Independent experiment2026
AP3 · Financial astrology
Astro
Double-check the astrology before a directional bet.
- Role
- Design & implementation
- Medium
- Responsive web app
- Prototype
- BuiltRead-only working prototype
DeFi product work by Connor Lee
Astro, project 1 of 8
UX experiment Financial astrology plugin · 2026
Astro
Astro brings financial astrology into a trading workspace as an optional second look before a directional bet. The plugin compares lunar configurations with historical market behavior, makes the evidence inspectable, and keeps the decision with the user. A historical association is not a forecast; inconclusive evidence is a valid result.
Working prototype · simulation only
Problem
Traders interested in financial astrology need a way to double-check timing before a directional bet and see whether the historical evidence supports the reading.
Approach
Make astrology an optional plugin beside the market and order book. Compare lunar configurations with historical returns, expose the sample and baseline, and keep research separate from human approval.
Working prototype
Built a responsive research workspace with public Lighter depth, Coinbase history, retrospective lunar studies, and inspectable evidence. No clear tendency and insufficient evidence are complete product states. Read only; trade execution is disabled.
Selected artifacts
Product & process.
Product states, decisions, and the system behind them.
A financial astrology check, inside your market workspace.
Historical evidence → Market validation → Human decision01 The interaction
Plug in.
Keep your place.
Double-check financial astrology before a directional bet. Activate the plugin, inspect the historical evidence, then return to the same market and order book.
MARKETS · LIGHTER
SOL SelectedBTCETHHYPESUI
AppsSOL / USDSpot
FROZEN HISTORYCoinbase Exchange · Daily candles · Historical snapshot
1D42 daysPrice & volume
2026-08-28 → 2026-10-08UTC
Selected market stays in place.
Current holdingNOT CONNECTED
SOL / USD —
SOL-PERPLighter
9 Oct capture
Order Book
PriceQuantity · SOL
109.902363.960
109.901183.240
109.899182.023
109.89890.993
Captured depth
109.8590.623
109.858105.431
109.857361.477
109.85691.028
Perpetual depth.
Separate from spot research.
Research & review
ONE WORKSPACE.
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
Double-check
the timing.
Bring the lunar study into view without leaving your market. Frozen market context · Research outcomes are separate examples
Browser-rendered motion · Crisp at any sizeYour market, before Astro
A motion reconstruction of the working interface. Captured outcomes retain their original figures; bullish and caution show interface behavior with no measured result.
02 The product states
Every state,
in context.
Inspect the interface from activation through the evidence behind a reading.
A market workspace first.
Lighter’s market rail and order book stay available beside Robinhood spot context. Astro is an optional research instrument in the Apps slot.
Production capture · 9 Oct 2026 · Plugin disabled
Captured product states. Market values are historical snapshots.
A market workspace first.. Lighter’s market rail and order book stay available beside Robinhood spot context. Astro is an optional research instrument in the Apps slot.
Design lineage
An ongoing body of DeFi work.
Product ownership, DeFi systems, and trading UX behind the current experiment.
Kivo
Design Co-founder - Product, Brand + Launch
Shipped app · launch campaignProject period2023
Marginfi · mrgnlend
Sole product designer
Shipped productRole periodAug 2022 – May 2023
Drift Points
Two-week design trial - product UX/UI
Two-week design trial · Exploratory · Not shippedProject periodDec 2023 – Jan 2024