Alya the astro-friend bot

Sometimes a relationship keeps running in the same circle and you cannot put the reason into words. Alya, the astro-friend, offers to look at the situation through Tarot, the Moon and attachment psychology. She says up front that she does not tell fortunes, heal or predict. 🌙

A pattern instead of a forecast

The bot's main idea is to name the pattern between you and another person. So instead of an answer to "will he text me", you get a conversation about how you usually behave in closeness.

That is closer to reflection than to fortune telling. Cards and the Moon act as a language of images that makes feelings easier to describe.

One friend, three languages

• Tarot: symbols that hint at which theme deserves a thought.
• The Moon: phases as a reason to check your mood and rhythm.
• Attachment psychology: a description of how a person gets close, worries or pulls away.

The last one is the most practical. Knowing your attachment style can genuinely help in relationships, even if you doubt the cards.

What an attachment style is

Psychology describes a few typical ways of getting close to people. Some trust easily, some worry at the slightest pause in contact, and some prefer to keep a distance.

These styles form in childhood but are not a sentence: with experience and attention to yourself they can shift. That is why talking about a pattern beats sticking on a label.

Watch your own reaction rather than the other person's moves: what you feel when they do not reply for long, and what you do next.

A menu of three commands

The bot is simple, and control fits into three commands.

• /start: introduction and the start of the chat.
• /menu: the main menu with all sections.
• /me: your profile.

Running your first conversation

1. Send /start and say hello to Alya.
2. Fill in your profile with /me so the talk gets more specific.
3. Open /menu and pick a topic: feelings, a particular person or your own style in relationships.
4. Read the answer and note what resonated and what did not.

Ask about yourself and your reactions rather than about what someone else thinks. The answer ends up more useful.

Limits to keep in mind

Tarot and astrology are not scientific methods, and nothing they say binds you. The bot states plainly that it does not heal or predict, and you should take that at face value.

If you are in a deep crisis, struggling with anxiety or grieving, a chat with a bot is no replacement for a psychologist. Do not decide anything about health, money or ending a relationship from a spread alone.

Share personal details in moderation: the fewer specifics about other people you type in, the calmer you can be. The audience is small, around 159 monthly active users, so this is a boutique project.