Zodiacal Releasing Time Lords

Calculate zodiacal releasing — the Hellenistic timing technique of Vettius Valens (Anthology IV), which divides a life into a handful of chapters released from a sensitive Lot (Fortune for body and health, Spirit for career and action).

Each sign releases for its own minor years: Aries 15, Taurus 8, Gemini 20, Cancer 25, Leo 19, Virgo 20, Libra 8, Scorpio 15, Sagittarius 12, Capricorn 27, Aquarius 30, Pisces 12 — a full circuit of 211. Levels run on the traditional clock: a level-1 "year" is 360 days and a level-2 "month" is 30, each sub-level exactly one twelfth of the level above.

Angular periods (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th from the Lot) mark peak chapters. The loosing of the bond is an event in the sub-period sequence, not a property of a sign: when the level-2 walk would return to the sign its general period began on, it jumps to the sign opposite that period and carries on forward. Only general periods longer than one circuit (211 months ≈ 17.58 years) can contain one — Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Capricorn and Aquarius.

When the Lots of Fortune and Spirit fall in the same sign, releasing from Spirit begins one sign forward (Valens IV, 4:7); spirit_advanced reports when that rule fired.

Returns L1 general periods with their L2 sub-periods as absolute dates, peak-period identification, angular/loosing flags, and the active period at the target datetime.

🤖 Agent-first endpoint — pure deterministic math, no ephemeris required.