Who is "you"?
This guide describes the Pillars phone app. The website does the same calculations, but some screens and features work differently or aren't here yet.
Picture a pair of reading glasses passed around the kitchen table. Whoever puts them on sees the page through their own eyes. In Pillars, the person you pick is "you" everywhere: on Today, on Chart, on the Timeline, in the relationship tags, even in the QR code.
How to switch
There are two ways.
- Tap the avatar at the top left of any main screen (with the phone sideways, in the right-hand column). It opens Switch person. Pick someone.
- Or go to People and tap a name. That person becomes "you", and their page opens.
The app remembers your choice. Close it, open it tomorrow, and the same person is still selected.
What changes
Everything that says "you" now means them.
- Today reads the day from their Day Master.
- Chart shows their four pillars and their full reading.
- Timeline shows their decades, years, months and calendar.
- People shows the tags from their side. Say Rosa is Julian's mother. Pick Julian, and Rosa's tag says Mother. Pick Rosa, and Julian's tag says Child.
- The list starts with them, then their closest people.
- The filters that compare, like A pillar like yours, Same Day Master and Where you were born, compare with them.
- The code button turns into Show Rosa's code, and the code carries Rosa's details.
- When you add someone new, the app asks for their Relationship to Rosa.
- The PDF report is about them.
What doesn't change
Nothing gets lost or moved around. Every person keeps their own chart, their relationships and their events. Favorites belong to the whole app, so a star stays a star whoever is selected. And switching back takes one tap.
When it comes in handy
- Sitting with your mother and showing her what her day looks like.
- Looking at the year ahead for one of your kids.
- Seeing the family from your partner's side.
- Comparing charts with a friend, from their point of view.
A small tip
When someone else is "you", the texts still say "you". Read them as if you were talking to that person: "you tend to…" becomes "she tends to…". And when you're done, pick yourself again, so tomorrow morning's Today is about you.