AstroGold. Made by the same people who brought you Solar Fire, this is a professional piece of software with options galore. A great app to have if you’re interested in doing astrology at an advanced level, it is available for Android, iPhone, and iPad, and is fully compatible with Solar Fire’s desktop version. To get it, contact Hank Friedman at www.soulhealing.com or, if you’re using an Apple device, go to the iTunes store.

       TimePassages Pro. This is a well-designed App for anyone who wants to create charts on the fly, and you can download it free. (Right now it’s available only for the iPhone, but an Android version is in the works.) You get your birth chart, a daily chart showing where the planets are now, and lots of supporting interpretations. There’s a small charge to add charts, or you can skip those incremental fees and spring for a full upgrade to Timepassages Pro. As of this writing, it costs $29.99 — and it’s totally worth it. I probably look at this app every day. Where is the moon? Is Mercury still retrograde? Should my friend J. make an offer on that house? And what’s going on with my doctor (yes), who just asked me to look at his chart? TimePassages Pro to the rescue.

       Anne Ortelee. On her down-to-earth weekly podcast, she imagines the planetary dance as a sort of reality show, full of demanding personalities and shifting alliances. Similar energies, she explains, will be manifest in situations you might (and in my experience, almost certainly will) encounter in the week ahead. Check her out on Twitter (@AnneOrtelee) or listen to her podcast, Anne Ortelee Weekly Weather.

       Susan Miller. Her popularity is worldwide, and not just because that she’s a top-notch astrologer, although she is. Her optimism and warmth, her sense of possibility, her deep knowledge of the subject, and her practical view of the world are what distinguish her. She writes long, and her monthly forecasts can be downright uncanny. She also explains the significance of eclipses, delves into retrograde Mercury, offers daily forecasts, produces a yearly wall calendar and an annual book of predictions, and is all over cyberspace. Her followers adore her. Connect with Susan on her website (astrologyzone.com), on Facebook (Susan Miller’s Astrology Zone), on Twitter and Instagram (@Astrologyzone), and via her mobile app, Daily Horoscope Astrology Zone, available for iOs, Windows, and Apple Watch. As with many other apps, there’s a free version and there’s a more substantial one that you pay for. For free, you get daily forecasts, a lengthy monthly forecast for your sign, Sun sign profiles, access to Susan’s tweets, and a nice little calendar describing key astrological events for the next few months. For a fee, you get more. You can’t lose.

       Rob Brezsny. His horoscopes, available through freewillastrology.com, are like no others. Instead of talking signs and planets, he describes a scene in a film, quotes a poet, ponders a cultural ritual or a scientific discovery, recounts an anecdote from the biography of a historical figure or an unknown musical genius. And then, as a master of metaphor, he ties it into your life. The stories don’t always resonate. But usually they do, and when that happens, you feel as if a door has just swung open and all you have to do is walk through it and breathe the fresh air. His horoscopes are more than empathetic and descriptive; they’re motivating. Plus, he provides plenty of reading material, including a regularly updated chronicle of good news — imagine that! — from around the globe. I like his brand: Free Will Astrology. That’s exactly the way I see things, and I hope you will too.

       Chani Nicholas. Chani is a social justice, mythologically informed, LGBTQ-aware feminist activist whose smart, perceptive astrological work springs from that politically engaged platform. She calls it “astrology for radical, political, critical mystics.” You can follow her on Instagram or Twitter (@chaninicholas) or go to her website (https://chaninicholas.com) to mull over her monthly New Moon horoscopes and guided meditations, admire her well-crafted collages, and purchase workshops, classes, and individual readings. As someone who has been called a goddess, a rock star, and a cult favorite, she has been featured in newspapers and magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Oprah, Out, and Rolling Stone. Her most original offering as an astrologer appears monthly as up-to-date, thematically chosen “horoscopes in the form of playlists,” available through Spotify. It’s not your usual horoscope, but why should it be? Astrology for the 21st century. At last.