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Time
Keep time with elegance. Let the instrument mark a rhythm without becoming a demand.
Mindful Figurine · v0.1
A quiet instrument
for an attentive life.
MARIA is the figurine. Astrolabe is the device. Together they bring time, astronomy, reflection, and dialogue into how you think, learn, create, and be.
A stock body.
An extraordinary instrument.
01 The figurine
MARIA is the figurine. Astrolabe is the device.
An embodied intelligence. A device that helps you see.
Astrolabe’s circular display shifts with the moment: a clock when time matters, the heavens when perspective matters, and a field of quiet motion when it is time to listen.
02 Astrolabe hardware
The exact core.
ESP32-S3 · 1.75C.
MARIA v0.1 is designed around Waveshare’s enclosed ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C. This aluminum-cased module is Astrolabe’s hardware core—not the figurine, and not the uncased 1.75-inch development board.
See the exact Waveshare 1.75C- 1.75″round touch AMOLED
- 466 × 466display resolution
- ESP32-S3Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
- Dual miconboard microphone array
Product photography and specifications: Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C.
03 Contextual faces
One form.
Many ways of attending.
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Astronomy
Follow lunar cycles and the wider sky. Return the scale of a day to the scale of a cosmos.
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Resonance
Listen, reflect, and respond. Make space between the signal and the answer.
04 Ways of guiding
Three offices.
One attentive presence.
Office 01
Relationship Therapist
A Gottman-informed facilitator for couples and families who want to hear one another more clearly.
- Give each speaker a distinct place in the conversation
- Notice bids, repair attempts, flooding, and destructive patterns
- Offer softened startups and structured turn-taking
- Prioritize safety when conflict is not symmetrical
Educational, reflective guidance—not licensed therapy or a substitute for a qualified human professional.
Office 02
Astrological Therapist
Family synastry as a language for relationship, inheritance, and understanding.
- Compare natal patterns across a family
- Notice recurring tensions and affinities
- Offer prompts for listening and repair
- Hold individual stories inside a shared constellation
Reflective guidance—not diagnosis, treatment, or a substitute for a licensed therapist.
Office 03
Fortune Teller
An oracle for questions that benefit from symbol, story, and a change of perspective.
- Cast reflective spreads and celestial omens
- Explore possibilities without declaring fate
- Turn uncertainty into a better question
- Close each reading with a grounded next step
For reflection and entertainment—not certainty or professional financial, medical, or legal advice.
05 Design principles
Technology with
a sense of proportion.
MARIA begins with a simple conviction: the best interface does not pull you out of the world. It returns you to it with greater attention.
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Presence before performance
Useful without insisting. Available without hovering.
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Legible material
Metal, glass, light, and motion that explain what the instrument is doing.
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Context, not distraction
Each face appears for a reason, then yields when its moment has passed.
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Made to evolve
Open hardware and a modular device invite many makers and many futures.
06 Daily rituals
Six invitations.
✎WriteFocus deeply
◌MeditateReturn to calm
⌘LearnExpand understanding
✦TeachInspire others
⊙ObserveSee the whole
∞ReflectGrow with intention
MARIA is not here to replace you.
She is here to accompany you.
An open experiment in embodied, attentive technology from Castalia Institute.
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