Last updated: August 2026
Hermit Compass is a trade name of Astrella Partners LLC, a limited liability company formed in the State of Washington, United States. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “Hermit Compass” mean Astrella Partners LLC, and that company is the party you are contracting with. Our postal address is 10900 NE 4th St, Suite 2300, Bellevue, WA 98004, United States, and you can write to us at hello@hermitcompass.life.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in King County, Washington. If you live somewhere whose consumer law gives you rights you cannot agree away — and much of the UK, the EU and Australia does — that law still applies to you, and nothing here takes it away. This clause says where a dispute is heard, not what protection you keep.
Hermit Compass writes readings drawn from the Chinese almanac, the sexagenary calendar and related traditions, against a person's birth chart and the day. It is offered for reflection. A reading is a lens to think with — not a prediction, not a diagnosis, and not a statement of fact about your life or anyone else's.
The chart is calculated, and a draft is composed with the assistance of AI. Then a person reads it — every one, before it is sent. That pass is where a wrong month is caught, where a line that reads as a verdict is cut, and where a question that should not be answered at all is stopped and refunded. It is not a formality, and it is not skipped.
That reading pass is what the price pays for. A machine can produce something plausible in seconds; what costs money is a person deciding whether it is fit to send you. We say all of this plainly because you are entitled to know what you are buying — and because the part worth paying for is the part we would otherwise be tempted to hide.
A reading each morning, drawn for your chart. It costs nothing, it needs no password, and you can stop it from any email.
One question, read against your chart and the season — or two charts read together. Prices are shown before you pay. What you get:
This book is sold by Amazon, not by us. The Year of the Fire Goat 2027 is a standard book — the 2027 Fire Goat year for all twelve signs, with month-by-month guides, the chart of the year, a daily almanac and readings for all sixty day pillars. It is not written against your birth chart. A reading written for your chart alone is Hermit Lens, above.
The earlier plan for this book was different, and some readers will remember it: a personalised outlook written against one chart, limited to 88 numbered copies at $188, sold from this site and openable as a gift. That product was cancelled on 10 October 2026, and it was never open for orders — the order page and the closed shop door shipped on the same day and the door was never opened. If you believe you were charged for it, write to us and we will look and refund.
Prices are in US dollars and are the whole of what you pay — if any tax applies, it is shown at checkout before you confirm. Payment is handled by Stripe; we never see or store your card number.
We cannot refund a book we did not sell you. A Kindle purchase is returnable through Amazon, under Amazon's own policy and window, from your Amazon account. We have no access to that order and no way to reverse it.
This is a real difference from Hermit Lens, which we do sell and do refund — see below.
A Lens reading begins as soon as it is paid for, because the three-day promise leaves no room to wait. When you send a question you ask us to begin immediately and acknowledge that, once the reading has been delivered, the statutory fourteen-day right of withdrawal no longer applies. That consent is recorded with your request. Before delivery you may cancel for a full refund — just write to us.
If we decline your question, you are refunded in full, always. The refund is sent before we write to you, so the money is already back by the time you read our note. See section 5.
If we are late, you may have your money back. The promise is three days. If five days pass from payment and you have heard nothing from us, write and ask — the refund is sent, with no argument and no questions. A promise nobody can hold us to is not a promise.
Some questions a birth chart genuinely cannot speak to, and answering them anyway would be worth less than nothing to you. If you send one of these, we refund you in full and tell you what the almanac can read instead. You are welcome to bring that version.
If what you send suggests you are in danger or in crisis, we will not sell you a reading. We refund you, point you to people who can actually help, and say so kindly. That is not a judgement about you.
So you know what to expect, and what to hold us to:
Nothing on this site or in our emails is professional advice — medical, legal, financial, psychological or otherwise — and none of it substitutes for the judgement of a qualified professional. If you are facing a medical, legal, financial or mental-health decision, please consult someone licensed to help you. If you are in crisis, contact a local emergency line or a qualified professional right away; this page lists places to start.
We make no claim that a reading is accurate, predictive or suitable for any particular purpose, and we promise no outcome. You are solely responsible for the choices you make and the actions you take. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hermit Compass and its creators are not liable for any loss or harm arising from your use of this site, the readings, or our emails. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid us.
We aim to keep the site available but do not guarantee it. If we are ever unable to deliver something you have paid for, we refund it.
Your email address identifies you here; there is no password. A delivered reading lives at a private link, and that link is the key — anyone who has it can read it, so keep it to yourself. If you lose it, write to us and we will send it again.
The readings, essays, almanac entries and the writing on this site are ours. A reading written for you is yours to keep, print and share with whomever you like. Please do not resell it or republish it as your own work.
Hermit Compass is for readers aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly write for, or about, a minor.
We may update these terms. The version in force for an order is the one published when you placed it, and we will not change the terms of something you have already paid for. Material changes will be dated at the top of this page.
Write to hello@hermitcompass.life about anything at all. See also our Privacy notice.