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In AstroCarto, generating a map, comparing cities, creating a complete report, asking AI, and saving a result are separate actions. When something is locked, check the signed-in account, that action's access, its remaining allowance, and the input or result status. A successful purchase or a positive AI credit balance does not automatically unlock every action.

What can I do without purchasing a plan?

You can generate the core astrocartography map without buying a plan. Some map lines and deeper readings have additional access conditions. Seeing a map, a short overview, or a preview does not mean the complete result has been unlocked.

Starting pointWhat you can useWhat to check before continuing
Visiting without signing inGenerate the core map and use available map interactions and remaining free city toolsSome planetary lines, deeper views, exports, and complete reports can remain locked. A guest AI trial, when offered, has its own eligibility and sign-in prompts.
A signed-in free accountSave places in My Places and store birth details for one person, alongside available free toolsSaved places and stored people are different objects. Signing in does not grant unlimited city research, complete reports, or unlimited AI questions.
Trying city researchFive free city checks and one free city comparison, subject to the remaining allowanceA map's five free location previews are a separate allowance. Do not treat each preview, check, comparison, and AI reading as the same unit.
Opening a previewRead the fields actually offered in that previewA Personal Report overview, a discovery preview, a shared-place preview, and a timing preview do not contain the same output.

For a first map, follow Create your first map. For keeping destinations, use Save & revisit places; for the person's reusable inputs, use Save & reuse birth data. Use the remaining allowance or credit balance shown in your current session rather than assuming a new sign-in resets an earlier trial.

Which conditions apply to the action I want to finish?

Start with the name of the action, not just the plan name. In particular, the comparison cards produced by Compare Cities and a complete AI City Comparison Report are different outputs. Access to one does not establish access to the other.

ActionAccess and usage conditionsWhat you receive or where to continue
Generate and explore a mapCore map generation is free; some planetary lines and deeper location views require additional accessA map and its available evidence. Use the interactive map guide.
Download the mapSign in and have HD map-download accessAn image of the displayed map, not a complete personal report. Read Export maps & reports.
Check a cityUse a remaining free city check or access that includes unlimited city checksA reading for one selected city. Check a city explains its support and cautions.
Compare chosen citiesOne free comparison is available; further runs need unlimited city-comparison accessCards and a comparison of two to four cities for one goal. These are not a generated report saved in report history.
Generate a complete City Comparison ReportSign in, have complete-comparison-report access, and have at least 50 AI credits for a new report requestA separate generated report based on the comparison. Read the complete report step.
Find My Best PlacesExplore the limited discovery preview; sign in and have complete discovery-report access to generate the full reportCandidate places for the selected goal and search scope. See Find best places.
Create a complete Personal Astrocartography ReportSign in and have the matching report allowance; the complete report also needs accurate birth timeA generated Personal Report. Its allowance is separate from AI chat credits. Follow Personal Report.
Research places for two peopleSign in; complete shared results require shared-place access and suitable inputs for the selected modeShared findings with each person's own support and cautions. A preview is not the complete result. Use Shared places.
Find a time to moveSign in; complete timing needs timing access and an accurate birth timeA result for a selected city, goal, and date range. A limited preview or a completed result with no clear window is not the same as an access failure.
Where Planets Work TogetherSign in with an account that includes complete pairing exploration; a visible entry does not establish that accessPlanet-and-angle pairs and candidate places. See Where Planets Work Together.
Ask AI about a resultCheck sign-in or trial eligibility, the relevant chart or report access, and available AI creditsA follow-up answer using that entry's available context. Report access does not make questions unlimited. Read Ask AI about your results.
Save places or birth detailsSign in; My Places and the stored-person limit are separateDestinations in My Places or reusable birth profiles. Saving a city does not create a complete report.
Export the current chatSign in and have messages to export. Current Pro and Ultimate include chat-export access; Starter's map offer does notUse Download Chat in that conversation to create a TXT file. This preserves the current messages on your device, not a cloud-history entry. Follow chat export steps.
Reopen cloud AI chat historySign in with cloud-history access. Current Ultimate includes it; current Pro and Starter do notOpen AI Chat History from the account menu or the chat's history control, then choose the saved conversation. The supported completed conversation must have synced; seeing an answer in the dialog alone is not proof it was saved. See check your saved conversation.

Before a new purchase, check current plans and allowances for the specific output you need. A map-download offer is not the same purchase as complete-report access. A Personal Birth Chart Reading also has its own report scope; buying a chart report does not by itself grant every astrocartography workflow.

The plan names above describe current offers. An older purchase can include different access; if your signed-in account's access message does not match a current offer, check that purchase rather than assuming its benefits were replaced by today's plan.

First identify the message and the blocked action. Payment status, account identity, feature access, remaining usage, input precision, and a report's generation status need different responses. Do not buy again simply because an action has not opened.

What you seeWhat to checkAppropriate next action
A sign-in promptWhether you are in the account associated with the purchase or reportSign in with the intended account, then return to the same action. A payment email and a login email can differ; keep both available for support if needed.
Payment is pending, cancelled, failed, or unclearThe checkout result and transaction referenceCheck the payment outcome before retrying a purchase. Do not assume that opening checkout completed a payment.
An upgrade or access prompt after paymentWhether the purchased offer includes this exact actionDistinguish map download, comparison cards, complete comparison reports, discovery, and other workflows. Older purchases can have different included access from a current offer with the same name.
An insufficient-credit messageThe required AI credits and your available balanceIf feature access is already present, resolve the credit shortfall. More Personal Report allowances or stored-person slots do not replace AI credits.
No report allowance remains, or the stored-person limit is reachedWhich report type or saved-person limit the message namesCheck that specific unit. A large AI credit balance does not itself supply another Personal Report allowance or person slot.
An accurate-time or input messageThe time status and required fields for the chosen workflowCorrect known input errors or follow unknown birth-time guidance. Buying access cannot make a guessed birth time accurate.
Generating, failed, or unavailableThe status of that particular report or resultUse its existing status or return entry. Do not repeatedly create new requests to try to open a report that is still processing.

Worked example: city cards work, but the complete report does not

Suppose you want to compare Paris, Lisbon, and Berlin for Career & recognition. The following is an access example using hypothetical account conditions, not a generated city ranking.

  1. Generate your map with the intended birth details, open Compare Cities, select the three city suggestions, and choose the career goal.
  2. Run the comparison. If you have a remaining free comparison or unlimited comparison access, read the city cards, supporting lines, and cautions.
  3. If you also want the complete report, use the complete-report action in that comparison. This starts a different access check from showing the cards.
  4. Read the report action's message before choosing an upgrade, adding credits, or retrying.
Hypothetical account conditionWhat the complete-report action needsWhat you should conclude
Unlimited comparison cards and 1,500 AI credits, but no complete-comparison-report accessThe report access is missing even though the balance is sufficientThe cards are working as included. Check the offer that explicitly includes the complete report; adding credits alone does not unlock it.
Complete-comparison-report access, with 40 AI credits availableAt least 50 AI credits for a new complete reportThis is a credit shortfall. It is not evidence that the existing report access disappeared.
Complete-comparison-report access, with 60 AI credits availableThe permission and credit checks are covered; input and generation checks still applySubmit only the intended request and follow its status. Satisfying these two checks does not mean generation has already finished.
The intended report was already generatedOpen that saved report from My Astrology Reports in its owning accountReopening the existing report and generating another are different actions. Do not start a new report just to retrieve the old one.

After a successful generation, verify the report title, cities, and goal, then use its supported reading, PDF, or follow-up options. A later AI question has its own access and credit conditions. If the result remains unavailable, keep the exact message and follow saved-result troubleshooting.

Where should I go after identifying the cause?

Your conclusionNext stepKeep this distinction
I need an offer covering a named actionUse Plans & pricing and the current pricing pageCheck inclusion, report allowances, AI credits, and stored people separately; do not infer all of them from a tier name.
I have the output, but cannot find itFollow Saved data & resultsReport history, cloud chat history, stored profiles, and My Places are different destinations.
The problem is the input or the workflowReturn to the linked feature guide and correct the named conditionMore access does not correct the birth data or recreate a missing result automatically.
I cannot explain the purchase, access, or balance stateContact support with the account email, order or transaction reference if available, blocked action, and exact messageExplain what worked and what failed. Do not post payment details or another person's birth data publicly.

A useful support description is: “My city comparison cards open, but generating the complete comparison report is blocked. I am signed in to the account used for the purchase. This is the report message and the credit balance shown.” That identifies a specific action instead of treating every locked screen as the same problem.

Return to your map when the named condition is resolved. If the action was already complete, reopen its existing result rather than generating a replacement unnecessarily.

For a usage shortfall, check reports, profiles, and credits. For a missing purchase, match the purchasing account and transaction.

Check Starter's included map actions or Pro's included research workflows against the exact output you need.

For the actual additions and remaining limits, check Ultimate compared with Pro.

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