Hormone Horoscope Pro

This app has been a key in my journey of understanding and loving my cyclical female body. I love the journal option, and the forecast is detailed and very interesting. I had the basic version before but the “pro” version is totally worth the money! Now I start each premenstrual week by buying a bar of artisan dark chocolate (to eat throughout the week) and start my period week by making molasses cookies (molasses has high iron which your body needs if you bleed a lot). If you hate your cycle, I recommend making rituals of your own, and leaning into the superpowers of each week. I also recommend reading the book The Wise Wound which offers very interesting insights into the gifts you can get from your cycle (and describes cultures in which PMS is not hated and suppressed and women are seen as at the height of their spiritual powers during this time). For me and my friends, this app has been a incredible place to start our education of knowing and loving our bodies!

I set out to learn about the follicular and luteal phases and have used the free app for over a year now to help me learn about my cycle and embrace it. I found the app as part of my own decision to be kinder to my body and care for it after a lifetime of actively avoiding my natural hormone cycle, hating to HAVE to have a “period,” and wishing my ovaries would fall out. Each day of the cycle, Gabrielle offers a keen insight as to what you may be experiencing emotionally and it is spot on! Combining maximum self-awareness with this research-based knowledge about the hormone cycle, I feel more connected to my “wise woman,” empowered to embrace my inherent power, and grateful to my whole reproductive system. I can add notes to the days and have noticed patterns that I can use to expect certain feelings and plan for them, or notice them and feel great knowing that based on those symptoms, I am at a certain part of my cycle. At the very least, USE the free app to get in tune with yourself, BUY this app as the smallest thank you to the author for her dynamic work. In my mind, she’s the next Dr. Christiane Northrup!

I was excited that so far this application has helped me keep track of when my period is due as well as my fertile days. With PCOS I have never been sure when my period would start unless I was taking birth control pills. Those pills aren’t really helpful when trying to conceive. I did read, in the beginning, all of the information about how I would act, feel, etc. Now i skim it to see if I should put my husband to work overtime in case I could ovulate that month. I think there is an issue with too much information & I really just want the calendar & a small description of what is going on that day.