulse show you?
The Pulse gathers five layers of daily information, each informing a different aspect of practice. The table below summarises what each layer shows and what it tends to inform.
| Layer | What it shows | What it informs |
|---|---|---|
| Daily focus | A single word for the day with a one-line reading | The shape and tone of the day before specifics arrive |
| Daily tarot | A single card drawn for the day | Reflective focus, the question to carry, the energy to notice |
| Today's reading | Sign-specific prose written against the live sky | What today asks of you, written rather than implied |
| Daily intent | A short intention you set, with a tag and a counter of consecutive days | What you choose to carry into the day; the running spine of your practice |
| Moon phase | Current phase, sign, illumination, sign motto, and a moon-in-sign reading | Whether to begin, build, peak, or release |
| Planetary hour | The classical planet ruling the present hour | Which kind of working the moment best supports |
| Solar timing | Sunrise, sunset, and solar noon for your location | Working windows, devotional timing, the day's natural shape |
| Sabbat countdown | The next sabbat in the wheel of the year, with days remaining | How the longer arc of the year is shaping the day |
| Tidal energy | Spring and neap tide cycles from the lunar calendar | The strength of the day's pull: high tide for action, low for receptive work |
Approach
How is the Pulse meant to be used?
The Pulse is a daily ritual, not a daily oracle. The aim is consistency rather than depth: a quiet two minutes each morning to register what the day is offering, before the rest of the day shapes itself around it. Some witches turn the Pulse into a journalling habit, recording the daily card and a brief note in My Craft each morning. Others simply read the screen and carry what they notice with them. Both are working uses.
The Pulse rewards the long view. Three days of daily draws is a snapshot. Three months is a study. Three years is a practice. The Pulse is built for that arc.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
What is the Daily Pulse?
The Daily Pulse is the morning screen in Grimoire: a single view that gathers your daily tarot draw, current moon phase and sign, planetary hour, sunrise and sunset times, and tidal energy for your location. It is designed to be checked briefly each morning before the day begins: a practitioner's version of reading the weather, which tells you not what will happen but what the day is working with.
How is the daily tarot card chosen?
The daily card is drawn using a date-seeded algorithm: the card you see is the same card every other user born of the same seed sees that day, but it changes consistently from day to day. It is not random in the moment-of-tap sense; it is a single card per calendar day. This makes the daily draw a steady reflective practice rather than a divinatory consultation. If you want a divinatory reading with multiple cards and a specific question, the Tarot Gallery and the Spell Builder are better suited.
Why does location matter for the Pulse?
Sunrise, sunset, and planetary hour calculations all depend on geography. The classical planetary hour system divides the actual length of the day (sunrise to sunset) into twelve equal hours, then divides the night the same way, so the duration of each planetary hour shifts with the season, and a Pulse calculated for London will give different hour boundaries than one calculated for Cape Town. Set your location once in settings and Grimoire calculates everything correctly from there.
Do I have to read the cards or use astrology to use the Pulse?
No. The Pulse works at whatever depth you bring to it. A witch with no astrological training can simply note that today is a Tuesday in the hour of Mars and draw whatever conclusions feel right; a witch deep into the system can read the same data as part of an integrated chart. The Pulse provides the data; the practice it serves is yours.
What is tidal energy and why is it included?
Tidal energy refers to the spring–neap cycle, governed by the alignment of the sun, moon, and earth. Spring tides occur near the new and full moons, when the gravitational pulls align and the tides run strongest. Neap tides fall near the quarter moons, when the pulls are perpendicular and the tidal range is at its weakest. Women's traditions have long read this cycle as a rhythm for working: strong pull for active practice, weak pull for receptive or restorative work. It is one of the older timing systems, and one the natural world is already keeping for you regardless of whether you are watching it.
Can I journal directly from the Pulse?
Yes. The daily card, moon phase, and astrological data can all be saved into your My Craft journal as part of a daily entry, building a practice log that compounds over time. Many witches use the Pulse as a journalling prompt: today's card, today's phase, what surfaced, what shifted. After a few months the patterns become legible. After a year, the log is a record of your practice that no other source can give you.
How does the Daily Pulse connect to the rest of Grimoire?
The Pulse is the daily face of Grimoire's deeper reference layers. The tarot card links to its full entry in the Tarot Gallery. The moon and planetary data come from the Sacred Calendar. The natal chart context, when relevant, comes from your Discovery profile. And every observation can be journalled into My Craft. The Pulse is the daily entry point; the rest of the app is the reference and record system that runs underneath it.
What you'll find inside
Celestial Data
- ☽Moon phase with next phase countdown
- ♄Planetary hours for your city
- ☽Current moon sign & transit
- ☉Sunrise and sunset timing
- 〜Tidal energy and lunar alignment
The Daily Draw
- ✦Daily card reveal with flip animation
- ✦Full 78-card Rider-Waite deck
- ✦Upright and reversed meanings
- ✦Keywords and interpretation guidance
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