Lunar Haus vs CHANI
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Lunar Haus vs CHANI
CHANI is a beautiful, thoughtfully made app with a real ethical spine. But its free chart shows you your placements and then asks for $11.99 a month to actually read them. Our full reading is free, on the web, right now.
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Who each one suits
CHANI is lovely if you want a polished app with guided meditations, audio and a warm, values-led voice, and you are happy to subscribe. Its free web chart, though, is placements only, and the written interpretations live behind the subscription. Lunar Haus gives you the whole written reading free, with no app and no account.
Side by side
Feature by feature
| Lunar Haus | CHANI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free written birth chart reading | Yes, the full reading | No; the free web chart lists placements only |
| Price for the interpretations | Free | $11.99 per month or $107.99 per year |
| Account required | None | Yes, for the app and its readings |
| Whole-chart synthesis | Yes, free | In the paid app |
| House systems | Seven, your choice | Whole Sign only, locked |
| Read other people's charts | Yes | Not really; a common request |
| Aspect patterns and chart shape | Yes, interpreted | Not offered |
| Audio, meditations, guided courses | No | Yes, a real strength |
| Design and polish | Dark editorial web | Beautiful native app |
Where CHANI wins
Fair credit
CHANI is genuinely admirable. It is a queer, feminist-led company that is open about its ethics, with audio readings, guided meditations, sleep stories and courses recorded by Chani Nicholas and a team of professional astrologers. The app is polished and warm, and many people happily pay for it. If you want a beautiful daily astrology companion with audio, it is excellent.
Where Lunar Haus wins
The honest advantages
The reading is free. This is the whole comparison. CHANI's free web tool shows your placements and then points you to the app, where the actual interpretations sit behind $11.99 a month. Our full written reading, synthesis and all, costs nothing.
Your chart, your way. CHANI locks you to Whole Sign houses and does not really let you read anyone else's chart. We give you seven house systems and you can chart anyone.
More in the reading itself. Aspect patterns, chart shape, all the special points, written out. No subscription, no app to install, no account.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is CHANI's birth chart free?
The free CHANI web tool shows your placements, the sign and house of each planet, but the written interpretations are in the app behind a subscription of $11.99 a month. Lunar Haus gives the full written reading free.
Can I read my chart without the CHANI subscription?
You can see your placements free, but not the interpretations. For a full free written reading with no subscription, Lunar Haus is the alternative.
Does Lunar Haus offer meditations and audio like CHANI?
No. Audio readings, meditations and courses are a real CHANI strength. Lunar Haus focuses on giving you the full written chart reading for free, with no account.
Can I choose my house system?
On Lunar Haus, yes, from seven systems. CHANI uses Whole Sign houses only, with no option to change it.