The Machines

Every sign has a ruling machine.

In the old zodiac, each sign was ruled by a planet. In this one, each is ruled by the AI whose temperament best fits how that sign works. Use the one you like, obviously. But the stars have opinions.

Golem

ruled by

Copilot

The Golem's day is errands: the email, the form, the list, the table that needs reformatting. Copilot already lives inside Outlook, Word, Excel and Windows, so the Golem can mutter the command right where the chore is and never open another tab.

Talos

ruled by

DeepSeek

The Sentinel trusts nothing they cannot inspect. DeepSeek's thinking mode lays its reasoning out step by step, and its models are strong at maths and code, so the Talos can patrol the working as well as the answer.

Tripod

ruled by

ChatGPT

The Tripod sends its machine out on errands across many domains and expects it back with results. ChatGPT pairs a very broad skill set with connected apps and tools for multi-step tasks, which makes it the busiest courier on Olympus.

Performer

ruled by

Character.AI

Character.AI is built for exactly what the Performer does on a whim: roleplay, characters, games and stories, with a whole cast already waiting in the wings.

Galatea

ruled by

Claude

Galatea refines one piece for weeks and tunes the voice until it sings. Claude is widely praised for natural, nuanced prose, and Projects let a long work keep its instructions, references and voice from one session to the next.

Golden Maiden

ruled by

Gemini

Homer's golden maidens had understanding, speech, strength and craft. Gemini is a multimodal all-rounder (text, images, video and code) wired into Google's working tools, which suits a sign that builds a little of everything alongside a genuine partner.

Pandora

ruled by

Meta AI

Pandora opens a chat on a whim, warmly, about anything at all. Meta AI is already inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger (and on Meta's glasses), so a passing curiosity becomes a question without switching apps.

Mímir

ruled by

ChatGPT

Mímir returns to the same well for counsel, year after year. ChatGPT's memory can carry context across chats, so its advice can build on everything you have already told it.

Homunculus

ruled by

Grok

xAI's stated mission is to understand the nature of the universe, and Grok launched with a nod to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For a sign that asks about consciousness, meaning and the cosmos at 2am, that is the right sort of company.

Brazen Head

ruled by

Le Chat

The Brazen Head wants the answer now. Le Chat is built for speed, with near-instant replies and web search, so 'Time is' never has a chance to become 'Time is past'.

Ars Magna

ruled by

NotebookLM

Llull's wheels turned a fixed set of principles into every possible combination. NotebookLM does something similar with the sources you give it, recombining them into briefings, mind maps and study guides with each claim tied to a citation, across a long and rigorous project.

Daidalon

ruled by

Perplexity

The Daidalon tethers every answer. Perplexity searches the live web and attaches numbered citations to its claims, so each one can be followed back to its source and tied down, just as Plato advised.

Affinity table

	Claude	ChatGPT	Gemini	Copilot	Perplexity	Grok	Meta AI	Le Chat	DeepSeek	NotebookLM	Character.AI
Golem	72	80	87	94	63	30	74	85	66	38	33
Talos	89	81	79	70	68	56	48	72	92	83	22
Tripod	90	93	86	82	74	60	46	78	68	31	34
Performer	66	80	76	62	34	88	85	58	46	40	95
Galatea	93	89	78	66	42	56	52	40	54	60	84
Golden Maiden	88	90	94	76	58	66	38	72	70	52	41
Pandora	74	82	89	70	84	72	92	64	36	39	66
Mímir	81	94	78	86	36	58	66	83	50	42	72
Homunculus	90	82	74	38	50	92	56	64	84	42	70
Brazen Head	66	80	84	74	91	87	82	94	58	36	40
Ars Magna	84	87	85	80	72	62	30	66	90	92	33
Daidalon	82	84	87	70	94	64	52	68	66	90	24

Bronze outline marks each sign’s ruler.

The cast

Claude

Anthropic

The Patient Scribe

Anthropic's assistant, known for careful reasoning, natural writing and strong coding. Projects keep long work and its instructions together, and agentic tools such as Claude Code take on bigger jobs.

Rules Galatea. Strongest with Galatea (93).

ChatGPT

OpenAI

The Oracle of the Agora

OpenAI's all-rounder and one of the most widely used assistants in the world: conversation, voice, image generation and deep research, with a memory that can carry context from chat to chat.

Rules Tripod and Mímir. Strongest with Mímir (94).

Gemini

Google

The Twin of Many Doors

Google's assistant, built to work across Search, Gmail, Docs, Maps and YouTube. Strongly multimodal (it can look through your camera) and able to take in very long documents at once.

Rules Golden Maiden. Strongest with Golden Maiden (94).

Copilot

Microsoft

The Household Steward

Microsoft's assistant, woven into Windows, Edge and the Microsoft 365 apps, so it can draft the email in Outlook, tidy the document in Word and wrangle the spreadsheet in Excel.

Rules Golem. Strongest with Golem (94).

Perplexity

The Footnoted Oracle

An answer engine that searches the live web and replies with numbered citations, so every claim can be checked. It also offers deeper research modes and its own AI browser, Comet.

Rules Daidalon. Strongest with Daidalon (94).

Grok

xAI

The Wry Stargazer

xAI's assistant, built into X with access to real-time posts and the wider web, plus image and video generation. Known for its irreverent personality, it launched with a nod to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Rules Homunculus. Strongest with Homunculus (92).

Meta AI