Our first post: An amalgamation of thoughts on Zodiac

Well, it has come to this: our own post on Zodiac. I don't even know where to start.  

I didn't really see myself writing stuff or writing about Zodiac, but I thought about the idea and it might be a fun way to speak with the community—and also like a kind of journal to myself to track what happened and answer any questions.    

The Journey So Far

First, Zodiac has gone through a lot. It started as a dating app with zodiac matchmaking, but we moved the scope and now it has a whole new identity. We added more fun features related to astrology (the astrology roadmap is huge), but we pivoted Zodiac into the friend or group discovery zone.  

A big problem a lot of people have today is not finding people to interact with anymore—people that have the same things in common or things they like. Not being able to find a local community of people with the same interests. We thought about slowly moving Zodiac into that area.  

Starting Small with "Crews"

We have a looot of ideas on what to add, but we wanted to start small. The first step is to validate the idea for ourselves. The new mechanic of starting a crew in your area, inviting random people, speaking with others, and going through a mini journey online together seemed like fun and a good start; it would make people connect in a way.  

That is also why I have chosen astrology. I will be sincere: I don't have a strong belief in astrology—not for it and not against it—but it seemed like a fun and sincere way for people to want to find out more things about one another.  

DISCLAIMER: I might have this view about astrology because I am a Gemini, and people always react weirdly when they hear that! ;)  

The Tech Side

I wanted to do it right, so all the calculations are genuine. I implemented the Whole Sign calculation method for the houses, and the compatibility between two people is done with a couple of other methods.  

BTW, if you find any inaccuracies, you can contact me; I will be very happy to speak about them and resolve the issue. All the formulas are taken from online resources—I tried to find the most reputable sources—but I am a human, so there might be some bugs in my code.  

ALSO, a small disclaimer on the compatibility part: some user-facing scores are simplified down to keep the app fun for non-astrology enthusiasts. So yeah, we want to use it differently: for connections.  

Final Thoughts

The road was hard. This is my first mobile app and the first time I’ve published something to the internet other than a site or a web app, and I am happy that it will see the light of day.  

We are new to this, so it is also a bit scary. I think that at this point, launching it and becoming popular and big is way scarier than the possibility of it crashing.  

This was more like a small post to set the environment. You can contact us at our email or via the links on the site.  

See ya!