Give the interpreter real Celtic Cross meanings and --format/--lang support

- guidance.c now prints last, after the full spread; both it and main.c's
  new Celtic Cross readout pull real Waite card meanings via tarot_data.c
  instead of just naming cards.
- interpreter-cli gains --format text|html|json and --lang en|de, matching
  deck-engine - required linking engine/src/tarot_data.c and i18n.c into
  the interpreter binary (a narrow, documented exception to its earlier
  "no engine .c files" policy) and writing German translations for
  narrative.c's/guidance.c's own text.
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@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ See [`architecture.md`](architecture.md) for how these fit together.
There are two ways to provide input (direct CLI flags, or `run-engine.sh`
+ `user.properties`) and three output formats (`text`, `html`, `json`); the
`DailyReading` struct is the programmatic form all three are rendered
from, and the one the future watchapp will consume directly. `json` is
also `interpreter-cli`'s input format — see "The interpreter" at the
bottom of this file.
from, and the one watch UI code consumes directly. `json` is also
`interpreter-cli`'s input format — see "The interpreter" at the bottom
of this file, which supports the same three output formats (and the
same `--lang`) for its own report, independently of `deck-engine`.
## Input
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ build, like `dist/img/`). Adding a language is just dropping another
### `DailyReading` (the real output — `reading.h`)
`reading_generate()` is the actual API; `text`/`html` below are just two
ways of rendering the struct it fills in. This is what the watchapp will
read directly once it exists.
ways of rendering the struct it fills in. This is what watch UI code
reads directly.
```c
typedef struct {
@@ -227,16 +228,39 @@ read.
`dist/interpreter-cli` is a separate binary — see `CLAUDE.md`'s
"Interpretation" section for the full architecture — that reads a
`--format json` document and scores how significant today's transits
are. It never links the engine; it only depends on the JSON shape
above.
are. It never links `astro.c`/`tarot.c`/`reading.c` (or the vendored
Astronomy Engine) — only `engine/src/tarot_data.c`/`i18n.c` are linked
in, for real card/position names and Waite meaning text (see
`CLAUDE.md`'s `INTERP_TAROT_TEXT_OBJS` note). Otherwise it depends only
on the JSON shape above.
Like `deck-engine`, its own output supports `--format text|html|json`
and `--lang <code>`/`--i18n-dir <path>`:
| Flag | Required | Format | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| `[reading.json]` | no | file path or `-` | Input file; stdin (or `-`) if omitted. |
| `--format` | no | `text` \| `html` \| `json` | This binary's **own output** format, defaults to `text`. Entirely independent of the `--format json` that produced its *input* - see below. |
| `--lang` | no | language code, e.g. `en`, `de` | This binary's **own output** language, defaults to `en`. Same `<code>.lang`/`--i18n-dir` convention as `deck-engine` (see "Translations" above) - `main.c` calls `i18n_load()` itself, so `narrative.c`'s/`guidance.c`'s own text (in `engine/i18n/*.lang` under `narrative.*`/`guidance.*` keys) is translated too, not just the card/position/body/sign/aspect vocabulary it shares with `deck-engine`. |
| `--i18n-dir` | no | path | Same convention as `deck-engine`'s: defaults to an `i18n/` directory next to this binary. |
**This `--lang` is unrelated to whatever `--lang` `deck-engine` was run
with to produce the `--format json` input** - that JSON is always
language-independent (slugs only, see above), so it doesn't matter what
language `deck-engine` printed anything in, or whether it was even asked
to print anything at all (`--format json` never touches `--lang`
either). The two `--lang` flags, on the two sides of the pipe, are
independent settings.
```bash
dist/deck-engine ... --format json | dist/interpreter-cli
dist/deck-engine ... --format json | dist/interpreter-cli --format html --lang de
# or:
dist/deck-engine ... --format json > reading.json
dist/interpreter-cli reading.json
# or, for daily use (OS clock + user.properties, same inputs as run-engine.sh):
dist/run-interpreter.sh
dist/interpreter-cli --format json reading.json
# or, for daily use (OS clock + user.properties, same inputs as run-engine.sh,
# including user.properties' lang=):
dist/run-interpreter.sh # text output, language from user.properties
dist/run-interpreter.sh html de # override format/language for this run
```
- **Input**: a file path argument, or stdin if no argument (or `-`) is
@@ -244,30 +268,195 @@ dist/run-interpreter.sh
means "no notable transits today"; a missing key is treated as invalid
input) and drives scoring. `"natal"."bodies"`/`"transits"."bodies"` are
read too, for the sign/house context printed alongside each event below
(not for scoring) an entry naming an unrecognized body, or a missing
`house`, is silently skipped rather than failing the load (see
`parse_bodies()` in `reading_io.c`); `spread` is always ignored.
- **Output**: a plain-text report — the day's overall significance level
(`Quiet`/`Notable`/`Significant`/`Major`, plus its rank out of the 4
defined levels, e.g. `Notable (2/4)`), a "worth a deeper Celtic Cross
look" line on `Major` days only, and up to 5 of today's aspects ranked
by score, each naming the sign and natal house the transiting planet
currently occupies and the sign and house of the natal planet it's
aspecting, followed by a short narrative sentence about what that
transiting planet classically signifies *and which area of life its
current house governs* (see `CLAUDE.md`'s `narrative.c` bullet) —
omitted only if the source material has nothing to say for that
planet/aspect combination:
(not for scoring), and `"spread"."positions"` is read for the full
Celtic Cross readout and the guidance paragraph below — an entry naming
an unrecognized body/card/position, a missing `house`, or a missing
`"spread"` key entirely is silently skipped/zeroed rather than failing
the load (see `parse_bodies()`/`parse_spread()` in `reading_io.c`).
- **Input**: same for all three output formats above - only how the
parsed data gets rendered differs.
```
Day significance: Significant (3/4)
(a major transit today - worth a deeper Celtic Cross look)
### `--format text`
Top 3 significant transits:
1. Transiting Saturn in Aries (house 2) Square natal Sun in Taurus (house 3) (orb 0.5°, score 8.10)
In matters of money, possessions, and personal values (house 2). Brings depression, stagnation, hindrances and obstacles, and some deprivation of the usual benefits.
2. Transiting Pluto in Aquarius (house 12) Opposition natal Moon in Capricorn (house 11) (orb 0.2°, score 7.92)
In matters of solitude, the subconscious, and hidden matters (house 12). Brings deep, often hidden transformation - the surfacing or dismantling of something that has outgrown its old form.
3. Transiting Jupiter in Leo (house 5) Trine natal Venus in Aries (house 2) (orb 2.1°, score 3.40)
In matters of romance, creativity, and children (house 5). Brings increase and expansion - fullness of fortune and health, and a generally fortunate time.
```
A plain-text report, printed in a fixed order —
1. the day's overall significance level (`Quiet`/`Notable`/
`Significant`/`Major`, plus its rank out of the 4 defined levels,
e.g. `Notable (2/4)`), with a "worth a deeper Celtic Cross look"
line on `Major` days only;
2. up to 5 of today's aspects ranked by score, each naming the sign
and natal house the transiting planet currently occupies and the
sign and house of the natal planet it's aspecting, followed by a
short narrative sentence about what that transiting planet
classically signifies *and which area of life its current house
governs* (see `CLAUDE.md`'s `narrative.c` bullet) — omitted only if
the source material has nothing to say for that planet/aspect
combination;
3. the full 10-position Celtic Cross spread, in Waite's own drawing
order, each with its card (and orientation), the position's own
description, and that card's actual meaning;
4. finally, a guidance paragraph tying the day's top transit to the
spread's Attitude/Outcome cards, with its opening sentence tailored
to `day_level` (stronger wording on `Major`, softer on
`Quiet`/`Notable`, falling back to a transit-free reading of the
Attitude card alone on a day with no aspects at all) and, for the
Attitude/Outcome cards it names, their actual Waite meaning for the
orientation they landed in — see `CLAUDE.md`'s `guidance.c` bullet.
This is printed last, as the closing takeaway after the reader has
seen the full spread it references.
```
Day significance: Major (4/4)
(a major transit today - worth a deeper Celtic Cross look)
Top 5 significant transits:
1. Transiting Pluto in Aquarius (house 3) Conjunction natal Moon in Aquarius (house 3) (orb 2.9°, score 9.60)
In matters of communication, siblings, and everyday learning (house 3). Brings deep, often hidden transformation - the surfacing or dismantling of something that has outgrown its old form.
2. Transiting Neptune in Aries (house 5) Sextile natal Moon in Aquarius (house 3) (orb 2.5°, score 9.25)
In matters of romance, creativity, and children (house 5). Brings a state of chaos and confusion - an involved, uncertain condition of affairs, with plots, subtlety, or unseen influences at work.
3. Transiting Uranus in Gemini (house 7) Trine natal Moon in Aquarius (house 3) (orb 2.0°, score 8.96)
In matters of partnerships and close relationships (house 7). Brings separations, estrangements, sudden dislocations and violent upsets. Success through official or civic channels, and beneficial changes or appointments, are possible.
Celtic Cross:
1. The Present: The Emperor (Reversed)
This covers him: the general influence affecting the matter.
Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
2. The Challenge: The Devil
This crosses him: the nature of the obstacle in the matter.
Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality.
...
7. Himself: The Magician
His position or attitude in the circumstances.
Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; self-confidence, will.
...
10. The Outcome: Strength
What will come: the final result of the matter.
Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; complete success and honours.
With Pluto as today's dominant influence: Today concentrates whatever you already
bring to it - your current approach will be amplified, so make sure it's the one
you want.
Your Attitude card is The Magician: Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; self-confidence, will.
The spread's likely Outcome is Strength: Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; complete success and honours.
```
On a quieter day, only the opening of the guidance paragraph changes:
```
Day significance: Notable (2/4)
...
With a mild touch from Jupiter today: Your instincts are sound, but the day is
testing them - hold your position without forcing the issue.
Your Attitude card is The Sun: Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment.
The spread's likely Outcome is Justice: Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law.
```
The same report with `--lang de` (same input as the Major example
above):
```
Bedeutung des Tages: Einschneidend (4/4)
(ein einschneidender Transit heute - ein genauerer Blick auf das Keltische Kreuz lohnt sich)
Top 5 wichtige Transits:
1. Transit Pluto in Wassermann (Haus 3) Konjunktion natal Mond in Wassermann (Haus 3) (Orbis 2.9°, Punktzahl 9.60)
In Fragen von Kommunikation, Geschwistern und alltäglichem Lernen (Haus 3). Bringt tiefgreifenden, oft verborgenen Wandel - das Auftauchen oder die Auflösung von etwas, das seine alte Form überwachsen hat.
...
Keltisches Kreuz:
1. Die Gegenwart: Der Herrscher (Umgekehrt)
Dies bedeckt ihn: der allgemeine Einfluss, der die Angelegenheit betrifft.
Wohlwollen, Mitgefühl, Ansehen; auch Verwirrung der Feinde, Behinderung, Unreife.
...
Pluto ist heute der bestimmende Einfluss: Der heutige Tag verstärkt, was du bereits
mitbringst - deine derzeitige Herangehensweise wird verstärkt, also stelle sicher,
dass es die richtige ist.
Deine Haltungskarte ist Der Magier: Geschick, Diplomatie, Gewandtheit, Feinsinn; Selbstvertrauen, Wille.
Das wahrscheinliche Ergebnis des Blatts ist Kraft: Macht, Energie, Tatkraft, Mut, Großmut; voller Erfolg und Ehren.
```
### `--format html`
A single self-contained HTML page, same inline-CSS/no-JS approach as
`deck-engine`'s own `--format html`, and the same three sections as text
(significant transits as a table, the full Celtic Cross as an image
grid, guidance as a closing callout) - reusing the exact same
`img/<file>` card-art convention (`tarot_card_image_file()`), so it
expects to sit next to an `img/` directory just like `deck-engine`'s
HTML output:
```html
<div class="card">
<div class="position">The Present</div>
<img class="reversed" src="img/RWS_Tarot_04_Emperor.jpeg" alt="The Emperor">
<div class="name">The Emperor (Reversed)</div>
<div class="desc">This covers him: the general influence affecting the matter.</div>
<div class="meaning">Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.</div>
</div>
```
The guidance section renders as one `<p>` per line of the same text
`--format text` prints last (intro sentence, Attitude line, Outcome
line), inside a `<div class="guidance">`.
### `--format json`
Unlike `deck-engine`'s own `--format json` - which is deliberately
**language-independent** (slugs only, no `--lang`-dependent prose, since
it's a machine interchange format between the two binaries) -
`interpreter-cli`'s `--format json` embeds the *same localized
narrative/guidance prose* `--format text` prints, in whatever `--lang`
was loaded, **alongside** stable, language-independent slug fields. This
is a deliberate difference: rendering that prose is this module's whole
job, so a JSON consumer that wants it doesn't have to reimplement
`narrative.c`/`guidance.c`'s logic itself - but a consumer that only
wants structured data (e.g. watch UI code with its own rendering) still
has the slugs to work with directly.
```json
{
"day_significance": {
"level": "major",
"rank": 4,
"count": 4,
"deserves_framing": true
},
"significant_transits": [
{
"transiting_planet": "pluto",
"transiting_sign": "aquarius",
"transiting_house": 3,
"natal_planet": "moon",
"natal_sign": "aquarius",
"natal_house": 3,
"aspect": "conjunction",
"orb": 2.8821,
"score": 9.5961,
"narrative": "In matters of communication, siblings, and everyday learning (house 3). Brings deep, often hidden transformation - the surfacing or dismantling of something that has outgrown its old form."
}
],
"celtic_cross": [
{
"position": "present",
"card": "emperor",
"reversed": true,
"card_name": "The Emperor",
"meaning": "Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity."
}
],
"guidance": "With Pluto as today's dominant influence: Today concentrates whatever you already bring to it - your current approach will be amplified, so make sure it's the one you want.\nYour Attitude card is The Magician: Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; self-confidence, will.\nThe spread's likely Outcome is Strength: Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; complete success and honours."
}
```
- `significant_transits` has `interp.top_item_count` entries (0-5, same
ranking as `--format text`); `celtic_cross` always has exactly 10, in
`CelticCrossPosition` enum order (same order as `deck-engine`'s own
`spread.positions`).
- `orb`/`score` are `%.4f`, matching `deck-engine`'s own JSON precision
for angles.
- `guidance` is always present and non-empty (unlike
`significant_transits`, which can be `[]` on a genuinely quiet day) -
see `guidance.c`'s no-aspects-at-all fallback in `CLAUDE.md`.
- With `--lang de`, every string value above except the slugs
(`"level"`, `"transiting_planet"`, `"aspect"`, `"card"`, `"position"`,
etc.) changes language; the slugs never do.