Guide
What is the best star map gift?
How to choose a star map gift that is really the sky of that night: what it should show, which occasions it suits, digital or printed, and what it costs.
Short answer
The best star map gift is a print of the real sky over the place where something happened, at that minute: a first date, a wedding, a birth. Look for four things: the stars placed for that exact place and time (not a generic template), the Moon in the phase it really had, a file sharp enough to print large, and a way to have it framed where the person lives. A Sigastra star map does all four, from $19 (final price) for the print files.
Updated 10 November 2026 · Sigastra Gifts
What a good star map shows
- 1The stars for one place and one minute. Change the city or the hour and the sky must change; if it does not, it is a decoration, not a map.
- 2The Moon of that night in its real phase. Many maps leave it out or draw a generic crescent.
- 3The constellation lines, and if you want them, their names.
- 4Your words: names, a line of your own, the date, the place and the coordinates.
- 5Enough resolution to print it large. A 300 dpi file at the size you will hang is the test.
Which occasions it suits
Anniversary
- The night to choose
- The wedding night or the first date
- A good version
- Star map + Moon
Wedding or engagement
- The night to choose
- The wedding night or the proposal
- A good version
- Star map, or the trio + gift set
New baby
- The night to choose
- The night of the birth
- A good version
- Star map + Moon, or the natal chart
Birthday
- The night to choose
- The night they were born
- A good version
- Natal chart or star map
Family
- The night to choose
- Each person's birthday
- A good version
- Family Moons: one real Moon per name
Memorial
- The night to choose
- A night that mattered
- A good version
- Star map with a line of your own
Christmas and holidays
- The night to choose
- Any night you share
- A good version
- Star map + Moon
| Occasion | The night to choose | A good version |
|---|---|---|
| Anniversary | The wedding night or the first date | Star map + Moon |
| Wedding or engagement | The wedding night or the proposal | Star map, or the trio + gift set |
| New baby | The night of the birth | Star map + Moon, or the natal chart |
| Birthday | The night they were born | Natal chart or star map |
| Family | Each person's birthday | Family Moons: one real Moon per name |
| Memorial | A night that mattered | Star map with a line of your own |
| Christmas and holidays | Any night you share | Star map + Moon |
Digital files or a printed poster?
A shipped poster arrives framed but takes days and costs more, often far more outside the seller's own country. Print files arrive in minutes, can be printed at any size and as often as you like, and can be framed by a service or a shop in the person's own country.
Sigastra sells the files and shows, on the download page, print-and-frame services for your country and print shops near you. You pay the printer directly, at their price.
What it costs at Sigastra
The poster
- Price for you
- $19 (final price)
- What you get
- Your print as a 300 dpi file, plus two more prints from the same sky
The trio + gift set
- Price for you
- $29 (final price)
- What you get
- Star map, Moon and sky chart, all six papers, the named-constellation map, a 5×7 card and wallpapers
| Option | Price for you | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| The poster | $19 (final price) | Your print as a 300 dpi file, plus two more prints from the same sky |
| The trio + gift set | $29 (final price) | Star map, Moon and sky chart, all six papers, the named-constellation map, a 5×7 card and wallpapers |
On the wall
Real rooms with a real print in them: change the date and the place in the studio and these frames show yours.
Questions
Anything else? Write to hello@sigastra.gifts.
Yes. It shows the sky over the place you married or met, at that minute, so it is about the two of you rather than a general symbol. Paper is also the traditional first-anniversary gift.
Yes. The full preview is free and needs no account; you pay only when you download.
Use the evening you remember. The stars of that date and place stay the same; only their position in the sky turns, about 15 degrees an hour.
The files arrive within minutes. A local print shop can often print the same day; an online service delivers framed in a few days.
Keep reading
All guides- GuideHow accurate is a custom star map?What a real star map calculates for your date, time and place, which star and Moon data it uses, and how to tell a real map from a template.Read
- GuideDigital or printed star map: which is better?Should you buy a star map as a digital file or as a shipped poster? Speed, cost, quality, sizes and gifting abroad compared.Read
- GuideAnniversary gift ideas by year, with the traditional themesThe traditional anniversary theme for every year, paper to diamond, with a gift idea for each, and why the sky of your wedding night fits them all.Read
- Print guideSizes, papers and where to printEvery size with its pixels, the right paper or frame, and print services for your country.Open