Aura

Aura is a mechanic in Magical Starsign.

Gameplay

A diagram of the protagonist in his standard and aura states

On the Nintendo DS top screen, the player is able to view the Baklava solar system's astrolog (うんこうず, unkōzu, revolution map), a map of the sun, five planets, and their current positions. This map is split into five fields of light called phases^[1] (属星エリア, zokusei eria, elemental star area), each representing a planet and its affiliated starsign.

When a planet enters its respective phase, all party members and enemies with that planet's starsign will activate their aura. Light and dark signs, on the other hand, awaken their aura based on the time of day. While a character's aura is active, the damage output and healing potency of magic will be doubled. Auras can also trigger the effects of character-specific equipment, namely the loincloth, holy incense, sparrow wings, mole tail, aqua talisman, light ring, tusk studs, and black nails.

Also, while a planet is in phase, mysterious chests containing rare items will appear in certain areas on that planet.

Revolutions

Erd (earth), Cassia (water), Puffoon (wind), Gren (wood), and Razen (fire) move clockwise around the sun. The planets normally move in real time, but they can be manually repositioned via the spell celestial swap. This spell allows the player and enemies to direct the planets along their rings, consuming MP in the process. Star has a similar ability called stargaze, which consumes HP instead.

As for Nova (light) and Shadra (dark), represented by the sun, they swap positions every three minutes. Nova and Shadra are unaffected by celestial swap or stargaze, but the player can rest at inns to change the time of day.

Planet	Starsign	Full revolution	Aura duration
Nova/Shadra	Light/Dark	―	3 minutes (alternates)
Razen	Fire	30 minutes	6 minutes
Gren	Wood	50 minutes	10 minutes
Puffoon	Wind	1 hour and 10 minutes	14 minutes
Cassia	Water	1 hour and 30 minutes	18 minutes
Erd	Earth	1 hour and 50 minutes	22 minutes