How to Give Bella Context for 3rd-Person Charts

Overview

When reading someone else’s chart (a 3rd-person chart), providing Bella with context about that person dramatically improves the quality of her readings. This feature is available to Personal and Pro members.

Chart Context is different from Bella Memory. Chart Context is a short manual note you set for one chart. Bella Memory is a reusable saved-memory layer you manage separately in Settings > Memory.

How to Add Context

Open the chart you want to read from your Chart Library.
In the chat action bar near the message input, click the notes/document icon.
The Chart Context modal opens with three fields:

Notes

Describe the person and their current situation. For example:

“This is my client Sarah, a 35-year-old teacher considering a career change to coaching.”
“My partner Alex, who is struggling with work-life balance.”

Relationship

Tell Bella how this person relates to you: “my client,” “my partner,” “my child,” “my friend,” and so on.

Perspective

For 3rd-person charts, the perspective automatically defaults to 3rd person (“Their design shows…”). You can switch to 1st person if you prefer Bella to speak as if she were addressing the person directly.

Why Context Matters

Without context, Bella can only provide generic chart interpretations. With context, she tailors insights to the person’s real situation:

Career advice based on their actual profession.
Relationship guidance based on their specific dynamics.
Practical tips that account for their life stage and goals.

Context vs Memory

Chart Context is a manual setup for one chart.
Bella Memory is reusable saved context that can help future chats.
Chat History is the message record of prior sessions.

Tips for Practitioners

Set context before starting a reading so all responses are tailored from the first message.
Context is saved per chart and persists across sessions.
Update context as the client’s situation evolves.
Keep notes concise but specific. A few sentences is usually enough.

Note: Chart Context requires a Personal or Pro membership. View our plans.